Operational effects of U-turns as alternatives to direct left-turns

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 327-334

  Liu, Pan ^a   Lu, Jian John ^a   Zhou, Huaguo ^a   Sokolow, Gary ^b  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b Florida DOT System Planning Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Left turns; Traffic delay; Traffic management; Travel time

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; INTERSECTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; TRAFFIC SIGNS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

DIRECT LEFT-TURNS; TRAFFIC DELAY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL TIME; U-TURNS;

DRIVEWAYS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL TIME;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247226055     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2007)133:5(327)     Document Type: Article

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