Influence of restricted sight distances on permitted left-turn operation at signalized intersections

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 68-76

  Yan, Xuedong ^a   Radwan, Essam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intersections; Left turns; Traffic capacity; Traffic signals

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

LEFT-TURNS; TRAFFIC CAPACITY; VOLUME-TO-CAPACITY RATIO;

INTERSECTIONS;

ROAD; SIGNALING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 38349095513     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2008)134:2(68)     Document Type: Article

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