Application of the ITE change and clearance interval formulas in North Carolina

ITE Journal (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-24

  Click, Steven M ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNS;

CHANGE FORMULA; CLEARANCE INTERVAL FORMULA; RED CLEARANCE INTERVALS; YELLOW CHANGE;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EID: 38949169782     PISSN: 01628178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

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4. Traffic Engineering Handbook, note 2 above.
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