Signalized intersection analysis and design: Implications of day-to-day variability in peak-hour volumes on delay

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 307-318

  Hellinga, Bruce ^a   Abdy, Zeeshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intersections; Traffic delay; Traffic flow; Traffic signals; Volume change

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; INTERSECTIONS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TIME DELAY; TIME MEASUREMENT; TURNING; VEHICLES;

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; ANALYSIS METHODS; DAY TO DAY VARIABILITY; DELAY ESTIMATION; ESTIMATION ERRORS; HIGHWAY CAPACITY MANUAL (HCM); IN ORDER; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); INTERSECTION DELAYS; SIGNAL PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL TIMING OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TIMING PLANS; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS; SOURCES OF VARIABILITY; TRAFFIC COUNTS; TRAFFIC STREAMS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; TURNING MOVEMENT; VEHICLE DELAY;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNALING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 45749099248     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2008)134:7(307)     Document Type: Article

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