Evaluation of left turn channelization at a signalized intersection under heterogeneous traffic conditions

Transport

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-229

  Gowri, Asaithambi ^a   Sivanandan, Ramaswamy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous traffic; Left turn channelization; Signalized intersection; Traffic queue; Traffic simulation

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; VEHICLES;

FIELD CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; HETEROGENEOUS TRAFFIC; LEFT TURNS; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; SIMULATION MODEL; TRAFFIC SIMULATIONS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES;

INTERSECTIONS;

EID: 53349174904     PISSN: 16484142     EISSN: 16483480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1648-4142.2008.23.221-229     Document Type: Article

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