Adequacy of transyt-7f and synchro models along a major arterial in saudi arabia

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-102

  Ratrout, Nedal T ^a   Abu Olba, Maen Abdullatif ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Signal optimization; Synchro calibration; Traffic simulation; TRANSYT 7F calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION PROCESS; DISPERSION FACTORS; OPTIMAL SIGNALS; OPTIMAL TIMINGS; QUEUE LENGTHS; SAUDI ARABIA; SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION; STUDY AREAS; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC SIMULATION; TRANSYT 7F CALIBRATION;

ALUMINUM; CALIBRATION; OPTIMIZATION; QUEUEING THEORY; REMOTE CONTROL; SYNCHROS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

CALIBRATION; MODELING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 65249185668     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L08-120     Document Type: Article

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