Departure headways at signalized intersections: A log-normal distribution model approach

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-327

  Jin, Xuexiang ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Wang, Fa ^a   Li, Li ^a   Yao, Danya ^a   Su, Yuelong ^a   Wei, Zheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Car following; Departure headway; Signalized intersections

Indexed keywords

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CAR FOLLOWING; CAR FOLLOWING MODELS; DEPARTURE HEADWAY; INTERSECTION CAPACITY; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

AUTOMOBILE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIGNAL; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 67349190612     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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