Weaving section flow model at the weaving area of malaysian conventional roundabout

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 782-792

  Md Diah, J ^a   Abdul Rahman, M Y ^a   Adnan, M A ^a   Atan, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Conventional roundabout; Geometric design; Lane changing; Traffic congestion; Weaving section

Indexed keywords

CHANGING LANES; CONVENTIONAL ROUNDABOUT; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; FLOW MODEL; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; LANE CHANGING; LANE-CHANGING BEHAVIORS; MALAYSIANS; PERFORMANCE BASED; ROAD USERS; STABLE FLOWS; TRAFFIC FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; TRAFFIC OPERATION; TRAFFIC PARAMETERS; TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE; URBAN AREAS; VEHICLE INTERACTIONS; WEAVING SECTION;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; DESIGN; GEOMETRY; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; WEAVING;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

DESIGN; FLOW MODELING; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 77955597041     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000133     Document Type: Article

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