Estimating sustained service rates at signalized intersections with short left-turn pockets: Mesoscopic approach

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2173, 2010, Pages 64-71

  Reynolds, William L ^a   Zhou, Xuesong ^b   Rouphail, Nagui M ^a   Li, Mingxin ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Highways; operations and traffic management; pedestrians and bicyclists

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; INTERSECTIONS;

GATING MECHANISMS; HIGHWAY; LEFT TURNS; MESOSCOPIC MODELING; MESOSCOPICS; OPERATION MANAGEMENT; PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST; SERVICE RATES; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 78651342277     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2173-08     Document Type: Article

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