Managing trams and traffic at intersections with hook turns: Safety and operational impacts

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2219, 2011, Pages 10-19

  Currie, Graham ^a   Reynolds, James ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BA Consulting Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOOKS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

AUSTRALIA; ILLINOIS; INTERSECTION SAFETY; MELBOURNE; MIXED TRAFFIC; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL IMPACTS; SAFETY AND EFFICIENCIES; SAFETY IMPACT; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 80052750674     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2219-02     Document Type: Article

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