Procedure for evaluating the impacts of indirect driveway left-turn treatments on traffic operations at signalized intersections

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 760-766

  Guo, Tangyi ^a   Liu, Pan ^a   Lu, Jian John ^b   Lu, Linjun ^b   Cao, Bing ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Access management; Capacity; Signalized intersection; Traffic volume; U turn

Indexed keywords

ACCESS MANAGEMENT; CAPACITY; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TRAFFIC VOLUME; U-TURN;

DRIVEWAYS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

NUMERICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83755196417     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000258     Document Type: Article

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