Novel Stochastic Procedure for Designing Yellow Intervals at Signalized Intersections

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 751-759

  Amer, Ahmed ^a   Rakha, Hesham ^b,c   El Shawarby, Ihab ^b,d  

^a VANASSE HANGEN BRUSTLIN INC   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Driver behavior; Traffic engineering; Traffic safety; Traffic signals

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DILEMMA ZONE; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; HIGH-SPEED; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; STOCHASTIC NATURE; STOCHASTIC PROCEDURE; TRAFFIC ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WEATHER CONDITIONS; YELLOW INTERVAL;

DESIGN; FACE RECOGNITION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TABLE LOOKUP; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

DATA SET; STOCHASTICITY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 84862172581     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000381     Document Type: Article

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