Evaluating roundabout capacity, level of service and performance

Institute of Transportation Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibit 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 297-319

  Akçelik, Rahmi ^a  

^a Akcelik and Associates Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; HIGHWAY CAPACITY MANUAL; INTERSECTION METHOD; LEVEL OF SERVICE; MODEL EXTENSIONS; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 84873500783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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