Automated measuring of cyclist - motor vehicle post encroachment time at signalized intersections

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 605-614

  Kassim, Ali ^a   Ismail, Karim ^a   Hassan, Yasser ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conflicts; Cyclists; Signalized intersection; Traffic data collection

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT; AVERAGE ABSOLUTE ERROR; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; CONFLICTS; CYCLISTS; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTION;

VEHICLES;

AUTOMOBILE; CYCLE TRANSPORT; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84903768806     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: 12086029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjce-2013-0565     Document Type: Article

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