A model for evaluating the environmental and functional benefits of "innovative" roundabouts

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-16

  Guerrieri, Marco ^a   Corriere, Ferdinando ^a   Lo Casto, Barbara ^a   Rizzo, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conventional roundabouts; Costs; Flower roundabouts; Functional analysis; Pollutant emissions; Turbo roundabouts

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION;

CONVENTIONAL ROUNDABOUTS; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; FLOWER-ROUNDABOUTS; MAINTENANCE COST; PARTICLE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT EMISSION; TRAFFIC SIMULATIONS; TURBO-ROUNDABOUTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 84935000438     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2015.05.004     Document Type: Article

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