Comparison of proposed countermeasures for dilemma zone at signalized intersections based on cellular automata simulations

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 116, Issue , 2018, Pages 69-78

  Wu, Yina ^a   Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a   Ding, Yaoxian ^b   Jia, Bin ^b   Shi, Qi ^a   Yan, Xuedong ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular automaton model; Connected vehicle technology; Micro simulation; Safety risk; Type II dilemma zone; Warning system

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; HIGHWAY MARKINGS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; PAVEMENTS; ROBOTS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS; VEHICLES;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON MODELS; DILEMMA ZONE; MICROSIMULATION; SAFETY RISKS; VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY;

ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS;

ASSOCIATION; CALIBRATION; CAR DRIVING; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; LIGHT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROBABILITY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CALIBRATION; COLOR; CUES; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROBABILITY; SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 85028968363     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2017.09.009     Document Type: Article

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