Quantifying the impacts of right-turn-on-red, exclusive turn lanes and pedestrian movements on the efficiency of urban transportation networks
- Award ID(s):
- 1749200
- PAR ID:
- 10500135
- Publisher / Repository:
- Science Direct
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology
- ISSN:
- 2046-0430
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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