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Left-Turn Gap Acceptance Behavior of Elderly Drivers at Unsignalized Intersections

Hongmei ZhouSchool of Transportation and Logistics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nicholas E. LownesCivil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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John N. IvanCivil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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Per E. GårderCivil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
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Nalini RavishankerDepartment of Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Pages 324-344 | Published online: 28 Apr 2015

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