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Interference Between Traffic Flows: The Gap Acceptance Theory

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This chapter presents the gap acceptance theory, in that it is of great applicative interest in studying road intersections. Therefore, some models for estimating the critical gap and the follow-up time for at-grade unsignalized intersections and roundabouts are described.

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  1. DICAM, University of Trento, Trento, Italy

    Marco Guerrieri & Raffaele Mauro

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Guerrieri, M., Mauro, R. (2021). Interference Between Traffic Flows: The Gap Acceptance Theory. In: A Concise Introduction to Traffic Engineering. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60723-4_7

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