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The following is a selected list of publications given in reverse chronological order. See the Articles page for summaries of some of downloadable papers and technical articles about use of SIDRA for ROUNDABOUTS.

 
 
AKÇELIK, R. (2007).  A Review of Gap-Acceptance Capacity Models. Paper presented at the 29th Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR 2007), Adelaide, December 2007.  Made available: 7 Dec 2007.
AKÇELIK, R. (2006). Analysis of Roundabout Metering Signals. Paper presented at the 25th AITPM 2006 National Conference, Melbourne, Australia, August 2006. (190KB) Made available: 24 Aug 2006.
AKÇELIK, R. (2006). Speed - Flow and Bunching MODELS for Uninterrupted FlowsPaper presented at the Transportation Research Board 5th International Symposium on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service, Yokohama, Japan, July 2006. (170KB) Made available: 24 Aug 2006.
NATALIZIO, E. (2005). Roundabouts with Metering Signals.  Paper presented at the Institute of Transportation Engineers 2005 Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, August 2005. (200KB)  Made available: 6 Feb 2006.
RODEGERDTS, L. (2005). State-of-the-Art in U.S. Roundabout Practice.  Paper presented at the Institute of Transportation Engineers 2005 Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, August 2005. (380KB)  Made available: 6 Feb 2006.
AKÇELIK, R. (2005). Roundabout Model Comparison Table.  Akcelik and Associates Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia.   (80KB)  Updated: 3 July 2007
AKÇELIK, R. and BESLEY, M. (2004).  Differences Between the AUSTROADS Roundabout Guide and aaSIDRA Roundabout Analysis Methods.  Paper presented at the 26th Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR 2004), Melbourne, Dec 2004, and published in Road & Transport Research 14(1).  (310KB)  Made available: 4 Aug 05
AKÇELIK, R. (2005). Roundabout Model Calibration Issues and a Case Study. Paper presented at the TRB National Roundabout Conference, Vail, Colorado, USA, May 2005. (0.3MB) Updated: 3 June 2005. Presentation (1.0MB) Updated: 3 June 2005.
AKÇELIK, R. (2005). Capacity and Performance Analysis of Roundabout Metering Signals. Paper presented at the TRB National Roundabout Conference, Vail, Colorado, USA, May 2005. (1.0MB) Updated: 3 June 2005. Presentation (2.3MB) Updated: 3 June 2005.
Demonstration Presented at the Introduction to Roundabout Workshop, TRB National Roundabout Conference, Vail, Colorado, USA, May 2005. (3.1 MB) Updated: 3 June 2005
AKÇELIK, R. (2004).Roundabouts with Unbalanced Flow Patterns.  Paper presented at the ITE 2004 Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, Aug 2004. (0.9MB) Updated: 6 May 2005. Presentation (1.4MB) Updated:25 August 2004.
ROUNDABOUTS - Comments on the aaSIDRA Model and the TRL (UK) Linear Regression Model. (870KB) Major update 14 June 2004
AKÇELIK, R. (2003).  A Roundabout Case Study Comparing Capacity Estimates from Alternative Analytical Models.  Paper presented at the 2nd Urban Street Symposium, Anaheim, California, USA, 28-30 July 2003. (760KB). Revised 15 June 2004
AKÇELIK, R. (2003).  Speed-Flow and Bunching Relationships for Uninterrupted Flows.  Paper presented at the 25th Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR 2003), University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, 3-5 December 2003. (330KB).
AKÇELIK, R. and BESLEY, M. (2003).  Operating cost, fuel consumption, and emission models in aaSIDRA and aaMotion.  Paper presented at the 25th Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR 2003), University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, 3-5 December 2003. (580KB).
AKÇELIK, R. (2003).  Akcelik and Associates Review of Activities during 2003.  Paper presented at the 25th Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR 2003), University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, 3-5 December 2003. (620KB).
AKÇELIK, R. (2002).  Estimating negotiation radius, distance and speed for vehicles using roundabouts.   Paper presentated at the 24th Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR 2002), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, December 2002.  (320KB).
AKÇELIK, R. (2002).  Akcelik and Associates Review of Activities During 2002. Paper presented at the 24th Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR 2002), University of New South Wales, Sydney, December 2002.  (1250KB).
AKÇELIK, R. (2002).  Speed-Flow Models for Uninterrupted Traffic Facilities. Technical Report.  Akcelik and Associates Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia. (1015KB)  
AKÇELIK, R. and BESLEY, M. (2002).  Queue discharge flow and speed models for signalised intersections.  In: Transportation and Traffic Theory in the 21st Century, Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, Adelaide, 2002 (Edited by M.A.P. Taylor).  Pergamon, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK, pp 99-118.
AKÇELIK, R. (2001).  Akcelik and Associates Review of Activities During 2001.  Paper presented at the 23rd Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR 2001), Monash University, Melbourne.  (300KB) 
AKCELIK & ASSOCIATES (2001).  An Investigation of Pedestrian Movement Characteristics at Mid-Block Signalised Crossings  Technical Report.  Akcelik and Associates Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia.  (400KB)
BENNETT, S., FELTON, A. and AKÇELIK, R. (2001).  Pedestrian Movement Characteristics at Signalised Intersections. Paper presented at the 23rd Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR 2001), Monash University, Melbourne.  (250KB)
AKÇELIK, R. and BESLEY, M. (2001).  Acceleration and deceleration models.  Paper presented at the 23rd Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR 2001), Monash University, Melbourne.  (270KB)
AKÇELIK, R., and BESLEY, M. (2001).  Microsimulation and analytical methods for modelling urban traffic.  Paper presented at the Conference on Advance Modeling Techniques and Quality of Service in Highway Capacity Analysis, Truckee, California, USA, July 2001. (230KB) 
 
LEVINSON, H.S. and PRASSAS, E.S. (2001).  Capacity of shared left-turn lanes - comparative analysis.  ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 127 (2), pp 132-142. 
SISIOPIKU, V.P.  and OH, H. (2001). Evaluation of Roundabout Performance Using SIDRA.  ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 127 (2), pp 143-150. (165KB) 
AKÇELIK, R. (2001).  HCM 2000 Back of Queue Model for Signalised Intersections.  Technical Report.  Akcelik and Associates Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia. (220KB) 
AKÇELIK, R. (2001).  Progression Factors in the HCM 2000 Queue and Delay Models for Traffic Signals.  Technical Report.   Akcelik and Associates Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia. (270KB)
 
REDINGTON, T. (2001).  Modern roundabouts, global warming and emissions reductions: Status of research and opportunities for North America.  Paper presented at the Canadian Transportation Research Forum, 36th Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
 
GUNATILLAKE, T., CAIRNEY, P. and AKÇELIK, R. (2000).  Traffic Management Performance - Development of the Traffic Frustration Index.  AUSTROADS Project Report AP-R160.  Association of Australian State Road and Transport Authorities, Sydney, Australia. Free download is available via AUSTROADS Publications Database search
AKÇELIK, R.(2000). On the Validity of Some Traffic Engineering Folklore. Paper presented at the 22nd Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR 2000), Ursula College, ANU Campus, Canberra, Australia, December 2000. 
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AKÇELIK, R., ROPER, R. and BESLEY, M. (1999).  Fundamental Relationships for Freeway Traffic Flows.  Research Report ARR 341. ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Vermont South, Australia.
 
AKÇELIK, R., BESLEY, M. and ROPER, R. (1999). Fundamental Relationships for Traffic Flows at Signalised Intersections. Research Report ARR 340.  ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Vermont South, Australia.
 
AKÇELIK, R., CHUNG, E. and BESLEY, M. (1998). Roundabouts: Capacity and Performance Analysis. Research Report ARR No. 321. ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Vermont South, Australia (2nd Edition 1999).
AKÇELIK, R., BESLEY, M. and CHUNG, E. and (1998). An evaluation of SCATS Master Isolated control. Proceedings of the 19th ARRB Transport Research Conference (Transport 98)(CD), pp 1-24. ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Vermont South, Australia. (140KB) 
 
AKÇELIK, R., (1998) Capacity research and applications in Australia 1994-1998. In: Third International Symposium on Highway Capacity - Country Reports, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22-27 June 1998 (Edited by R. Rysgaard). Road Directorate, Ministry of Transport, Denmark, pp 7.18. Reprinted in Road and Transport Research 7 (3), pp 58-65.
 
AKÇELIK, R., CHRISTENSEN, B. and CHUNG, E. (1998). A comparison of three delay models for sign-controlled intersections and roundabouts. Paper to be presented at the Third International Symposium on Highway Capacity, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22-27 June 1998.
 
FLANNERY, A., ELEFTERIADOU, L., KOZA, P. and MCFADDEN, J. Safety, delay, and capacity of single-lane roundabouts in the United States.  Transportation Research Record 1646, pp 63-70. 1998.
O'BRIEN, A., AKÇELIK, R., WILLIAMSON, D. and PANTAS, T. (1997). Three-laning a two-lane roundabout - the outcomes. Compendium of Technical Papers (CD). 67th Annual Meeting of the Institution of Transportation Engineers, Boston, USA. (500KB)
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1997). New research Agenda for Unsignalised Intersections: 10 issues for future research and development. Panel presentation, Third International Symposium on Intersections Without Traffic Signals, July 1997, Portland, Oregon, USA.
AKÇELIK, R., CHUNG, E. and BESLEY M. (1997). Recent research on actuated signal timing and performance evaluation and its application in SIDRA 5.  Compendium of Technical Papers (CD). 67th Annual Meeting of the Institution of Transportation Engineers, Boston, USA.  (260KB) 
AKÇELIK, R. (1997). Lane-by-lane modelling of unequal lane use and flares at roundabouts and signalised intersections: the SIDRA solution. Traffic Engineering + Control, 38 (7/8), pp 388-399.  (160KB)   Includes analysis of Chard (1997) example using the SIDRA roundabout model.
 
CHARD, B. (1997).  ARCADY Health Warning: Account for unequal lane usage or risk damaging the Public Purse! Traffic Engineering and Control, 38(3), pp 122-132. 
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1997). Fundamental Traffic Variables in Adaptive Control and the SCATS DS Parameter. Paper presented at the Third International Conference of ITS Australia, 11-14 March 1997, Brisbane.
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1996). Progression factor for queue length and other queue-related statistics. Transportation Research Record 1555, pp 99-104.
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1996). Relating Flow, Density, Speed and Travel Time Models for Uninterrupted and Interrupted Traffic. Traffic Engineering and Control 37(9), pp 511-516.
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1995). Signal Timing Analysis for Vehicle-Actuated Control. Working Paper WD TE 95/007. ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Vermont South, Australia.
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1995). Extension of the Highway Capacity Manual Progression Factor Method for Platooned Arrivals. Research Report ARR No. 276. ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Vermont South, Australia.
 
AKÇELIK, R. and CHUNG, E. (1995). Calibration of Performance Models for Traditional Vehicle-Actuated and Fixed-Time Signals. Working Paper WD TO 95/013. ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Vermont South, Australia.
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1995). Signal Timing Calculation Methods for Vehicle-Actuated and Fixed-Time Signals. Working Paper WD TO 95/020. ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Vermont South, Australia.
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1994). Estimation of green times and cycle time for vehicle-actuated signals. Transportation Research Record 1457, pp 63-72.
AKÇELIK, R. and CHUNG, E. (1994). Calibration of the bunched exponential distribution of arrival headways.  Road and Transport Research 3 (1), pp 42-59. (900KB)
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1994). Gap acceptance modelling by traffic signal analogy. Traffic Engineering and Control, 35 (9), pp 498-506.
 
MUSTAFA, M.A.S and VOUGIAS, S. (1993).  Analysis of pollutant emissions and concentrations at urban intersections.  ITE Compendium of Technical Papers, 63rd Annual Meeting of the Inst. of Transportation Engineers, pp 234-238.
 
AKÇELIK, R. and ROUPHAIL, N.M. (1993). Estimation of delays at traffic signals for variable demand conditions. Transportation Research 27B (2), pp 109-131
 
ROUPHAIL, N.M. and AKÇELIK, R. (1992). Oversaturation delay estimates with consideration of peaking. transportation research record 1365, pp 71-81.
AKÇELIK, R. (1991). Travel time functions for transport planning purposes: Davidson's function, its time-dependent form and an alternative travel time function . Australian Road Research 21 (3), pp 49-59. (Minor revisions: December 2000). (130KB)
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1990). Calibrating SIDRA. Australian Road Research Board. Research Report ARR No. 180 (2nd edition, 1st reprint 1993). 
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1990). SIDRA for the Highway Capacity Manual. Compendium of Technical Papers, 60th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Orlando, Florida, pp 210-219.
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1990). Green splits with priority to selected movements. Traffic Engineering and Control, 31(7/8), pp 402-405.
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1989). Opposed turns at signalised intersections: The Australian method., ITE Journal 59(6), pp 21-27.
AKÇELIK, R. (1989). On the estimation of lane flows for intersection analysis.  (180KB).  Australian Road Research 19(1), pp 51-57.  (Minor revisions: September 2001).
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1988). Capacity of a shared lane. Proc. 14th ARRB Conf. 14(2), pp 228-241.
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1988). The Highway Capacity Manual delay formula for signalised intersections. ITE Journal, 58(3), pp 23-27.
 
AKÇELIK, R. and BIGGS, D.C. (1987). Acceleration profile models for vehicles in road traffic. Transportation Science, 21(1), pp 36-54.
 
BOWYER, D.P., AKÇELIK, R. and BIGGS, D.C. (1985). Guide to Fuel Consumption Analyses for Urban Traffic Management. Australian Road Research Board. Special Report SR No. 32.
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1984). SIDRA-2 does it lane by lane. Proc. 12th ARRB Conf. 12(4), pp 137-149.
HUDDART, K.W. (1983). Signalling of Hyde Park Corner, Elephant and Castle and other roundabouts. PTRC 11th Summer Annual Meeting, Proceedings of Seminar K, pp 193-208.  (2100KB)
 
AKÇELIK, R. (Ed.) (1983). Progress in Fuel Consumption Modelling for Urban Traffic Management. Australian Road Research Board. Research Report ARR No. 124.
 
AKÇELIK, R. (1981). Traffic Signals: Capacity and Timing Analysis. Australian Road Research Board. Research Report ARR No. 123 (6th reprint: 1995).

 

 

 

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