Comparison of Hierarchical Network Design Shape Grammars for Roads and Intersection

Paper to be presented at the 91th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.. January 2012.  Mehr
The paper elaborates on shape grammars, which describe in the form of rules how transport network elements are added to each other for network design. The impact of shape grammars in transport networks is evaluated to support future recommendations for design standards.