Comparing the speed-flow relationship for motorways with new data from the M6

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-101

  Smith, W Spencer ^a   Hall, Fred L ^a   Montgomery, Frank O ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ESTIMATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SPEED; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIGHWAY CAPACITY MANUAL; SPEED FLOW RELATIONSHIP;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0030107716     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-8564(95)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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