Queuing and natural diversion at short-term freeway work zone lane closures

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1529, 1996, Pages 19-26

  Ullman, Gerald L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; QUEUEING THEORY; STABILIZATION; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

CONSTRAINED FLOW RATE; RAMPS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0030234323     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1529-03     Document Type: Article

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