Congestion thresholds for lane additions on tollways

Transportation Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 81-91

  Polus, Abishai ^a,b   Craus, Joseph ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CONGESTION THRESHOLDS; HIGHWAY LANES;

TOLL HIGHWAYS;

EID: 0031153846     PISSN: 02789434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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