Modeling congestion on urban roads and assessing level of service

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 508-514

  Maitra, Bhargab ^a   Sikdar, P K ^b   Dhingra, S L ^c  

^a 505 Keshava Build   (India)

^b CENTRAL ROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; URBAN PLANNING;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN ROADS;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CONGESTION; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 0032796272     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(1999)125:6(508)     Document Type: Article

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