Evaluation of ramp control effectiveness in two twin cities freeways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1811, 2002, Pages 21-29

  Hourdakis, John ^a   Michalopoulos, Panos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

RAMP CONTROL;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0036979911     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1811-03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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