Effect of lane width on capacity under mixed traffic conditions in India

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-160

  Chandra, Satish ^a   Kumar, Upendra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Data collection; India; Passengers; Traffic capacity; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PASSENGER CARS; SPEED CONTROL;

LANE WIDTH;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ROAD TRANSPORT;

INDIA;

EID: 0037337752     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:2(155)     Document Type: Article

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