Freeway traffic flow rate measurement: Investigation into impact of measurement time interval

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-229

  Smith, Brian L ^a   Ulmer, Jared M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow rates; Highway usage; Measurement; Traffic flow

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

TRAFFIC FLOW RATE;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLANNING METHOD; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 0037954355     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:3(223)     Document Type: Article

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