Structure of the transition zone behind freeway queues

Transportation Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 312-329

  Muñoz, Juan Carlos ^a   Daganzo, Carlos F ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECELERATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUEUEING THEORY; REVERSIBLE LANES; SPEED; VELOCITY;

FIRST-IN-FIRST-OUT QUEUES; HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE; KINEMATIC WAVE MODEL; TRANSITION ZONE;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0041438845     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.37.3.312.16043     Document Type: Article

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