Characterization of freeway capacity reduction resulting from traffic accidents

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 362-368

  Smith, Brian L ^a   Qin, Ling ^a   Venkatanarayana, Ramkumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstate highways; Traffic accidents; Traffic capacity

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

FREEWAY CONGESTION;

TOLL HIGHWAYS;

ACCIDENT; PLANNING METHOD; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0042804919     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:4(362)     Document Type: Article

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