Freeway users' perceptions of quality of service: Comparison of three groups

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1883, 2004, Pages 150-157

  Hostovsky, Charles ^a,b   Wakefield, Sarah ^a,b   Hall, Fred L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SPEED CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRUCK TRAILERS; URBAN PLANNING;

FREEWAY USERS; LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS); TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCKS; TRAFFIC FLOWS;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 14344249738     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1883-17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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