Increasing the capacity of an isolated merge by metering its on-ramp

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 896-913

  Cassidy, Michael J ^a   Rudjanakanoknad, Jittichai ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DISCHARGE FLOW; HIGH OUTFLOWS; MERGE OPERATIONS; METERING;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

LANES;

EID: 20444470360     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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