Speed-flow relations and cost functions for congested traffic: Theory and empirical analysis

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 7-9, 2005, Pages 792-812

  Verhoef, Erik T ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Car following theory; Cost functions; Road pricing; Speed flow relations; Traffic congestion

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS; SPEED CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

HYPERCONGESTED CONDITIONS; SPEED-FLOW FUNCTIONS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL COSTS;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 21644441245     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2005.02.023     Document Type: Article

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