Influence of bus stops on flow characteristics of mixed traffic

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 640-643

  Koshy, Reebu Zachariah ^a   Arasan, V Thamizh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Buses; Simulation; Traffic flow; Traffic management

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURBS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUS STOPS; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; MIXED TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC FLOW LEVELS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BUS TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 25444523191     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:8(640)     Document Type: Article

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