Measuring and modeling emission effects for toll facilities

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1941, 2005, Pages 136-144

  Coelho, Margarida C ^a,b   Farias, Tiago L ^a   Rouphail, Nagui M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; QUEUEING THEORY; TOLL BRIDGES; URBAN PLANNING;

SPEED CHANGE CYCLES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33646422225     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1941-17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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