Ramp meters on trial: Evidence from the Twin Cities metering holiday

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 810-828

  Levinson, David ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Consumers' surplus; Equity; Evaluation; Mobility; Productivity; Ramp meters; Travel demand; Travel time variation

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

RAMP METERING; RAMP METERS; TRAVEL DEMAND; TRAVEL TIME VARIATION;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

ACCESSIBILITY; EQUITY; MOBILITY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN TRANSPORT;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT PAUL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745834716     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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