Evaluation of variable speed limits to improve traffic safety

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-228

  Lee, Chris ^a   Hellinga, Bruce ^a   Saccomanno, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Freeway; Simulation; Traffic control; Traffic safety; Variable speed limits

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMAL LOGIC; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

CRASH POTENTIAL; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

SPEED CONTROL;

REAL TIME; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33748433633     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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