Toward demonstrating predictability of bottleneck activation on German autobahns

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1965, 2006, Pages 12-22

  Lindgren, Roger V ^a   Bertini, Robert L ^b   Helbing, Dirk ^c   Schönhof, Martin ^c  

^a OREGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Portland State University   (United States)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; GROUND VEHICLES; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BOTTLENECK ACTIVATIONS; FREEWAY TRAFFIC FLOW; INDUCTIVE LOOP DETECTORS; TIME MEAN VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 33847144499     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1965-02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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