Effect of time gaps and lane flow distributions on freeway bottleneck capacity

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1965, 2006, Pages 3-11

  Banks, James H ^a  

^a San Diego State Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CAPACITY ANALYSIS; CAPACITY FLOWS; LANE FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS; QUEUE DISCHARGE FLOW;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33847174541     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1965-01     Document Type: Conference Paper

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