Variability in traffic flow quality experienced by drivers evidence from instrumented vehicles

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1988, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Ko, Joonho ^a   Guensler, Randall ^a   Hunter, Michael ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

FREEWAY OPERATING CONDITIONS; INSTRUMENTED VEHICLES; LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS); TRAFFIC FLOW QUALITY;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 33847290875     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1988-03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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