Experimental investigation of spatial breakdown evolution on congested freeways

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 261-274

  Bassan, Shy ^a   Faghri, Ardeshir ^b   Polus, Abishai ^c  

^a NTA Tel Aviv Metropolitan Mass Transit System   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breakdown; Flow; Freeway; Spatial; Speed; Transition

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); INFORMATION SCIENCE; TRACKING (POSITION); TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

TRAFFIC BREAKDOWN; TRAFFIC DEMAND;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); INFORMATION SCIENCE; TRACKING (POSITION); TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 35648985032     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286600701395593     Document Type: Article

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