Real time traffic information and its impacts on route switching behavior of expressway drivers

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-223

  Jou, Rong Chang ^a   Lam, Soi Hoi ^b   Weng, Mei Chuan ^c   Chen, Chih Cheng ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Ministry of Transportation and Communications Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decision model; Measurement equation; Real time traffic information; Structural equation; Structure Integration model

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

DECISION MODEL; MEASUREMENT EQUATION; REAL-TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION; STRUCTURE INTEGRATION MODEL;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 3843128509     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.5670380206     Document Type: Article

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