Road traffic congestion and public information: An experimental investigation

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-82

  Ziegelmeyer, Anthony ^a   Koessler, Frédéric ^b   My, Kene Boun ^c   Denant Boèmont, Laurent ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^b UMR 8184   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY METHOD; MODEL; PREDICTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38949165087     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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