Modeling freeway diverging behavior on deceleration lanes

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2012, 2007, Pages 30-37

  El Basha, Ramy H Soliman ^a   Hassan, Yasser ^a   Sayed, Tarek A ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; LINEAR REGRESSION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAFETY FACTOR; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DECELERATION RATES; FREEWAY DIVERGE AREAS; TRAFFIC DATA; TRAFFIC LANES;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 40449135740     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2012-04     Document Type: Article

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