Evaluating the impacts of changeable message signs on traffic diversion

IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 891-896

  Foo, Simon ^b   Abdulhai, Baher ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced traffic management systems; Changeable message signs; Intelligent transportation systems; Route choice; Traffic diversion

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MESSAGE PASSING;

ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGNS; TRAFFIC DIVERSION;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

EID: 41849096054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/itsc.2006.1706857     Document Type: Conference Paper

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