Arterial performance measurement using transit buses as probe vehicles

IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 102-107

  Tantiyanugulchai, S ^a   Bertini, R L ^a  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

global positioning system; intelligent systems; networks; transportation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PROBES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TRACKING (POSITION); TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL TIME; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; VEHICLES;

AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATIONS; CONTROL PARAMETERS; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 49349083142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITSC.2003.1251929     Document Type: Conference Paper

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