Effects of variable speed limits on motorway traffic flow

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2047, 2008, Pages 37-48

  Papageorgiou, Markos ^a   Kosmatopoulos, Elias ^a   Papamichail, Ioannis ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; SPEED CONTROL;

AGGREGATE TRAFFIC; CONTROL MEASURES; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; FLOW EFFICIENCY; OPERATIONAL VARIABLES; SAFETY BENEFITS; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VARIABLE SPEED LIMIT SYSTEMS; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS;

EID: 53049095209     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2047-05     Document Type: Article

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