Collecting commercial vehicle tour data With passive global positioning system technology issues and potential applications

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2049, 2008, Pages 158-166

  Greaves, Stephen P ^a   Figliozzi, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; DATA ACQUISITION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ROADS AND STREETS; SURVEYS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRUCKS;

CHAINS STRUCTURE; CONGESTION LEVEL; DATA COLLECTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEM SURVEY; TECHNOLOGY ISSUES; TRAVEL INFORMATION; TRAVEL PATTERNS; TRIP CHAINS; VEHICLE MOVEMENTS;

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES;

EID: 56749183728     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2049-19     Document Type: Article

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