Dynamic variable speed limit strategies for real-time crash risk reduction on freeways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2078, 2008, Pages 108-116

  Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a   Cunningham, Ryan J ^a   Gayah, Vikash V ^a   Hsia, Liang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MS 90   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; RISK PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CONDITION; DYNAMIC VARIABLES; FLORIDA; ORLANDO; REAL-TIME CRASH RISKS; RECENT RESEARCHES; RISKS REDUCTION; UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

SPEED;

EID: 61349122664     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2078-15     Document Type: Article

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