Determinants of route choice and value of traveler information: A field experiment

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2086, 2008, Pages 81-92

  Zhang, Lei ^a,b   Levinson, David ^c  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SPEED CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL TIME;

CONTROLLER DESIGNS; CONTROLLER PARAMETER; DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; DISTRIBUTED CONTROLLER; DYNAMIC SPEED; FIELD EXPERIMENT; NETHERLANDS; SPEED LIMIT; TRAVEL TIME INFORMATION; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 63849207455     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2086-10     Document Type: Article

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