On-ramp metering based on three-phase traffic theory downstream off-ramp and upstream on-ramp bottlenecks

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2088, 2008, Pages 80-89

  Kerner, Boris S ^a  

^a DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

DOWN-STREAM; HIGH SPEED; OFF-RAMP; ON-RAMP; ON-RAMP METERING; SYNCHRONIZED FLOW; THREE-PHASE TRAFFIC THEORIES; TRAFFIC FLOW MODELLING;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 63849291085     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2088-09     Document Type: Article

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