Theoretical and empirical relationships for the quality of flow and for a new level of service on two-lane highways

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 380-385

  Polus, Abishai ^a   Cohen, Moshe ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

Author keywords

Buses; Developing countries; Public transportation; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FLOW PARAMETERS; LEVEL OF SERVICE; PLATOON LENGTHS; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; QUEUING MODELS; RURAL HIGHWAYS; TRAFFIC INTENSITY; TWO-LANE; TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; RURAL AREAS; RURAL ROADS;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RURAL TRANSPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 66249100248     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2009)135:6(380)     Document Type: Article

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