Criticism of three-phase traffic theory

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 784-797

  Schönhof, Martin ^a   Helbing, Dirk ^a,b,c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

General pattern; Pinch effect; Synchronized flow; Three phase traffic theory; Traffic breakdowns and congestion; Wide scattering

Indexed keywords

PINCH EFFECT; RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION;

CONGESTED TRAFFIC; CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GENERAL PATTERNS; SYNCHRONIZED FLOW; THREE-PHASE TRAFFIC THEORIES; TRAFFIC BREAKDOWN; TRAFFIC MODEL;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 67349083932     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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