Differences in freeway capacity by day of the week, time of day, and segment type

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 416-426

  Yeon, Jiyoun ^a   Hernandez, Sarah ^b   Elefteriadou, Lily ^b  

^a Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)   (South Korea)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Time factors; Traffic capacity; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

FREEWAY CAPACITY; MAXIMUM THROUGH-PUT; PHILADELPHIA; PREBREAKDOWN; QUEUE DISCHARGE FLOWS; REMOTE TRAFFIC MICROWAVE SENSORS; TIME FACTORS; TIME OF DAY; TIME PERIODS; TRAFFIC CAPACITY; VOLUME DATA;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

AUTOMOBILE; PROBABILITY; SENSOR; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649240296     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2009)135:7(416)     Document Type: Article

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