Analysis of effects of driver/vehicle characteristics on acceleration noise using GPS-equipped vehicles

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-31

  Ko, Joonho ^a   Guensler, Randall ^b   Hunter, Michael ^b  

^a Metropolitan Planning Research Group   (South Korea)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration noise; Driver behavior; Global positioning system; Instrumented vehicles; Traffic conditions; Vehicle effect

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; TRACKING (POSITION); VEHICLES;

DATA COLLECTION; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; FREEWAY SEGMENTS; INSTRUMENTED VEHICLE; LEVEL OF SERVICE; POTENTIAL INDICATORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 72049092268     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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