Implementing travel time reliability for evaluation of congestion relief schemes on expressways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2124, 2009, Pages 137-147

  Mehran, Babak ^a   Nakamura, Hideki ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RELIABILITY; ROADS AND STREETS; SHOCK WAVES; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CONDITION; EMPIRICAL DATA; HARD SHOULDER; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; PRE-EVALUATION; ROAD AUTHORITIES; SEGMENT PATTERN; TIME VARIATIONS; TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY; TRAVEL-TIME;

TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 76149099916     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2124-13     Document Type: Article

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