Real-time estimation of Urban street segment travel time using buses as speed probes

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2129, 2009, Pages 81-89

  Pu, Wenjing ^a   Lin, Jie ^b   Long, Liang ^c  

^a Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments   (United States)

^b 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE SYSTEMATICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS; BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL TIME;

BUS TRAVELS; PERFORMANCE; REAL- TIME; REAL-TIME ESTIMATION; STREET SEGMENTS; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRANSIT BUS; TRAVEL-TIME; URBAN STREETS; VEHICLE TRAFFIC;

PROBES;

EID: 76149116896     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2129-10     Document Type: Article

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