Improving bus travel times with passive traffic signal coordination

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2111, 2009, Pages 68-75

  Estrada, M ^a   Trapote, C ^a   Roca Riu, M ^a   Robuste F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

BUS TRAVEL TIME; DISCRETE TRAJECTORIES; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL OFFSET; SIGNAL PRIORITY; SIMULATION-OPTIMIZATION MODELS; TIME VARIATIONS; TRAFFIC SIGNAL COORDINATIONS; TRAVEL-TIME; URBAN NETWORKS;

TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 76149128381     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2111-09     Document Type: Article

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