Simulating heterogeneous traffic flow on roads with and without bus lanes

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-312

  Arasan, V Thamizh ^a   Vedagiri, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Buses; Simulation; Traffic engineering; Traffic flow; Traffic management

Indexed keywords

BUS LANES; BUS TRANSPORT; HETEROGENEOUS TRAFFIC; HETEROGENEOUS TRAFFIC FLOW; LEVEL OF SERVICE; MICROSIMULATION; OBSERVED DATA; SIMULATION MODEL; TRAFFIC ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN ROAD;

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

BUSES;

BUS TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODEL VALIDATION; SERVICE PROVISION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

INDIA;

EID: 76249104789     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2009)15:4(305)     Document Type: Article

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