Ramp metering and freeway bottleneck capacity

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 218-235

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Levinson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active bottleneck; Highway capacity; Queue discharge flow; Ramp metering; Twin Cities ramp meter shut off

Indexed keywords

DROPS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUEUEING THEORY; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

ACTIVE BOTTLENECK; HIGHWAY CAPACITY; QUEUE DISCHARGE FLOWS; RAMP METERING; RAMP METERS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOTORWAY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; SAINT PAUL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649187514     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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