An empirical analysis on the arterial fundamental diagram

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 255-266

  Wu, Xinkai ^a   Liu, Henry X ^a   Geroliminis, Nikolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arterial fundamental diagram (AFD); G C ratio; Queue Over Detector (QOD); Signal coordination; Traffic signal

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; QUEUEING THEORY; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; G/C RATIO; HIGH RESOLUTION; QUEUE-OVER-DETECTOR (QOD); TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL; TRAFFIC STATE; VEHICLE TRAJECTORIES;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 78149495676     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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