Do planners get it right? The accuracy of travel demand forecasting in Norway

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-95

  Welde, Morten ^a,b   Odeck, James ^b  

^a Norwegian Public Roa Administration   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Toll free roads; Toll roads; Traffic forecast accuracy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; PLANNING; ROADS AND STREETS; TOLL HIGHWAYS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FORECAST ACCURACY; INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS; INDUCED TRAFFICS; TOLL FREE; TRAFFIC FORECASTS; TRANSPORT MODELS; TRAVEL DEMAND FORECASTING;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 79251646943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15677141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2011.11.1.2913     Document Type: Article

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