Policy-making tool for optimization of transit priority lanes in Urban network

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2197, 2010, Pages 54-62

  Mesbah, Mahmoud ^a   Sarvi, Majid ^a   Currie, Graham ^a   Saffarzadeh, Mahmoud ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; OFF ROAD VEHICLES; ROADS AND STREETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL TIME;

BUS PRIORITY; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; LOW-COSTS; MASS TRANSIT; NETWORK LEVEL; NEW FACILITIES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMISATIONS; POLICY MAKING; URBAN NETWORKS;

HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES;

EID: 79551598138     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2197-07     Document Type: Article

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