Evaluation of the impact of advisory variable speed limits on motorway capacity and level of service

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue , 2011, Pages 100-109

  Nissan, Albania ^a   Koutsopoulosb, Haris N ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Driver behavior; Evaluation; Intelligent transport systems; Mainline control; Motorway control system; Variable Speed Limits

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960042078     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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