Impact of a dedicated lane on the capacity and the level of service of an urban motorway

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue , 2011, Pages 196-206

  Princeton, Judith ^a   Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Capacity; Dedicated lane; General purpose lanes GPL; Level of service LOS; Speed contour map; Speed density curve; Travel time

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960055921     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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