Impacts of weather on traffic flow characteristics of urban freeways in Istanbul

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue , 2011, Pages 89-99

  Akin, Darcin ^a   Sisiopiku, Virginia P ^b   Skabardonis, Alexander ^c  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

City of Istanbul; Heavy vehicles; RTMs data; Speed flow capacity relationship; Weather impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960069617     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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