Extended bottlenecks, the fundamental relationship, and capacity drop on freeways

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue , 2011, Pages 44-57

  Coifman, Benjamin ^a   Kim, Seoungbum ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenecks; Capacity; Flow density; Freeway traffic; Fundamental diagram; Fundamental relationship; Lane change maneuvers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960102660     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.507     Document Type: Conference Paper

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