Simulation of exclusive truck facilities on urban freeways

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 547-562

  Abdelgawad, Hossam ^a   Abdulhai, Baher ^a   Amirjamshidi, Glareh ^a   Wahba, Mohamed ^b   Woudsma, Clarence ^c   Roorda, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Freight transportation; Highways and roads; Simulation; Trucks; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

CAR PERFORMANCE; GREATER TORONTO AREA; HEAVY TRUCK; HIGHWAYS AND ROADS; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION; MICROSCOPIC TRAFFIC SIMULATION MODELS; MICROSIMULATION MODELS; ORIGIN-DESTINATION MATRIX; PLUG-INS; REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT; SIMULATION MODEL; TRAFFIC BOTTLENECK; TRAVEL DISTANCE; TRAVEL SPEED; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN AREAS; URBAN FREEWAYS;

AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; TRANSPORTATION;

TRUCKS;

FREIGHT TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 79961085086     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000234     Document Type: Article

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