Preliminary evaluation of operational performance of different types of high-occupancy vehicle facilities in California

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2229, 2011, Pages 93-101

  Wu, Guoyuan ^a   Du, Yaoqiong ^b   Jang, Kitae ^b   Chan, Ching Yao ^b   Boriboonsomsin, Kanok ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

ACCESS FACILITIES; ACCESS TYPES; CALIFORNIA; DETECTOR STATIONS; FREEWAY SYSTEMS; HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLES; METROPOLITAN AREA; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC DATA; VEHICLE DETECTOR;

HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES;

EID: 80053124677     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2229-11     Document Type: Article

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