Modelling drivers' en-route diversion behaviour under variable message sign messages using real detected traffic data

IET Intelligent Transport Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 294-301

  Xu, T D ^a,b   Sun, L J ^b   Peng, Z R ^b,c   Hao, Y ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d China Academy of Urban Planning and Design   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE ROUTES; BEHAVIOUR MODELS; EN-ROUTE; LOOP DETECTOR; OFF-RAMP; PROBIT MODELS; REAL TRAFFIC; SHANGHAI , CHINA; STATED PREFERENCE SURVEYS; TIME FACTORS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION INFORMATION; TRAFFIC DATA; TRAFFIC DIVERSION; TRAVEL TIME INFORMATION; VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS; VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES;

ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LICENSE PLATES (AUTOMOBILE); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL VARIABLES;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 82955207130     PISSN: 1751956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-its.2011.0060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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