Results of field trials with dynamic speed limits in the Netherlands: Improving throughput and safety on the A12 freeway

IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2168-2173

  Jonkers, E ^a   Wilmink, I R ^a   Stoelhorst, H ^b   Schreuder, M ^b   Polderdijk, S ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION PROBLEM; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; DYNAMIC SPEED; FIELD TRIAL; HEAVY RAINS; LOOP DETECTOR DATA; NETHERLANDS; NOISE LEVELS; POLICY OBJECTIVES; PRECIPITATION RADAR; ROAD USERS; SIDE EFFECT; SPEED LIMIT; TRAFFIC FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; USER ACCEPTANCE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; RAIN; SPEED; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 83755188343     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITSC.2011.6082830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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