Optimal starting location of an HOV lane for a linear monocentric urban area

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 457-466

  Chu, Chih Peng ^a   Tsai, Jyh Fa ^b   Hu, Shou Ren ^c  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carpooling; HOV lane; Optimal starting location

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LOCATION; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME;

CARPOOLING; DEMAND DISTRIBUTION; HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLES; HOV LANES; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMAL STARTING LOCATIONS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84155191074     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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