Driver behavior on acceleration lanes

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2248, 2011, Pages 96-103

  Calvi, Alessandro ^a   De Blasiis, Maria ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCELERATION LANE; DRIVER'S BEHAVIOR; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW SPEED; INTERACTIVE DRIVING SIMULATORS; SPEED ACCELERATIONS; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC VOLUMES;

MERGING;

EID: 84255199262     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2248-13     Document Type: Article

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