Empirical analysis and modeling of drivers' response to variable message signs in Shanghai, China

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2243, 2011, Pages 99-107

  Xu, Tiandong ^a,b,c   Sun, Lijun ^b   Peng, Zhong Ren ^b,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ANALYSIS AND MODELS; DRIVER RESPONSE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EN-ROUTE; MODEL-BASED OPC; PROBIT MODELS; REAL-TIME TRAFFIC DATUM; STATED PREFERENCE SURVEYS; TRAFFIC DIVERSION;

VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS;

EID: 84855211354     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2243-12     Document Type: Article

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