Intelligent transportation system field demonstration: Integration of variable speed limit control and travel time estimation for a recurrently congested highway

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2243, 2011, Pages 55-66

  Chang, Gang Len ^a   Park, Sung Yoon ^a   Paracha, Jawad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Maryland State Hwy Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LICENSE PLATES (AUTOMOBILE); SPEED CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CONGESTION LEVEL; CONTROL TIME; HIGHWAYS AGENCY; INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; PRESSUNG; SAFETY ISSUES; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAVEL TIME ESTIMATION; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84855246308     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2243-07     Document Type: Article

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