Empirical analysis of effects of automated section speed enforcement system on traffic flow at freeway bottlenecks

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2260, 2011, Pages 83-93

  Cascetta, Ennio ^a   Punzo, Vincenzo ^a   Montanino, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY FACTOR; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL TIME;

% REDUCTIONS; CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FREEWAY BOTTLENECKS; POINT MEASUREMENT; ROAD CRASH; ROAD SAFETY; SPEED MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC FLOW PATTERNS;

SPEED;

EID: 84856645620     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2260-10     Document Type: Article

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