Value of travel time reliability: A review of current evidence

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 720-741

  Carrion, Carlos ^a   Levinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Reliability; Scheduling; Travel time; Variability

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SCHEDULING; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

META ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ESTIMATES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL UNCERTAINTY; TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY; TRAVEL TIME UNCERTAINTY; VALUE OF TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITIES; VARIABILITY;

TRAVEL TIME;

LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857319862     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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