Lane flow distribution on a three-lane freeway: General features and the effects of traffic controls

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 157-167

  Duret, Aurélien ^a   Ahn, Soyoung ^b   Buisson, Christine ^c  

^a Department of Transportation   (France)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Effect of trucks; Freeway traffic; Lane flow distribution; Lane changing behavior; Variable speed limits

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; SPEED CONTROL; TRUCKS;

EFFECT OF TRUCKS; FREEWAY TRAFFIC; LANE FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS; LANE-CHANGING BEHAVIORS; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

FLOW MODELING; MOTORWAY; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRUCKING;

EID: 84860621540     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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