Analysis and modeling time headway distributions under heavy traffic flow conditions in the urban highways: Case of Isfahan

Transport

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-382

  Abtahi, Sayyed Mahdi ^a   Tamannaei, Mohammad ^a   Haghshenash, Hosein ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

car following; distribution; driver behavior; headway; model; passing and middle lanes; traffic flow

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SPEED CONTROL; STATISTICAL TESTS; TRANSPORTATION;

CAR FOLLOWING; DISTRIBUTION; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; HEADWAY; PASSING AND MIDDLE LANES; TRAFFIC FLOW;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 84860699386     PISSN: 16484142     EISSN: 16483480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16484142.2011.635694     Document Type: Article

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