Comparing heavy vehicle and passenger car lane-changing maneuvers on arterial roads and freeways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2260, 2011, Pages 94-101

  Aghabayk, Kayvan ^a   Moridpour, Sara ^a   Young, William ^a   Sarvi, Majid ^a   Wang, Yi Bing ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ARTERIAL ROADS; CAR LANES; DRIVER'S BEHAVIOR; HEAVIER VEHICLES; LANE CHANGE; LANE CHANGING MANEUVER; PASSENGERS VEHICLES; TRAFFIC FLOW; VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS; VEHICLE DRIVERS;

AUTOMOBILES;

EID: 84863082574     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2260-11     Document Type: Article

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