The morning commute under flat toll and tactical waiting

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1346-1359

  Xiao, Feng ^a   Shen, Wei ^b   Michael Zhang, H ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Walmart ECommerce   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Flat toll; Morning commute; Tactical waiting

Indexed keywords

QUEUEING THEORY;

BOTTLENECK; CAPACITY EXPANSION; FIRST-IN FIRST-OUT QUEUES; FLAT TOLL; MORNING COMMUTES; OPTIMAL CAPACITY; TACTICAL WAITING; TRAFFIC PATTERN;

COSTS;

COMMUTING; METHODOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867616122     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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