Strategies for sharing bottleneck capacity among buses and cars

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1334-1345

  Guler, S Ilgin ^a   Cassidy, Michael J ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Bus lanes; Bus priority; Highway bottleneck capacity

Indexed keywords

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION;

BUS LANES; BUS PRIORITY; HIGHWAY BOTTLENECK CAPACITY; LOW RATES; ROAD NETWORK; URBAN SETTINGS;

BUSES;

AUTOMOBILE; BUS TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; ROAD TRANSPORT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84867620187     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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