Rationale for incorporating queue discharge flow into highway capacity manual procedure for analysis of freeway facilities

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2286, 2012, Pages 76-83

  Hu, Jia ^a   Schroeder, Bastian ^a   Rouphail, Nagui ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; QUEUEING THEORY; SHOCK WAVES; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CONGESTED FLOWS; DISCHARGE CONDITIONS; FLOW BASED; FLOW REGIMES; HIGHWAY CAPACITY MANUAL; QUEUE DISCHARGE FLOWS; QUEUE DISCHARGES; THEORETICAL CAPACITY; THEORETICAL EVALUATION; TWO FLOW REGIMES;

DROPS;

EID: 84867809063     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2286-09     Document Type: Article

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