Impact of weather conditions on macroscopic urban travel times

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 204-211

  Tsapakis, Ioannis ^a   Cheng, Tao ^a   Bolbol, Adel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Macroscopic urban travel times; Precipitation; Snow; Temperature; Weather conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870327795     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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