Quantifying the number of lane changes in traffic

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2278, 2012, Pages 31-41

  Knoop, V L ^a   Hoogendoorn, S P ^a   Shiomi, Y ^b   Buisson, C ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGE MODELING; DATA AVAILABILITY; GAP ACCEPTANCE THEORIES; LANE CHANGE; NUMBER OF LANES; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SIMPLE++; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870526028     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2278-04     Document Type: Article

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