The effects of lane-changing on the immediate follower: Anticipation, relaxation, and change in driver characteristics

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 367-379

  Zheng, Zuduo ^a   Ahn, Soyoung ^b   Chen, Danjue ^c   Laval, Jorge ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b AZ 85281   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Car following; Driver behavior; Lane changing; Transition

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION;

CAR FOLLOWING; CAR FOLLOWING MODELS; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; DRIVER RESPONSE TIME; LANE CHANGING; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR; TRANSITION; VEHICLE TRAJECTORIES;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AGGRESSION; AUTOMOBILE; BEHAVIOR; MODELING; ROAD TRANSPORT;

EID: 84870693135     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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