Safety impact of using the hard shoulder during congested traffic. The case of a managed lane operation on a French urban motorway

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-180

  Aron, Maurice ^a   Seidowsky, Régine ^a   Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Congestion; Dynamic lane management; Evaluation; Hard shoulder running; Occupancy; Traffic safety; Traffic scenario

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

CONGESTION; EVALUATION; HARD SHOULDER; OCCUPANCY; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

MOTORWAY; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84874310084     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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