Comparison of driver behavior by time of day and wet pavement conditions

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1023-1029

  Dixit, Vinayak V ^a   Gayah, Vikash V ^b   Radwan, Essam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver aggressiveness; Time of day; Two fluid model; Urban traffic networks; Wet pavement

Indexed keywords

DRIVER AGGRESSIVENESS; TIME OF DAY; TWO FLUID MODEL; URBAN TRAFFIC NETWORKS; WET PAVEMENT;

NETWORK PERFORMANCE; PAVEMENTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

PAVEMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84876708674     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000400     Document Type: Article

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