Heavy commercial vehicles-following behavior and interactions with different vehicle classes

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 572-580

  Sarvi, Majid ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

heavy commercial vehicles; heavy vehicle interactions; truck micro simulation; truck traffic characteristics; truck traffic dynamic; truck following behavior

Indexed keywords

HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE; HEAVY VEHICLE; MICROSIMULATION; TRUCK TRAFFIC; TRUCK-FOLLOWING BEHAVIOR;

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; TRUCKS; VIDEO RECORDING;

AUTOMOBILES;

EID: 84885574544     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: 20423195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.182     Document Type: Article

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