Assessing mobility and safety impacts of a variable speed limit control strategy

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2364, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Islam, M ^a   Hadiuzzaman, M ^a   Fang, Jie ^a   Qiu, Tony ^a   El Basyouny, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; SPEED CONTROL;

ACTIVE DEMANDS; ACTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENTS; ACTIVE TRANSPORTATIONS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; MODEL PREDICTIVE; PREDICTIVE VARIABLES; SAFETY IMPACT; STUDY AREAS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84886666014     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2364-01     Document Type: Article

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