Effect of road width and traffic volume on vehicular interactions in heterogeneous traffic

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Krishnamurthy, Karuppanagounder ^a   Thamizh Arasan, Venkatachalam ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

flow; headway; traffic safety capacity; transport planning; transportation analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROAD VEHICLES; ROADS AND STREETS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

FLOW; HEADWAY; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRANSPORT PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 84891880041     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: 20423195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.196     Document Type: Article

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