Modeling the impact of inclement weather on freeway traffic speed at macroscopic and microscopic levels

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2272, 2012, Pages 173-180

  Zhao, Yunjie ^a   Sadek, Adel ^a   Fuglewicz, Daniel ^a  

^a State University of New York at Buffalo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; METEOROLOGY; SPEED; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CONDITION; DRIVER'S BEHAVIOR; FREEWAY TRAFFIC; INCLEMENT WEATHERS; MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC; MACROSCOPIC LEVELS; MICROSCOPIC LEVELS; PERFORMANCE; SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC SPEED;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892502935     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2272-20     Document Type: Article

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