Homogenization effects of variable speed limits

Transport and Telecommunication

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 130-143

  Garcia Castro, Alvaro ^a   Monzon, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

dynamic speed limits; Effectiveness indicator; floating car data; GPS application; speed management; variable speed limits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899902482     PISSN: 14076160     EISSN: 14076179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/ttj-2014-0012     Document Type: Article

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