An optimal variable speed limits system to ameliorate traffic safety risk

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 235-246

  Yu, Rongjie ^a   Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash risk; Driver compliance; Micro simulation; Traffic safety; Variable speed limit

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; RISK PERCEPTION; SOFTWARE TESTING; SPEED; SPEED CONTROL; TRAVEL TIME;

CRASH RISK; DRIVER COMPLIANCE; MICROSIMULATION; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ALGORITHM; FLOW MODELING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; REAL TIME; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; ACCIDENT; COMPLIANCE; MOTORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903747344     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2014.05.016     Document Type: Article

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