Speed limits, speed selection and network equilibrium

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 260-273

  Yang, Hai ^a   Ye, Hongbo ^a   Li, Xinwei ^a   Zhao, Bingqing ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Safety; Speed limit; Speed selection; Traffic equilibrium; Traffic network

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAVEL TIME;

DETERMINANT FACTORS; GENERAL NETWORKS; HETEROGENEOUS USERS; MODELS AND ALGORITHMS; NETWORK EQUILIBRIUM; SPEED LIMIT; TRAFFIC EQUILIBRIUM; TRAFFIC NETWORKS;

SPEED;

ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84922486230     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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