Pedestrian friendly traffic control signals to reduce exposure to vehicle pollutants

13th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ishaque, Muhammad M ^a   Noland, Robert B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality; CAL3QHC; CMEM; Micro simulation; Pedestrian; VISSIM

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

CAL3QHC; CMEM; MICROSIMULATION; PEDESTRIAN; VISSIM;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 84950168527     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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