ACCELERATION NOISE AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION

THIS PAPER DISCUSSES BRIEFLY ACCELERATION NOISE AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION, AND INCLUDES A SUMMARY OF SEVERAL MEASUREMENTS OF CONGESTION (OR THE RELATED QUALITY OF TRAFFIC FLOW) THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FROM TIME TO TIME. IT THEN REPORTS THE RESULTS OF SOME LIMITED TESTS CARRIED OUT ON VARIOUS ROADS IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. ACCELERATION NOISE AND A RELATED PARAMETER (THE MEAN VELOCITY GRADIENT) ARE COMPARED WITH TRAVEL TIME IN AN ATTEMPT TO ASSESS THEIR VALUE AS MEASURES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 10, pp 120-123, 130
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• Authors:
  • Underwood, R T
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Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Motor vehicles; Traffic congestion; Travel time; Velocity
• Old TRIS Terms: Velocity distribution
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227185
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:56PM