Understanding congested travel in urban areas

Serdar Çolak; Antonio Lima; Marta C. González

doi:10.1038/ncomms10793

Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Understanding congested travel in urban areas

Serdar Çolak,
Antonio Lima,
Marta C. González

Affiliations

Serdar Çolak: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Antonio Lima: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Marta C. González: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10793
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Rapid urbanization burdens urban road infrastructures, but understanding the interplay of road infrastructure and travel patterns is a complex challenge. Here, authors use mobile phone traces during morning peak hours to evaluate the effect of a congestion relief approach under a centralized routing scheme.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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