Simple mathematical model of satellite town is presented; it is shown that model contains basic features of satellite new town as well as of satellite residential town; characteristics of commuter travel in satellite residential town are investigated; size of central area and town, distance traveled per unit area, and average distance traveled are evaluated; numerical results for sample set of data are discussed.


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    Title :

    Mathematical model for commuter traffic in satellite towns


    Additional title:

    Transportation Science


    Contributors:
    Tan, T. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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