Traffic characteristics on two-lane highway downgrades

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-133

  Archilla, Ricardo ^b   Morrall, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TURNER FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; SPEED; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; TRUCKS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

DOWNGRADE OPERATION; HIGHWAY CAPACITY MANUAL; SPEED FLOW RELATIONSHIPS; TWO LANE HIGHWAY;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

FLOW EFFECT; ROAD GRADIENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC FLOW;

CANADA, (WEST);

EID: 0030110787     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-8564(95)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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