Preliminary validation of a speed-profile model for design consistency evaluation

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1523, 1996, Pages 11-21

  Collins, Kent M ^a   Krammes, Raymond A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CURVES (ROAD); DECELERATION; EVALUATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; INTERSECTIONS; SPEED;

DESIGN CONSISTENCY EVALUATION; PRELIMINARY VALIDATION; SPEED PROFILE MODEL; SPEED REDUCTIONS;

SPEED CONTROL;

EID: 0030284465     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1523-02     Document Type: Article

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