Truck accident countermeasures for urban freeways

ITE Journal (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 44-51

  Middleton, Dan ^a,b,c,d   Fitzpatrick, Kay ^a,c,d,e,f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ITE ^*

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Traffic Engineering Council

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY MARKINGS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; INSPECTION; SHOULDERS (ROAD); TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

DIFFERENTIAL SPEED LIMITS; INCREASED ENFORCEMENT; LANE RESTRICTIONS; PASSIVE SIGNING; RAMP TREATMENTS; SHOULDER PARKING; TRUCK DIVERSIONS; URBAN INSPECTION STATIONS;

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030287244     PISSN: 01628178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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