Operational characteristics of longer combination vehicles and related geometric design issues

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1523, 1996, Pages 22-28

  Harkey, David L ^a   Council, Forrest M ^a   Zegeer, Charles V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CURVES (ROAD); HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; INTERSECTIONS; SPEED; TRUCK TRAILERS; TRUCKS;

ADJACENT LANES; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLES; OFFTRACKING; ROCKY MOUNTAIN DOUBLES; TURNPIKE DOUBLES;

VEHICLES;

EID: 0030290739     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1523-03     Document Type: Article

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