Are the criteria for setting advisory speeds on curves still relevant?

ITE Journal (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 32-45

  Chowdhury, Mashur A ^a   Warren, Davey L ^b,c   Bissel, Howard ^b,c,d   Taori, Sunil ^c,e  

^a Viggen Corp   (United States)

^b Federal Highway Administration Virginia Division   (United States)

^c FHWA ^*

^d Off's Traffic Contr Safety Res P

^e Bellomo McGee Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVES (ROAD); DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; HIGHWAY MARKINGS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; STANDARDS;

ADVISORY SPEEDS; CURVE GEOMETRY;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0031996815     PISSN: 01628178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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