Design considerations of sight distance red zones on crest curves

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 343-352

  Hassan, Y ^a   Easa, S M ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BRAKING; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

PREVIEW SIGHT DISTANCE (PVSD); SIGHT DISTANCE RED ZONES; STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE (SSD);

CURVES (ROAD);

EID: 0032121857     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(1998)124:4(343)     Document Type: Article

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