Safety evaluation of alternative signal head design

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1635, 1998, Pages 140-146

  Sayed, Tarek ^a   Abdelwahab, Walid ^b   Nepomuceno, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ISRA UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c Insurance Corporation of British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTERSECTIONS; VISIBILITY;

SIGNAL HEAD DESIGN;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EID: 0032156210     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1635-19     Document Type: Review

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