Roundabouts - The state of the art in Germany

ITE Journal (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 48-54

  Brilon, Werner ^a,b,c   Vandehey, Mark ^b,d,e,f  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b TRB's Comm Hwy Capacity Qual S ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d Kittelson and Associates Inc   (United States)

^e Kittelson and Associates Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COSTS; INTERCHANGES; INTERSECTIONS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EMPIRICAL REGRESSION THEORY; TRAFFIC ENGINEERING;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0032203658     PISSN: 01628178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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