Posted and free-flow speeds for rural multilane highways in Georgia

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 487-494

  Dixon, Karen K ^a   Wu, Chi Hung ^a   Sarasua, Wayne ^b   Daniel, Janice ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RURAL ROADS;

MULTILANE HIGHWAYS;

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0033360465     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(1999)125:6(487)     Document Type: Article

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