Towards a North American geometric design standard for speed humps

ITE Journal (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-34

  Weber, Philip A ^a   Braaksma, John P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS;

GEOMETRIC DESIGN STANDARDS; SPEED HUMPS;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0033881799     PISSN: 01628178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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