Design speed and operating speed in rural highway alignment design

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1701, 2000, Pages 68-75

  Krammes, R A ^a  

^a Federal Highway Administration Virginia Division   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FRICTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SPEED; STANDARDS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

DESIGN SPEED; OPERATING SPEED; RURAL HIGHWAY ALIGNMENT DESIGN;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034433759     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1701-09     Document Type: Article

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