Prediction of operating speed on three-dimensional highway alignments

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-30

  Gibreel, G M ^a,c   Easa, S M ^b,c   El Dimeery, I A ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Ain Shams Univ ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ALIGNMENTS; OPERATING SPEED;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035156204     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2001)127:1(21)     Document Type: Article

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