Airport terminal signs: Use of advance guide signs to speed search times

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1788, 2002, Pages 26-32

  Kichhanagari, Reddy ^a   Motley, Rosa DeRamus ^a   Duffy, Susan A ^b   Fisher, Donald L ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; SCANNING; SIGNS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

AIRPORT TERMINALS;

AIRPORTS;

EID: 0036933903     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1788-04     Document Type: Article

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