Relationship of design, operating, and posted speeds on horizontal curves of rural two-lane highways in Nebraska

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1796, 2002, Pages 60-71

  Schurr, Karen S ^a   McCoy, Patrick T ^a   Pesti, Geza ^a   Huff, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVES (ROAD); HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL ROADS; TRAFFIC SIGNS;

AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC; HORIZONTAL CURVES; POSTED SPEED; TWO LANE HIGHWAYS;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036935469     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1796-07     Document Type: Article

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