Review of the development of US roadside design standards

Road and Transport Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 29-42

  McLean, John ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADSIDES; STANDARDS;

CLEAR ZONE POLICY; ROADSIDE DESIGN; ROADSIDE HAZARD MODEL;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

EID: 0142060913     PISSN: 10375783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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