Exploration of the relationship between operating speed and roadway features on tangent sections

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 261-269

  Fitzpatrick, Kay ^a   Miaou, Shaw Pin ^a   Brewer, Marcus ^a   Carlson, Paul ^a   Wooldridge, Mark D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Parking; Pedestrian traffic flow; Roads; Statistic analysis; Traffic management; Traffic speed

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; PARKING; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; ROADS AND STREETS; SPEED CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; URBAN PLANNING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ROADWAY DESIGN; ROADWAY SPEEDS; STATISTICAL TESTING;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ROAD TRANSPORT;

EID: 16244381099     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:4(261)     Document Type: Article

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