Improved speed-profile model for two-lane rural highways

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1055-1065

  Easa, Said M ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alignments; Design consistency; Model; Speed profile; Two lane highways

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CURVES (ROAD); DECELERATION; SPEED CONTROL;

SPEED CHANGE; SPEED-LIMITING CURVE; TWO-LANE RURAL HIGHWAYS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

MODEL; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1842427833     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l03-021     Document Type: Article

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