Effect of road roughness on capacity of two-lane roads

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 360-364

  Chandra, Satish ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Capacity; Highways; Roughness; Speed; Traffic

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; PASSENGER CARS; RURAL ROADS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

RIDING QUALITY; TWO LANE ROADS;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ROAD TRANSPORT;

EID: 2442492086     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2004)130:3(360)     Document Type: Article

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