Modeling driver visual demand on complex horizontal alignments

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 583-590

  Easa, Said ^a   Ganguly, Chandi ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alignment; Curvature; Driver behavior; Highway design; Highway safety; Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISION;

CURVATURE; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; HIGHWAY SAFETY; HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT; VISUAL DEMAND;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

MODELING; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 25444475766     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:8(583)     Document Type: Article

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