Actual driving data analysis for design consistency evaluation

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1912, 2005, Pages 19-30

  Cafiso, Salvatore ^a   Di Graziano, Alessandro ^a   La Cava, Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY FACTOR; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DRIVER PERFORMANCES; DRIVER VEHICLE INSTRUMENTED ACQUISITION SYSTEM (DVIAS); FIELD DATA MEASUREMENTS; ROAD SAFETY;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

EID: 27944459336     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1912-03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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