Speed factors on two-lane rural highways in free-flow conditions

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1912, 2005, Pages 39-46

  Medina, Alberto M Figueroa ^a   Tarko, Andrew P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEED CONTROL;

CURVE VARIABLES; FREE-FLOW SPEED; RURAL HIGHWAYS; SPEED DISPERSION;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 27944500305     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361198105191200105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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