Evaluating speed consistency between successive elements of a two-lane rural highway

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 375-385

  Park, Young Jin ^a   Saccomanno, Frank F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hierarchical data analysis; Operating speed profile; Speed consistency; V85

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA REDUCTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; SAFETY FACTOR;

HIERARCHICAL DATA ANALYSIS; OPERATING SPEED PROFILE; SPEED CONSISTENCY;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 32944475336     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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