Modeling driver visual demand on three-dimensional highway alignments

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 357-365

  Easa, Said M ^a   He, Wenlong ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b iTRANS Consulting Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alignment; Driver behavior; Geometry; Highways; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; GEOMETRY; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DRIVER BEHAVIOR; RURAL HIGHWAYS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL HIGHWAY ALIGNMENTS;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

GEOMETRY; ROAD TRANSPORT; SIMULATOR; VISION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645824559     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2006)132:5(357)     Document Type: Article

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