Safety evaluation of buffer-separated high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Texas

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1959, 2006, Pages 168-177

  Cooner, Scott A ^a   Ranft, Stephen E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; RETROFITTING; ROADS AND STREETS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

FREEWAY BARRIERS; HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV); SPEED DIFFERENTIALS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 33846061353     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1959-19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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