Reasonable speed limits on suburban multilane highways with curbs

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1969, 2006, Pages 10-17

  Baek, Jongdae ^a   Hummer, Joseph E ^a   Williams, Billy M ^a   Cunningham, Christopher M ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

DESIGN PROFESSIONALS;

SPEED CONTROL;

EID: 33846881602     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1969-04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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