Speed changes in the vicinity of horizontal curves on two-lane rural roads

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 215-222

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature; Highway design; Regression models; Roads

Indexed keywords

CURVES (ROAD); HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HORIZONTAL CURVES; REGRESSION MODELS; TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS;

RURAL ROADS;

CURVATURE; MOTORWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL TRANSPORT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33947375947     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2007)133:4(215)     Document Type: Article

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