Assessing the risk in the design of passing sight distances

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 370-377

  Khoury, John El ^a   Hobeika, Antoine G ^b  

^a Virginia Tech ^*  (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Risks; Sight distances; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

PASSING SIGHT DISTANCE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ARENA; SPECIFIC DESIGN SPEED;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONTROL SYSTEM; DESIGN METHOD; MOTORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249010470     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2007)133:6(370)     Document Type: Article

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