Potential updates to 2004 Green Book's acceleration lengths for entrance terminals

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2023, 2007, Pages 130-139

  Fitzpatrick, Kay ^a   Zimmerman, Karl ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION;

CRASH POTENTIAL;

TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 42149159513     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2023-14     Document Type: Article

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