Safety evaluation of permanent raised snow-plowable pavement markers

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1897, 2004, Pages 148-155

  Persaud, Bhagwant ^a   Bahar, Geni ^b   Mollett, Calvin J ^c   Lyon, Craig ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b iTRANS Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^c Operations Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; PAVEMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS; PAVEMENT MARKERS; SAFETY EVALUATION; TWO-LANE ROADWAYS;

HIGHWAY MARKINGS;

EID: 4344701128     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1897-19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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