Operating speed models for two-lane rural roads in Pakistan

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 443-453

  Memon, Rizwan A ^a   Khaskheli, G B ^a   Qureshi, A Sami ^a  

^a MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Continuous speed data; Driver behavior; Operating speed; Two lane rural roads

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS; SPEED;

DESIGN CONSISTENCY; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOMETRIC DESIGNS; HORIZONTAL CURVES; MEASURING DEVICES; OPERATING SPEEDS; PAKISTAN; POSITIONING SYSTEMS; SPEED PREDICTION MODELS; SPEED PROFILES; TECHNIQUES USED; TEST SECTIONS;

RURAL ROADS;

DESIGN; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; ROAD TRANSPORT; RURAL TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 47049126214     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L07-126     Document Type: Article

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