Automated GIS-based system for speed estimation and highway safety evaluation

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 325-331

  Castro, María ^a   Sánchez, Joś A ^a   Vaquero, Casto M ^a   Iglesias, Luis ^a   Rodríguez Solano, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Geographic information systems; Highway and road design; Safety; Traffic speed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; INSULATING MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SPEED; TECHNOLOGY;

CRASH RATES; DESIGN CONSISTENCY; EVALUATION; HIGHWAY AND ROAD DESIGN; HIGHWAY SAFETY; LOCAL CONDITIONS; OPERATING SPEEDS; ROAD-SAFETY; SAFETY; SPEED ESTIMATION; SPEED PROFILES; TRAFFIC DATA; TRAFFIC SPEED; VEHICLE SPEEDS;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 49749091740     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2008)22:5(325)     Document Type: Article

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