Pavement marking retroreflectivity analysis of safety effectiveness

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2056, 2008, Pages 17-24

  Smadi, Omar ^a   Souleyrette, Reginald R ^b   Ormand, Daniel J ^a   Hawkins, Neal ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY MARKINGS; PAVEMENTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS;

BEFORE-AND-AFTER STUDY; CONDITION; CRASH DATA; DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; LINEAR REDUCTION; PAVEMENT MARKINGS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; TEMPORAL DATABASE; TRAFFIC DATA;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 56749178977     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2056-03     Document Type: Article

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