Influence of the general character of horizontal alignment on operating speed of two-lane rural roads

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2075, 2008, Pages 16-23

  Perco, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVES (ROAD); FORECASTING; RURAL ROADS;

ALIGNMENT ELEMENTS; CURVATURE CHANGE RATES; DESIRED SPEED; HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT; OPERATING SPEED; ROAD ALIGNMENTS; ROAD SECTION; SPEED BEHAVIOR; SPEED PREDICTION MODELS; TWO-LANE;

SPEED;

EID: 61349148669     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2075-03     Document Type: Article

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