Methodology for analysing vehicle trajectory and relation to geometric design of highways

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue 10, 2006, Pages 55-72

  Said, D ^a   Hassan, Y ^a   Abd El Halim, A O ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geometric design of highways; Road safety; Steering angle; Vehicle path

Indexed keywords

DRIVING BEHAVIOUR; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; GEOMETRIC FEATURE; HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN; HORIZONTAL CURVES; ROAD SAFETY; STEERING ANGLES; VEHICLE TRAJECTORIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT; DESIGN; GEOMETRY; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; STEERING; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 63049131101     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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