Speed reduction effects of urban roundabouts

Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-26

  Antov, Dago ^a   Abel, Kirstiina ^b   Sürje, Peep ^a   Rõuk, Harri ^a   Rõivas, Tiia ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Road safety; Roundabout; Speed

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849112929     PISSN: 1822427X     EISSN: 18224288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1822-427X.2009.4.22-26     Document Type: Article

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