Further evaluation of the relationship between enhanced consistency model and safety of two-lane rural roads in Israel and Germany

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 320-332

  Mattar Habib, Caroline ^a   Polus, Abishai ^a   Farah, Haneen ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Crash probability; Horizontal alignment; Road consistency; Speed profile; Two lane highways; Vertical alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449129613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15677141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2008.8.4.3360     Document Type: Article

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