Analysis of effects of pavement marking retroreflectivity on traffic crash frequency on highways in North Carolina

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2103, 2009, Pages 50-60

  Donnell, Eric T ^a   Karwa, Vishesh ^a   Sathyanarayanan, Sudhakar ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PAVEMENTS; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS;

'CURRENT; CRASH FREQUENCY; GUIDANCE INFORMATION; NAVIGATIONAL GUIDANCE; NORTH CAROLINA; PARAMETERS ESTIMATES; PAVEMENT MARKINGS; TRAFFIC CRASHES; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; VISUAL GUIDANCE;

REFLECTION;

EID: 71549140621     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2103-07     Document Type: Article

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