New model to estimate speed differential in tangent-curve transition

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue 15, 2008, Pages 27-36

  Bella, F ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design consistency; Driver's behavior; Driving simulator; Speed differential

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CURVE TRANSITIONS; DESIGN CONSISTENCY; DRIVER'S BEHAVIOR; DRIVING SIMULATOR; OPERATING SPEED; PREDICTING MODELS; SPEED DIFFERENTIAL;

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SPEED;

EID: 76749126516     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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