Speed factors on low-volume roads for horizontal curves and tangents

Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-97

  Dell'Acqua, Gianluca ^a   Russo, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Driver speed behavior; Operating speed profile; Roadway alignment consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954605762     PISSN: 1822427X     EISSN: 18224288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/bjrbe.2010.13     Document Type: Article

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