Factors affecting driver speed choice along two-lane rural highway transition zones

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 755-764

  Cruzado, Ivette ^a   Donnell, Eric T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver behavior; Highway and road design; Statistics; Traffic speed

Indexed keywords

DRIVER BEHAVIOR; HIGHWAY AND ROAD DESIGN; HORIZONTAL CURVES; MULTILEVEL MODEL; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; OPERATING SPEED; PENNSYLVANIA; ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HIGHWAYS; SPEED CHOICE; SPEED DIFFERENTIAL; SPEED LIMIT; SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION; SPEED REDUCTION; TRAFFIC GENERATORS; TRAFFIC SPEED; TRANSITION ZONES; TWO-LANE; WARNING SIGNS;

DESIGN; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL ROADS;

SPEED;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; MODELING; MOTORWAY; ROAD TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; TRANSITION ZONE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955601946     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000137     Document Type: Article

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