Methodology to analyze sun glare related safety problems at highway tunnel exits

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 545-553

  Jurado Pina R ^a   Pardillo Mayora, J M ^a   Jimenez R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Highway road design; Three dimensional model; Traffic safety; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SECTIONS; HIGHWAY TUNNEL; MOTORWAY TUNNELS; PRACTICAL METHOD; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; ROAD DESIGN; SAFE DRIVING; SAFETY PROBLEMS; SUN GLARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISION IMPAIRMENTS;

DESIGN; GLARE; ROADS AND STREETS; SUN; TRANSPORTATION; VISIBILITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

METHODOLOGY; MOTORWAY; ROAD TRANSPORT; SOLAR RADIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TUNNEL; VISIBILITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 77955642232     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000113     Document Type: Article

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