A passing gap acceptance model for two-lane rural highways

Transportmetrica

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-172

  Farah, Haneen ^a   Bekhor, Shlomo ^a   Polus, Abishai ^a   Toledo, Tomer ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Driving simulator; Driving style; Gap acceptance; Passing; Two lane rural highways

Indexed keywords

DRIVING SIMULATOR; DRIVING STYLES; GAP ACCEPTANCE; PASSING; TWO-LANE;

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SIMULATORS;

RURAL ROADS;

EID: 77956411525     PISSN: 18128602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18128600902721899     Document Type: Article

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