Non-standard roundabouts: Analysis of problems

T and DI Congress 2011: Integrated Transportation and Development for a Better Tomorrow - Proceedings of the 1st Congress of the Transportation and Development Institute of ASCE

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1255-1265

  Pinna, F ^a   Piras, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intersections; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING FLOW; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FATAL ACCIDENTS; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; INTERNATIONAL MODEL; RESEARCH GROUPS; ROAD INTERSECTIONS; ROAD SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; URBAN ROUNDABOUTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ROADS AND STREETS; STANDARDS;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 79955390240     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41167(398)120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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