Exploration of 85th percentile operating speed model on horizontal curve: A case study for two-lane rural highways

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue , 2011, Pages 352-363

  Abbas, Syed Khairi Syed ^a   Adnan, Muhammad Akram ^a   Endut, Intan Rohani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Design speed; Ergonomic design; Horizontal alignments; Malaysia rural highways; Operating speed model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960040479     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.456     Document Type: Conference Paper

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