Estimating free-flow speed from posted speed limit signs

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue , 2011, Pages 306-316

  Deardoff, Matthew D ^a   Wiesner, Brady N ^b   Fazio, Joseph ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Free flow speed; Highway; Model; Posted speed limit; Speed limit sign

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960072141     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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