Speed prediction models for sustainable road safety management

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue , 2011, Pages 568-576

  Esposito, Tommaso ^a   Mauro, Raffaele ^b   Russo, Francesca ^a   Dell'Acqua, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Driver behaviour; Geometric design; Operating speed; Prediction models; Road safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053027078     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.08.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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