Levels of safety at freeway exits: Evaluations on the basis of individual speed difference

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2241, 2011, Pages 10-18

  Guo, Tangyi ^a   Liu, Yingshun ^a   Lu, Jian ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECELERATION LANES; LEVEL OF SAFETIES; OPERATING SPEED; RADAR GUNS; REDUCTION RATE; ROADWAY ELEMENTS; SAFETY LEVEL; SPEED DIFFERENCE; SPEED REDUCTION; STRONG CORRELATION;

SPEED;

EID: 84855363277     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2241-02     Document Type: Article

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