Freeway safety management: Case studies in Italy

Transport

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 320-326

  De Luca, Mario ^a   Dell'Acqua, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

crashes; driver speed behavior; highway design; operating speed; road safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CRASHWORTHINESS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION;

CRASHES; FREEWAY SAFETIES; MEASURING SYSTEMS; OPERATING SPEED; ROAD SAFETY; SPEED BEHAVIOR; SPEED MEASUREMENT; TRAFFIC SYSTEMS;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 84866687933     PISSN: 16484142     EISSN: 16483480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16484142.2012.724447     Document Type: Article

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