Effects of environmental lighting conditions on operating speeds on Urban Arterials

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2298, 2012, Pages 78-87

  Bassani, Marco ^a   Mutani, Guglielmina ^b  

^a Land and Infrastructure Engineering   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LIGHTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTERIAL ROADS; CLASSIFIEDS; DRIVER'S BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL LIGHTING; LIGHTING CONDITIONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; OPERATING SPEED; PAVEMENT SURFACE; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; SPEED LIMIT;

SPEED;

EID: 84868601764     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2298-09     Document Type: Article

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