Assessing the Safety Impacts of Paved Shoulders

Journal of Transportation Safety and Security

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-147

  Hallmark, Shauna L ^a   Qiu, Y ^b   Pawlovitch, Michael ^c   McDonald, Thomas J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c Iowa Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

lane departure; paved shoulders; road departure; safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875934167     PISSN: 19439962     EISSN: 19439970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2012.711438     Document Type: Article

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