Evaluation of safety performance of passing relief lanes

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2348, 2013, Pages 58-63

  Persaud, Bhagwant ^a   Lyon, Craig ^b   Bagdade, Jeffrey ^b   Ceifetz, Andrew ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Persaud and Lyon Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASH HISTORY; MICHIGAN; MODIFICATION FACTORS; OPERATIONAL BENEFITS; PAPER DOCUMENTS; PASSING LANES; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC CRASHES; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; TWO-LANE ROADS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84884621067     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2348-07     Document Type: Article

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