Downgrade passing lanes on the Canadian trans-mountain highway system

TAC/ATC 2005 - 2005 Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada: Transportation - Investing in Our Future

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  McGuire, Terry ^a   Chambefort, Pierre ^a   Morrall, John ^b  

^a Western Asset Management Service Centre Mountain Parks Parks   (Canada)

^b Canadian Highways Institute Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; COST ENGINEERING; DESIGN; GEOMETRY; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRUCKS;

GLACIER NATIONAL PARKS; HIGHWAY CAPACITY MANUAL; LONG-STEEP DOWNGRADES; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; PASSENGER CAR EQUIVALENTS; PLANNING AND DESIGN; RECREATIONAL VEHICLES; TRAFFIC OPERATION;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 84898407007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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