The effects of road geometrics and traffic regulations on driver-preferred speeds in northern Italy. An exploratory analysis

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 25, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 10-26

  Bassani, Marco ^a   Dalmazzo, Davide ^a   Marinelli, Giuseppe ^a   Cirillo, Cinzia ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ANCOVA method; Bayesian information criterion; Driver behaviour; Driving regulations; Operating speed; Random effects model; Road geometrics; Speed percentile

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; SPEED; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

ANCOVA METHOD; BAYESIAN INFORMATION CRITERION; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; DRIVING REGULATIONS; OPERATING SPEED; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; ROAD GEOMETRICS;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 84901625216     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2014.04.019     Document Type: Article

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