Link between pavement marking retroreflectivity and night crashes on Michigan two-lane highways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2404, 2014, Pages 59-67

  Avelar, Raul ^a   Carlson, Paul ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY MARKINGS; PAVEMENTS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS;

CENTERLINES; GENERALIZED LINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODELS; MICHIGAN; PAVEMENT MARKINGS; RESEARCH REPORTS; RESEARCH TEAMS; ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HIGHWAYS; TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS; TWO-LANE ROADS;

ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS; PAVEMENTS;

EID: 84904791182     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2404-07     Document Type: Article

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