Super 2 highways in texas: Operational and safety characteristics

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2301, 2012, Pages 46-54

  Brewer, Marcus ^a   Venglar, Steven ^a   Fitzpatrick, Kay ^a   Ding, Liang ^a   Park, Byung Jung ^b  

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

^b Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RURAL ROADS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFICS; HIGH VOLUMES; HIGHWAY NETWORKS; LOW-COSTS; PASSING LANES; TERRAIN VEHICLES; TRAFFIC LOW; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 84918793972     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2301-06     Document Type: Article

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