Point-to-point speed enforcement systems: Speed limits design criteria and analysis of drivers' compliance

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-18

  Montella, Alfonso ^a   Punzo, Vincenzo ^a   Chiaradonna, Salvatore ^a   Mauriello, Filomena ^a   Montanino, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Average travel speed; Highway safety; Inferred design speed; Operating speed; Section speed enforcement; Speed limits; Speeding

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PEER TO PEER NETWORKS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; VEHICLES;

AVERAGE TRAVEL SPEED; DESIGN SPEED; HIGHWAY SAFETY; OPERATING SPEED; SECTION SPEED ENFORCEMENT; SPEED LIMIT; SPEEDING;

SPEED;

COMPLIANCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOTORWAY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPLES; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA];

EID: 84922777601     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2015.01.025     Document Type: Article

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