Designing Yellow Intervals for Rainy and Wet Roadway Conditions

International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-189

  Li, Huan ^a   Rakha, Hesham ^a   El Shawarby, Ihab ^b,c  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84938376018     PISSN: 20460430     EISSN: 20460449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/2046-0430.1.2.171     Document Type: Article

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