Low-cost measures for reducing speeds at curves on two-lane rural highways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2472, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-154

  Montella, Alfonso ^a   Galante, Francesco ^a   Mauriello, Filomena ^a   Pariota, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST REDUCTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RURAL AREAS; RURAL ROADS;

% REDUCTIONS; APPROACH SPEED; BENEFIT/COST ANALYSIS; DRIVER'S BEHAVIOR; DRIVING SIMULATOR; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; LOW-COST MEASURES; TWO LANE RURAL HIGHWAYS; TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS; WARNING SIGNS;

SPEED;

EID: 84940730838     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2472-17     Document Type: Article

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