Continuous speed profiles to investigate srivers' behavior on two-lane rural highways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2521, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-11

  Montella, Alfonso ^a   Galante, Francesco ^a   Mauriello, Filomena ^a   Aria, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CURVES (ROAD); DECELERATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; LINEAR REGRESSION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SPEED;

ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION; ACCELERATION RATES; DECELERATION RATE; DESIGN CONSISTENCY; OPERATING SPEED; SPEED BEHAVIOR; SPEED PREDICTION MODELS; SPEED PROFILE; SPOT SPEED; TWO LANE RURAL HIGHWAYS;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 84966335555     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2521-01     Document Type: Article

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