Rural two-lane highway shoulder and lane width policy evaluation using multiobjective optimization

Transportmetrica A: Transport Science

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 631-656

  Labi, Samuel ^a   Chen, Sikai ^a   Preckel, Paul V ^b   Qiao, Yu ^a   Woldemariam, Wubeshet ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

lane and shoulder optimization; life cycle cost; Multiobjective; risk compensation; rural highway; total roadway width

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SAFETY FACTOR; TRANSPORTATION;

LIFECYCLE COSTS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; RISK COMPENSATIONS; RURAL HIGHWAYS; TOTAL ROADWAY WIDTH;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 85018854605     PISSN: 23249935     EISSN: 23249943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23249935.2017.1315841     Document Type: Article

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