Accounting for Risk and Level of Service in the Design of Passing Sight Distances

Current design methods in transportation engineering do not simultaneously address the levels of risk and service associated with the design and use of various highway geometric elements. Passing sight distance (PSD) is an example of a geometric element designed with no risk measures. PSD is provide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: El Khoury, John
Other Authors: Civil Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29805
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11302005-182401/