OPERATING SPEED PREDICTION MODELS FOR HORIZONTAL CURVES ON RURAL FOUR-LANE NON-FREEWAY HIGHWAYS

One of the significant weaknesses of the design speed concept is that it uses the design speed of the most restrictive geometric element as the design speed of the entire road. This leads to potential inconsistencies among successive sections of a road. Previous studies documented that a uniform des...

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Main Author: Gong, Huafeng
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2007
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/562
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1565&context=gradschool_diss