Flow Rate Effects on Vehicle Speed at Two Way-Two Lane Rural Roads
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عنوان ژورنال: Transportation Research Procedia
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2352-1465
DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2014.10.073