Impacts of Design Exceptions on Highway Safety
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Safety Impacts of Design Exceptions
Compliance to the Indiana Department of Transportation's (INDOT) highway design criteria is considered essential to ensure the roadway safety. However, for a variety of reasons, situations arise where exceptions to standard-design criteria are requested and accepted after review. This research explores the impact that design exceptions have on the accident severity and accident frequency in Ind...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Transportation
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2287-7940,2287-7940
DOI: 10.14257/ijt.2017.5.1.01