SUITABILITY OF EXISTING TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES FOR USE ON SOME HIGHWAYS IN EGYPT
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The International Conference on Civil and Architecture Engineering
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2636-4387
DOI: 10.21608/iccae.2012.44388