Evaluating the Impact of the 65 mph Maximum Speed Limit on Iowa Rural Interstates

American Statistician

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-85

  Ledolter, Johannes ^a   Chan, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention models; Time series analysis; Traffic safety; Transportation statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030540424     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1996.10473546     Document Type: Article

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