Roadside safety analysis program: A cost-effectiveness analysis procedure

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1647, 1998, Pages 67-74

  Mak, King K ^a   Sicking, Dean L ^b   Zimmerman, Karl ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; USER INTERFACES;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE RSAP;

ROADSIDES;

EID: 0032207641     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1647-09     Document Type: Article

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