Low-volume roads and the grade crossing problem

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 1, Issue 1652, 1999, Pages 79-85

  Russell, Eugene R ^a   Rys, Margaret ^b   Liu, Libo ^c  

^a Kansas State University   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL ROADS;

LOW-VOLUME ROADS (LVR);

RAILROAD CROSSINGS;

EID: 0032642839     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1652-10     Document Type: Article

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