Methodology for estimating traffic safety improvements at intersections

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-293

  Ben Akiva, M ^b   Ceder, A ^a   Cheng, Li H ^b   Liss, C M ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; INTERSECTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EMPIRICAL BAYESIAN METHOD; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0033184777     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.5670330303     Document Type: Article

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