Changes in railroad track accident rates

Transportation Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 161-174

  Dennis, Scott M ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECELERATION; INVESTMENTS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 0036760975     PISSN: 02789434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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