Impact of dynamic and safety-conscious route guidance on accident risk

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-376

  Abdulhai, Baher ^a   Look, Horace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accident prediction; Intelligent transportation systems; Simulation models; Traffic management; Transportation safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RISKS;

ACCIDENT RISKS;

TRANSPORTATION;

ACCIDENT; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; PLANNING METHOD; SAFETY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 0042804912     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:4(369)     Document Type: Article

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