Crossing pedestrians and dynamic severance on urban main roads

Road and Transport Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 84-98

  Guo, X ^a   Black, J ^b   Dunne, M ^c  

^a Transport and Traffic Planner   (Australia)

^b Black Miller Wilmot and Associates   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; VEHICLES;

SEVERANCE EFFECTS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 0142063559     PISSN: 10375783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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