Methodology for Evaluating the Safety of Midblock Pedestrian Crossings

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1828, 2003, Pages 75-82

  Cui, Zhenzhong ^a   Nambisan, Shashi S ^b  

^a Greenman Pedersen Inc   (United States)

^b University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INTERSECTIONS; ROADS AND STREETS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN PLANNING;

MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS; MIDBLOCK PEDESTRIAN CRASHES (MBPC);

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 0347533815     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1828-09     Document Type: Conference Paper

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