Simple worksheet method to evaluate emergency vehicle preemption and its impacts on safety

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1867, 2004, Pages 151-162

  Louisell, Chuck ^a   Collura, John ^b   Teodorovic, Dusan ^b   Tignor, Sam ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY VEHICLES; INSTALLATION; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES (MUTCD); SIMULATION TOOLS; STAKEHOLDERS; SUPPORT ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 10944262361     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1867-18     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

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