Development of a Procedure for Estimating Expected Safety Effects of a Contemplated Traffic Signal Installation

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1840, 2003, Pages 96-103

  Persaud, Bhagwant ^a   McGee, Hugh ^b   Lyon, Craig ^a   Lord, Dominique ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Bellomo McGee Inc ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION; INSTALLATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

SAFETY ESTIMATION; SIGNAL INSTALLATION;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EID: 1842428170     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1840-11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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