Safety and economic impacts of photo radar program

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-307

  Chen, Greg ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Metropolitan College of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost Benefit Analysis; Economic Evaluation; Fatal and Injury Collision Reduction; Photo Radar; Traffic Safety

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CANADA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; INJURY; INSURANCE; MANAGEMENT; PHOTO RADAR PROGRAM; POLITICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMATION; CANADA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLICY MAKING; RADAR; SAFETY; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 31644435133     PISSN: 10286586     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580500253729     Document Type: Review

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