Field comparison of two types of accessible pedestrian signals

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1939, 2005, Pages 91-98

  Williams, Michael D ^a   Van Houten, Ron ^b,c   Ferraro, John ^a   Blasch, Bruce B ^a  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORIES; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL (APS); ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS; FIELD COMPARISON; STREETCROSSING BEHAVIORS;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33645743319     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1939-11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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