Methodology to develop median barrier warrant criteria

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-281

  Donnell, Eric T ^a   Mason Jr , John M ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Economic factors; Highways; Regression models; Traffic management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; REGRESSION MODEL;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745045299     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2006)132:4(269)     Document Type: Article

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