Evaluating the effectiveness of state department of transportation investment decisions: Linking performance measures to resource allocation

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 216-229

  Hendren, Patricia ^a   Niemeier, Debbie A ^b  

^a Cambridge Systematics Inc   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Information management; Statistics; Surveys; Traffic flow; Transportation networks; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION;

TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT DECISIONS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS;

URBAN PLANNING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN PLANNING;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SURVEY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 33751085112     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2006)12:4(216)     Document Type: Article

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