Design of safe urban roadsides an empirical analysis

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1961, 2006, Pages 74-82

  Dumbaugh, Eric ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CRASHWORTHINESS; DRIVEWAYS; PAVEMENTS; RANDOM ERRORS; SHOULDERS (ROAD); URBAN PLANNING;

BINOMIAL REGRESSION MODELS; DRIVER ERRORS; RANDOM MIDBLOCK ENCROACHMENTS;

ROADSIDES;

EID: 33845318513     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1961-09     Document Type: Conference Paper

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