Development of new crash experience warrants for traffic signals in Ontario, Canada

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1953, 2006, Pages 120-127

  Hadayeghi, Alireza ^a   Malone, Brian ^a   De Gannes, Roger ^b  

^a Synectics Transportation Consultants Inc   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Transportation of Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTERSECTIONS; SAFETY FACTOR; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

BAYES METHODS; CRASH WARRANTS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 33845335805     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1953-14     Document Type: Article

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