Innovative design for safe and accessible light rail or tram stops suitable for streetcar-style conditions

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1955, 2006, Pages 37-46

  Currie, Graham ^a   Smith, Paul ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The City of Port Phillip   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY FACTOR;

ROAD TRAFFIC STOPS; SLOWS PASSING TRAFFIC; STREETCAR-STYLE CONDITIONS; TRAM STOP DESIGN;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33845343222     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361198106195500105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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