Statistical investigations of statutory holiday effects on traffic volumes

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1945, 2006, Pages 40-48

  Liu, Zhaobin ^a   Sharma, Satish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PLANNING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

BINOMIAL TESTS; HOLIDAY TRAFFIC; SIGNAL TIMING; TRAFFIC PROBLEMS;

TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

EID: 33845346137     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1945-05     Document Type: Conference Paper

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