Crash risk assessment using intelligent transportation systems data and real-time intervention strategies to improve safety on freeways

Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 107-120

  Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a   Pande, Anurag ^a   Lee, Chris ^a   Gayah, Vikash ^a   Santos, Cristina Dos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

ITS data; Microscopic simulation; Proactive traffic management; Ramp metering; Real time crash prediction; Variable speed limit

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS); LOOP DETECTOR DATA; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION; RAMP METERING; REAL-TIME CRASH PREDICTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547318893     PISSN: 15472450     EISSN: 15472442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15472450701410395     Document Type: Article

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