Decision aid for allocation of transportation funds to roadside safety enchancement

Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction B: Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-154

  Ayati, Esmaeel ^a   Shahidian, M ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b The Province of Fars Management and Planning Organization   (Iran)

Author keywords

Embankment; Encroachment; Guardrail; Optimization; Roadside safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; EMBANKMENTS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

EMBANKMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; OPTIMIZATION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 34547431997     PISSN: 03601307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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