Modeling crossing behavior and accident risk of pedestrians

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 634-644

  Yannis, George ^a   Golias, John ^a   Papadimitriou, Eleonora ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accidents; Pedestrians; Probability; Risk management; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CROSSING BEHAVIOR; NESTED LOGIT MODEL; URBAN TRIP;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

MODELING; PEDESTRIAN; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35448949037     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2007)133:11(634)     Document Type: Article

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