Development of a deployment planning tool for freeway safety service patrol programs

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

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 181-189

  Edara, Praveen K ^a   Dougald, Lance E ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash prediction; Freeway service patrols; Incident management; Planning tool

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; INVESTMENTS; URBAN PLANNING;

FREEWAY SERVICE PATROLS; INCIDENT MANAGEMENT; PLANNING TOOLS; SAFETY SERVICE PATROLS (SSP);

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 35649018261     PISSN: 15472450     EISSN: 15472442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15472450701653465     Document Type: Article

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