The effect of the London congestion charge on road casualties: An intervention analysis

Transportation

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-91

  Noland, Robert B ^a   Quddus, Mohammed A ^b   Ochieng, Washington Y ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congestion charging; Intervention analysis; Negative binomial; Traffic casualties

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FEES AND CHARGES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CONGESTION CHARGING; INTERVENTION ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; ROAD CASUALTIES; TRAFFIC CASUALTIES;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ACCIDENT; PEDESTRIAN; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36448969384     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-007-9133-9     Document Type: Article

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