Safety improvements through Intelligent Transport Systems: A South African case study based on microscopic simulation modelling

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 807-817

  Vanderschuren, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Headways; Intelligent Transport Systems; Micro simulation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSPORTATION;

HEADWAYS; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; MICRO-SIMULATION;

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CAR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLICY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 40449097686     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.09.025     Document Type: Article

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