Highway safety analysis using geographic information systems

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-97

  Castro, M ^a   Iglesias, L ^a   Rodriguez Solano R ^a   Sanchez J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Information technology; Roads highways; Traffic engineering

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTERS; E-LEARNING; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS;

CASE STUDIES; DESIGN/ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; HIGHWAY SAFETY; NEW TOOLS; OPERATING SPEEDS; SPEED PREDICTION MODELS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DESIGN; GIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ROAD; SAFETY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 44949171576     PISSN: 0965092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/tran.2008.161.2.91     Document Type: Article

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