Defensive driving and the external costs of accidents and travel delays

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 703-724

  Steimetz, Seiji S C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Congestion pricing; Externalities; Travel delays; Value of time

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COST ESTIMATING; COSTS; ECONOMICS; RISK PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CONGESTION PRICING; EXTERNAL COSTS; EXTERNALITIES; TRADITIONAL VALUES; TRAVEL DELAYS; TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING; UNIFIED MODELING; VALUE OF TIME;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 49049090338     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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