Stutter-flash light-emitting-diode beacons to increase yielding to pedestrians at crosswalks

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2073, 2008, Pages 69-78

  Van Houten, Ron ^a   Ellis, Ralph ^b   Marmolejo, Erick ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CROSSWALKS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

% REDUCTIONS; AMBER LIGHT; COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL; FLASH LIGHT; FLORIDA; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; LIGHTEMITTING DIODE; LOW-COSTS; YIELDING BEHAVIOR;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 61349124849     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2073-08     Document Type: Article

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