Accident modification factors for medians on freeways and multilane rural highways in Texas

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2083, 2008, Pages 62-71

  Fitzpatrick, Kay ^a   Lord, Dominique ^b   Park, Byung Jung ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RURAL AREAS; RURAL ROADS; URBAN GROWTH;

ACCIDENT MODIFICATION FACTORS; GROWING DEMAND; MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY; ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL FREEWAYS; RURAL HIGHWAYS; RURAL SITE; TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES; URBAN AND RURAL; URBAN FREEWAYS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 63849116713     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2083-07     Document Type: Article

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