Evaluating the safety impacts of the number and arrangement of lanes on freeway exit ramps

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 543-551

  Chen, Hongyun ^a   Liu, Pan ^b   Lu, Jian John ^a   Behzadi, Bijan ^c  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PARSONS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional comparison; Exit ramp; Freeway diverge area; Lane balance; Negative binomial model; Proportionality test

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL COMPARISON; EXIT RAMP; FREEWAY DIVERGE AREA; LANE BALANCE; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODEL; PROPORTIONALITY TEST;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FLORIDA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 64849107177     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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