Safety assessment of taxi drivers in Singapore

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2114, 2009, Pages 47-56

  Chin, Hoong Chor ^a   Huang, Helai L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; TAXICABS;

ACCIDENT RATE; CAUSES ANALYSIS; FACTORS ANALYSIS; LAND TRANSPORT; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SAFETY STANDARD; SINGAPORE; TAXI DRIVERS; TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 76149139786     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2114-06     Document Type: Article

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