Effectiveness of automatic pedestrian detection device and smart lighting for pedestrian safety

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2140, 2009, Pages 27-34

  Nambisan, Shashi S ^a   Pulugurtha, Srinivas S ^b   Vasudevan, Vinod ^c   Dangeti, Mukund R ^c   Virupaksha, Vinay ^d  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^c University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; LIGHTING;

% REDUCTIONS; COURSE OF ACTION; DETECTION DEVICE; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; LAS VEGAS; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; METROPOLITAN AREA; PEDESTRIAN DETECTION; SMART LIGHTINGS; YIELDING BEHAVIOR;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 76749083900     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2140-03     Document Type: Article

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