Estimation of speed differentials on rural highways using hierarchical linear regression models

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 624-637

  Park, Peter Y ^a   Miranda Moreno, Luis F ^b   Saccomanno, Frank F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Highway safety; Road design; Speed; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; CONSISTENCY MEASURES; DECISION MAKERS; ESTIMATION PROCESS; HIGH QUALITY; HIGHWAY SAFETY; INITIAL DESIGN; LEVEL MODEL; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MULTILEVEL MODEL; MULTILEVEL MODELING; ROAD DESIGN; ROAD SAFETY; RURAL HIGHWAYS; SPEED DIFFERENTIAL; STATISTICAL MODELS;

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; FORECASTING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SPEED;

ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROAD TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 77951920328     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L10-002     Document Type: Article

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