How lane arrangements on freeway mainlines and ramps affect safety of freeways with closely spaced entrance and exit ramps

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 614-622

  Liu, Pan ^a   Chen, Hongyun ^b   Lu, Jian John ^b   Cao, Bing ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash; Freeway; Lane arrangement; Lane balance; Ramp; Safety

Indexed keywords

CRASH; FREEWAY; LANE ARRANGEMENT; LANE BALANCE; RAMP; SAFETY;

DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COLLISION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 77955644966     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000127     Document Type: Article

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