Are pedestrian countdown signals effective in reducing crashes?

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 632-641

  Pulugurtha, Srinivas S ^a   Desai, Arpan ^b   Pulugurtha, Nagasujana M ^c  

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

^b Gopman Consulting Engineers   (United States)

^c Private Transportation Engineering/Planning Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Countdown signals; Crash ratio; Crashes; Intersections; Pedestrian; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 78649745337     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2010.498845     Document Type: Article

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