Vehicle and pedestrian safety at light rail stops in mixed traffic

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2146, 2010, Pages 26-34

  Currie, Graham ^a   Reynolds, James ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Waverley Business Center   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; TROLLEY CARS;

AUSTRALIA; COLLISION RATE; LIGHT RAIL; MELBOURNE; MIXED TRAFFIC; RAIL SAFETIES; SAFETY IMPACT; SAFETY INCIDENTS; SAFETY RESEARCH; SAFETY RISKS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 78651306444     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2146-04     Document Type: Article

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