Modeling accident duration and its mitigation strategies on South Korean freeway systems

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2178, 2010, Pages 49-57

  Chung, Younshik ^a   Walubita, Lubinda F ^b   Choi, Keechoo ^c  

^a Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)   (South Korea)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ACCIDENT DATA; CRITICAL FACTORS; DATA SET; FAILURE TIME; FREEWAY SYSTEMS; METRIC MODEL; MITIGATION MEASURES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; STRATEGIC PLAN; TRAFFIC DELAYS;

TAXICABS;

EID: 78951482524     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2178-06     Document Type: Article

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