Effectiveness of sealed shoulders and audible edge lines in Western Australia

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-205

  Meuleners, Lynn B ^a   Hendrie, Delia ^a   Lee, Andy H ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audible edge lines; Cost effectiveness; Crash reduction; Rumble strips; Sealed shoulders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79953868432     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2010.537001     Document Type: Article

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