Cable barriers and traffic safety on rural interstates

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 248-259

  Villwock, Natalie M ^a   Blond, Nicolas ^b   Tarko, Andrew P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (France)

Author keywords

Barriers; Highways and roads; Rural areas; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY TRAFFICS; BARRIERS; BRIDGE STRUCTURES; CABLE BARRIER; COST COMPONENTS; COST ESTIMATIONS; COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS; CRASH FREQUENCY; FATAL CRASHES; HIGHWAYS AND ROADS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MEDIAN BARRIERS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; RURAL INTERSTATES; STATE AGENCIES; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VEHICLE CRASHES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; INSTALLATION; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL AREAS; VEHICLES;

CABLES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954564535     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000213     Document Type: Article

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