Evaluating the effects of the I-35W bridge collapse on road-users in the twin cities metropolitan region

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 691-703

  Xie, Feng ^a   Levinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost; Economic impact; Transportation planning; Travel demand

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT COST RATIOS; BENEFIT-COST; BRIDGE COLLAPSE; COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMIC SENSE; EMERGENCY RELIEF; LOOP DETECTOR; METROPOLITAN AREA; MINNESOTA; MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONS; QUICK RESPONSE; TRAFFIC DATA; TRAFFIC RESTORATION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL DELAYS; TRAVEL DEMAND; TRAVEL DEMAND MODELS;

LOSSES; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; COLLAPSE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; METROPOLITAN AREA; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL DEMAND;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051898199     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2011.602850     Document Type: Article

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