Analysis of bus collision and non-collision incidents using transit ITS and other archived operations data

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-144

  Strathman, James G ^a   Wachana, Paul ^a   Callas, Steve ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tri Met   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Operators; Safety; Transit

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PERSONNEL; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

CUSTOMER INFORMATION; CUSTOMER RELATIONS; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; TRANSIT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 83555160961     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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