Spatial epidemiologic analysis of relative collision risk factors among urban bicyclists and pedestrians

Transportation

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 433-448

  Delmelle, Elizabeth Cahill ^a   Thill, Jean Claude ^a   Ha, Hoe Hun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicyclists; Crash analysis; Pedestrians; Spatial analysis; Spatial statistics; Urban traffic safety

Indexed keywords

BICYCLISTS; CRASH ANALYSIS; PEDESTRIANS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL STATISTICS; URBAN TRAFFIC;

ACCIDENTS; ECONOMICS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

COLLISION; CYCLE TRANSPORT; INCOME; NEIGHBORHOOD; PEDESTRIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROAD TRANSPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

BUFFALO; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856693776     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-011-9363-8     Document Type: Article

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