Road safety issues in Pakistan: A case study of Lahore

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-48

  Batool, Zahara ^a   Carsten, Oliver ^a   Jopson, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pakistan; qualitative study; road safety issues

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT DATA; DRIVING STYLES; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; OPERATIONAL ISSUES; OPERATIONAL LEVEL; PAKISTAN; QUALITATIVE STUDY; ROAD SAFETY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; TEMPLATE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC MONITORING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; RESEARCH;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

LAW ENFORCEMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

LAHORE; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

EID: 84858587971     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2012.635415     Document Type: Article

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