The safety margin and perceived safety of pedestrians at unmarked roadway

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-131

  Zhuang, Xiangling ^a,c   Wu, Changxu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Path analysis; Pedestrian; Perceived safety; Safety margin; Unmarked roadway

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRIVER TRAINING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; PATH ANALYSIS; PEDESTRIAN; PEDESTRIAN SPEED; PLANNING BEHAVIORS; SAFETY MARGIN; SAFETY-RELATED; UNMARKED ROADWAY;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 84862814214     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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