Using GIS to identify pedestrian- vehicle crash hot spots and unsafe bus stops

Journal of Public Transportation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-114

  Truong, Long Tien ^a   Somenahalli, Sekhar V C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84863806178     PISSN: 1077291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/2375-0901.14.1.6     Document Type: Article

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