Interactions of environmental and safety measures for sustainable road transportation

European Transport Research Review

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 189-199

  Luoma, Juha ^a   Sivak, Michael ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Measures; Road transportation; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CIVIL DEFENSE; ROADS AND STREETS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; MEASURES; POLICY OBJECTIVES; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; ROAD SAFETY MEASURE; ROAD TRANSPORTATION; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84869202554     PISSN: 18670717     EISSN: 18668887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12544-012-0078-5     Document Type: Article

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