Evaluation of effectiveness of the federal highway safety improvement program

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2318, 2012, Pages 23-34

  Wu, Kun Feng ^a   Himes, Scott ^a   Pietrucha, Martin ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ECONOMICS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

% REDUCTIONS; CRASH DATA; EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT; FATAL CRASHES; HIGHWAY SAFETY; INVENTORY DATA; PUBLIC ROADS; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; SERIOUS INJURIES; TRAFFIC FATALITIES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84874027901     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2318-04     Document Type: Article

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