Model for the safety impacts of road weather information services available to road users and related socio-economic benefits

IET Intelligent Transport Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 474-481

  Oorni R ^a   Kulmala, R ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION STUDY; LITERATURE STUDIES; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SERVICE PROVISIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WEATHER INFORMATION; WEATHER-RELATED ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENTS; ROADS AND STREETS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84878424573     PISSN: 1751956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-its.2011.0206     Document Type: Article

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