Cross-section designs for the safety performance of buffer-separated high-occupancy vehicle lanes

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 247-254

  Jang, Kitae ^a,b   Kang, Sanghyeok ^c,d   Seo, Jongwon ^e   Chan, Ching Yao ^f  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Construction and Economy Research Institute of Korea ^*  (South Korea)

^d Berkeley   (United States)

^e Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^f Department of SSHA   (United States)

Author keywords

High occupancy vehicles; Regression analysis; Traffic accidents; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL DESIGN; DESIGN VARIABLES; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; GEOMETRIC FEATURE; HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLES; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

GEOMETRY; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DESIGN;

DESIGN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 84878434477     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000496     Document Type: Article

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