An automated surrogate safety analysis at protected highway ramps using cross-sectional and before-after video data

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 284-295

  St Aubin, Paul ^a,b   Miranda Moreno, Luis ^a   Saunier, Nicolas ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated surrogate safety; Driver behaviour; Highway ramps; Road user interactions; Time to collision; Trajectories; Video data

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; TRAJECTORIES; VIDEO CAMERAS; VIDEO RECORDING;

DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; HIGHWAY RAMPS; ROAD USERS; TIME TO COLLISION; VIDEO DATA;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 84885467828     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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