Road safety issues for bus transport management

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 324-333

  Cafiso, Salvatore ^a   Di Graziano, Alessandro ^a   Pappalardo, Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bus; Crash; Safety; Survey

Indexed keywords

BRAKE ASSISTANCES; CRASH; DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; ROAD SAFETY ISSUES; VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES; VEHICLE MONITORING; VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BUS TRANSPORTATION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; MASS TRANSPORTATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SAFETY FACTOR; SURVEYING; SURVEYS; UNLOADING; VEHICLES;

BUSES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUS; CAR DRIVING; CRASH; DELPHI STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; SURVEY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

BUS; CRASH; SAFETY; SURVEY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALGORITHMS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MOTOR VEHICLES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY;

EID: 84887061902     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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