Implications of Pedestrian Safety Planning Factors in Areas with Minority and Low-Income Populations

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 360-381

  Siddiqui, Chowdhury ^a   Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a   Choi, Keechoo ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

environmental justice areas; low income population; minority population; pedestrian crashes; safety planning factors; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; LOW-INCOME POPULATION; MINORITY POPULATION; PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; SAFETY PLANNING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUTOCORRELATION;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

AUTOCORRELATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PEDESTRIAN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 84887175671     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2012.702853     Document Type: Article

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