Understanding road safety impact of high-performance bus rapid transit and busway design features

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2317, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-14

  Duduta, Nicolae ^a   Adriazola, Claudia ^a   Hidalgo, Dario ^a   Lindau, Luis Antonio ^b   Jaffe, Rebecca ^c  

^a WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMBARQ Brasil   (Brazil)

^c Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; RAPID TRANSIT;

A-CENTER; BUS RAPID TRANSIT; BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS; BUS WAY; COUNTERFLOW; DESIGN FEATURES; HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY IMPACT;

ROADS AND STREETS;

EID: 84907308958     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2317-02     Document Type: Article

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