A correlated random parameter approach to investigate the effects of weather conditions on crash risk for a mountainous freeway

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-77

  Yu, Rongjie ^a,d   Xiong, Yingge ^b   Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Central Florida   (United States)

^d JIANGSU PROVINCE COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION CENTER OF MODERN URBAN TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGIES   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregate traffic safety; Correlated random parameter model; Tobit model; Weather warning system

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VISIBILITY;

AGGREGATE TRAFFIC; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; RANDOM PARAMETER MODEL; SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTION; VEHICLE MILES TRAVELLED; WEATHER WARNINGS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; WARNING SYSTEM;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919782030     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

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