Pedestrian temporal and spatial gap acceptance at mid-block street crossing in developing world

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 39-46

  Pawar, Digvijay S ^a   Patil, Gopal R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Gap acceptance; Logit model; Pedestrians midblock crossings; Spatial gap; Temporal gap

Indexed keywords

CROSSWALKS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOTBRIDGES; INTERSECTIONS; VEHICLES; VIDEO CAMERAS;

50TH PERCENTILES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; GAP ACCEPTANCE; LOGIT MODELING; MOTORIZED VEHICLES; SPATIAL GAP; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; TEMPORAL GAP;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INDIA; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 84921483579     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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