Addressing wrong-way driving as a matter of policy: The Florida Experience

Transport Policy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2016, Pages 92-100

  Ponnaluri, Raj V ^a  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenges; Countermeasures; Design and planning; Policy framework; Wrong way driving

Indexed keywords

POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952364329     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: 1879310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2015.11.011     Document Type: Article

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