A model of behavioural adaptation as a contributor to the safety-in-numbers effect for cyclists

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 85, Issue , 2016, Pages 65-75

  Thompson, Jason ^a   Savino, Giovanni ^b   Stevenson, Mark ^c,d,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e The University of Melbourne   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Agent based modelling; Cycling; Injury; Pedestrians; Safety in numbers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SIMULATION PLATFORM;

AGENT-BASED MODELLING; CYCLING; INJURY; PEDESTRIANS; SAFETY IN NUMBERS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ACCIDENT; CYCLE TRANSPORT; INJURY; PEDESTRIAN; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84955113275     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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