Evaluation of safety effectiveness of multiple cross sectional features on urban arterials

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 245-255

  Park, Juneyoung ^a   Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash modification factors; Cross Sectional method; Generalized nonlinear models; Multiple treatments; Safety effectiveness

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

CROSS-SECTION ELEMENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL METHODS; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; GENERALIZED NONLINEAR MODEL; MODIFICATION FACTORS; MULTIPLE TREATMENTS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS;

BICYCLES;

CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FLORIDA; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SAFETY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84964282385     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.04.017     Document Type: Article

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