Safety effectiveness of centerline plus shoulder rumble strips on two-lane rural roads

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Persaud, Bhagwant ^a   Lyon, Craig ^b   Eccles, Kimberly ^c   Soika, Jonathan ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Persaud and Lyon Inc   (Canada)

^c VHB Engineering NC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Highway and road shoulders; Traffic accidents; Traffic control devices; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL ROADS; SITE SELECTION; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; TRANSPORTATION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMBINATION TREATMENTS; EMPIRICAL BAYES; MODIFICATION FACTORS; POTENTIAL SITES; TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TREATMENT COSTS;

SHOULDERS (ROAD);

ACCIDENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 84964691366     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000821     Document Type: Article

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