Driver behavior at highway–rail grade crossings with passive traffic controls: A driving simulator study

Journal of Transportation Safety and Security

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-55

  Liu, Jun ^a   Bartnik, Bryan ^b   Richards, Stephen H ^a   Khattak, Asad J ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b Tennessee Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

driver behavior; driving simulator; mixed effects model; passive crossing; path analysis; stop sign

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973621348     PISSN: 19439962     EISSN: 19439970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2015.1043478     Document Type: Review

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