Reliability-based assessment of benefits in roadway safety management

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2513, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Cafiso, Salvatore ^a   D'Agostino, Carmelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RELIABILITY; ROADS AND STREETS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; COST ACCOUNTING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

BENEFIT/COST; BENEFIT/COST ANALYSIS; CRASH FREQUENCY; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; MODIFICATION FACTORS; RELIABILITY-BASED; ROAD SAFETY; ROADWAY SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTION; SAFETY STRATEGY;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84974851207     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2513-01     Document Type: Article

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