Empirical bayes before-after study on safety effect of narrow pavement widening projects in Texas

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2515, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-69

  Wu, Hui ^a   Han, Zhe ^a   Murphy, Michael R ^a   Zhang, Zhanmin ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RURAL AREAS;

% REDUCTIONS; BEFORE-AFTER-STUDIES; COMPARISON STUDY; EMPIRICAL BAYES; EMPIRICAL BAYES METHOD; PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT ANALYSIS; ROADWAY WIDENING; STRUCTURAL CAPACITIES; TWO-LANE;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 84976271920     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2515-09     Document Type: Article

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