Sensitivity analyses of stopping distance for connected vehicles at active highway-rail grade crossings

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 99, Issue , 2017, Pages 210-217

  Hsu, Chung Jen ^a   Jones, Elizabeth G ^b  

^a Bowhead Logistics Solutions   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Connected vehicles; High Rail grade crossings; Sensitivity analysis; Stopping distance

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; SAFETY FACTOR; VEHICLES;

INITIAL SPEED; RAIL GRADES; STOPPING DISTANCE;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RAILWAY; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RAILROADS; SAFETY;

EID: 85003674299     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.12.007     Document Type: Article

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