Safety assessment of passing relief lanes using microsimulation-based conflicts analysis

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 116, Issue , 2018, Pages 94-102

  Cafiso, Salvatore ^a   D'Agostino, Carmelo ^a   Kieć, Mariusz ^b   Bak, Radoslaw ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

2 + 1 cross section; Geometric design; Traffic performance; Traffic simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GEOMETRY; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

2 + 1 CROSS-SECTION; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; MICROSIMULATION ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC SIMULATIONS;

MERGING;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALIBRATION; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; POLAND; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLAND; SAFETY;

EID: 85021855316     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2017.07.001     Document Type: Article

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