Quantile analysis of factors influencing the time taken to clear road traffic incidents

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 296-304

  Zou, Yajie ^a   Tang, Jinjun ^b   Wu, Lingtao ^c   Henrickson, Kristian ^d   Wang, Yinhai ^d  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Traffic engineering; Transport management; Transport planning

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION;

CLEARANCE PRIORITIES; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; INCIDENT MANAGEMENT; QUANTILE REGRESSION; ROAD TRAFFIC INCIDENTS; TRAFFIC ENGINEERING; TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORT PLANNING;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

DATA SET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD TRAFFIC; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 85029786474     PISSN: 0965092X     EISSN: 17517710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/jtran.15.00008     Document Type: Article

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