Traffic Conditions and Truck Accidents on Urban Freeways

UCI-ITS-WP-04-3 Traffic Conditions and Truck Accidents on Urban Freeways UCI-ITS-WP-04-3 Thomas F. G o l o b Amelia C. Regan Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Irvine Irvine, California 92697-3600, U.S.A., tgolob@uci.edu Department of Computer Science, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Irvine Irvine, California 92697-3600, U.S.A., aregan@uci.edu July 2004 Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Irvine Irvine, C A 92697-3600, U.S.A. http://www.its.uci.edu

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