The Effect of Traffic Complexity and Speed on Young and Elderly Pedestrians’ Street-crossing Decisions
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Aurèlie Dommes, Sabine Langevin, Viola Cavallo, Jennifer Oxley, & Fabrice Vienne 1 French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR – INRETS), LPC, Versailles, France 2 MUARC, Monash University Sunway Campus, Malaysia 3 French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR – INRETS), LEPSIS, Paris, France Email: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2011