Transportation Research Board Special Report 269
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IV operations and safety
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Copyright 2002 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competencies and with regard for appropriate balance.
This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to the procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
The study was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on School Transportation Safety.
The relative risks of school travel : a national perspective and guidance for local community risk assessment / Committee on School Transportation Safety.
p. cm.—(Special report)
1. School children—Transportation—United States. 2. Risk assessment—United States. I. Title. II. Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board)
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