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A Co-Simulation Study to Assess the Impacts of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles on Traffic Flow Stability during Hurricane Evacuation
The goal of this project is to assess the potential impact of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) on traffic flow stability during a highly congested situation (e.g., evacuation period) using a c ...
A Driving Simulator Investigation of Road Safety Risk Mitigation under Reduced Visibility
In Florida, low visibility roadway environment due to fog is one of the major traffic safety concerns. It is known that in low visibility conditions, such as fog and smoke, crashes tend to be more sev ...
Assessing the Effectiveness of Connected Vehicle Technologies based on Driving Simulator Experiments
The research team will investigate the effectiveness of the Cooperative Forward Collision Warning (CFCW) technology and the Pedestrian-to-Vehicle (P2V) technology utilizing a driving simulator. Driver ...
Connected Vehicles (CV) Transition and Market Penetration
The development of information and communication technologies have facilitated connected vehicle (CV) technologies, in which vehicles communicate with other vehicles (V2V), roadway infrastructures (V2 ...
Enhancing School Zone and School Bus Safety
Traffic crashes involving school-age children are a serious safety concern, as there has been an increase in the number of school-age pedestrians and cyclists injured and killed throughout the years. ...
Evaluating the Effects of Cooperative Perception on Avoiding Pedestrian Crashes for Connected and Automated Vehicles
Automated-Vehicle (AV) technologies are expected to improve road safety by detecting the surrounding environment with the equipped sensors (e.g., camera, radar) and making necessary driving decisions. ...
Evaluation of Managed Lane Facilities in a Connected Vehicle Environment
The research team will evaluate the roadways with the 3 lane types (Connected Vehicle lanes, Managed Lanes, and general purpose lanes) and the impact of different Connected Vehicle (CV) market penetra ...
Integration of Microscopic Big Traffic Data in Driving-Simulation-Based Safety Analysis
This research project is the Initial Institution Initial Project for the University of Central Florida as proposed to the USDOT in the SAFER-SIM proposal. The project is envisioned to continue through ...
Investigate the effects of V2X technologies for automated vehicles using virtual simulation and driving simulator experiments
The proposed project aims to conduct virtual simulation experiments based on crash report analysis and the results from previous driving simulator experiments. In 2019, the UCF team conducted a drivin ...
Investigating the Effects of Cooperative Driving for CAVs in Different Driving Scenarios Using Multi-Driver Simulator Experiments
This project aims to develop cooperative driving strategy (CDS) in a CAV environment and evaluate its safety effects. UCF’s multi-driver simulator will be used to collect driver interaction data whi ...
Investigating the safety effect of different sensors in various conditions in a connected vehicle environment – a Digital Twin approach
The emerging connected vehicle (CV) technology has brought unprecedented opportunities to implement applications to enhance the driving experience. Through vehicle to vehicle (V2V) and vehicle to infr ...
Investigation of Driving Behavior at Alternative Intersection Designs and Safety Improvement: A Driver Simulator Study
Intersections have been of major interest to traffic engineers because there are many conflicts between road users, and it poses a great exposure to safety risk and traffic congestion. Recently, sever ...
Investigation of Merge Strategies at Ramp Area in Connected Vehicle Environment based on Multi-Driver Simulator System
This project aims to develop a multi-driver simulator system and conduct experiments to investigate the impact of connected-vehicle technologies. First, a multi-driver simulator system will be develop ...
Operational and Safety-Based Analyses of Varied Toll Lane Configurations
This research project is the Initial Collaborative Project for the University of Central Florida, University of Massachusetts - Amherst (UMass) and University of Puerto Rico as proposed to the USDOT i ...
Phase I: Evaluation of Real World Toll Plazas Using Driving Simulators
Toll plazas are becoming an essential part of the highway system, especially within the state of Florida. Many crashes reported on highways occur at toll plazas. A primary reason for vehicle collision ...
Phase II: Operational and Safety-Based Analyses of Varied Toll Lane Configurations
We are proposing the second phase of the Collaborative Project for the University of Central Florida, University of Massachusetts - Amherst (UMass) and University of Puerto Rico as proposed to the USD ...
Using Simulation to Assess and Reduce Conflicts between Drivers and Bicyclists
UI/UM Contribution: Separated bicycle lanes, or cycle tracks, are increasing in popularity across the nation. When the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) became the first DOT to pub ...
Utilizing Micro Simulation to Evaluate the Safety and Efficiency of the Expressway System
The Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) has introduced the Microwave Vehicle Detection System (MVDS) in the past few years. Together with the existing Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) sys ...

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