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Analyzing the Performance of Remote-Drivers on Transit Shuttle Short Routes
Using driving simulation, this project will study how a remote driver performs when operating a transit vehicle in complex scenarios that involve pedestrian-avoidance maneuvers. These types of maneuve ...
Assess Highway Construction Workers´ Behavior while Driving through Work Zones in Comparison to General Drivers Sensitized Using Virtual Reality and a Driving Simulator
To ensure the safety of construction workers and drivers in work zones is a challenge due to the work zones complex geometry, which includes the temporary presence of signs, channeling devices, lane r ...
ASSESSING A TWO-STEP POSTED SPEED REDUCTION AS A POTENTIAL COUNTERMEASURE TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN SCHOOL ZONES USING DRIVING SIMULATION
According to NHTSA, speeding is a major contributory factor of severe injuries and deaths in school zones. In a study performed at UPRM, data showed that in 68% of schools in the western region of PR, ...
Assessing the Effect of Drivers’ Behavior in Rural Roads with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Using a Driving Simulator
Traffic crashes in rural roads are a serious safety related issue because of the disproportionality between fatalities and the rural population. As a result of this concern, the safety of rural roads ...
Assessment of Drivers' Behavior and Workload while Interacting with E-scooters Using a Driving Simulator
Motorized scooters (e-scooters) have become an emerging alternative mode of transportation in cities worldwide. E-scooters provide mobility as a service (MaaS) with benefits related to easement of mov ...
Driver and Pedestrian Behavior at Crosswalks in Modern Roundabouts using Virtual Reality
In the United States there are about 7,100 modern roundabouts (Kittelson & Associates, 2020). Roundabouts are generally associated with a reduction in crashes, but pedestrians face crossing difficulti ...
DRIVER’S SAFETY ASSESSMENT IN TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS WORK ZONES
Work zones generate several challenges in terms of safety for both workers and drivers. The complex geometry including the presence of temporary signs, channelizing devices, lane changes, lane reduct ...
Evaluation of Driver Workload and Training Strategies on a Diverging Diamond Interchange
The amount of information processed by drivers in freeways and arterials increases significantly at interchanges. The information includes changes in alignment and number of lanes, lane position, merg ...
Impact of Road Information Assistive Systems on Pedestrian Crossing Safety
NHTSA (2019) reported that road-related fatalities in the United States (US) decreased in 2018 by 2.4% when compared with 2017. Nonetheless, pedestrian fatalities increased by 3.4% in the same period, ...
Impact of Turning Radius on Vehicle Speeds and Pedestrian Crossing Safety on Urban Unsignalized Intersections Using Virtual Reality
The study of road user behavior at intersections and its impact on pedestrian safety has significant relevance. About 62% of the fatal intersection crashes involving pedestrians happened at unsignaliz ...
Study of Gap Acceptance and Walking Speeds of Pedestrians using Virtual Reality Simulation
The numbers of pedestrians killed on road crashes merits attention. In the United States, 5,987 pedestrian fatalities were registered in 2016; the highest number registered since 1990. One of the risk ...

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