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A Macro-Level Analysis of Traffic and Pedestrian Safety in Urban Areas
Title
A Macro-Level Analysis of Traffic and Pedestrian Safety in Urban Areas
Author
Najaf, Pooya
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Transportation, City planning
Description
The main objective of this research is to examine the effect of city-level urban characteristic, such as urban form and trip generation factors, on traffic safety in general and pedestrian safety in particular. For this purpose, the information fo...
Examining the Association Between Bus Transit Reliability and Ridership
Title
Examining the Association Between Bus Transit Reliability and Ridership
Author
Jayanthi, Lakshmi Sravya
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Transportation
Description
The road infrastructure has not been developed at the rate of growing travel demand in many cities in the United States, mainly due to space and resource constraints. Practitioners are exploring means to increase public transportation ridership wi...
MODELING RISK AND THE EFFECT OF AN INCREASE IN FREEWAY POSTED SPEED LIMIT ON CRASHES IN SPEED-CHANGE LANES
Title
MODELING RISK AND THE EFFECT OF AN INCREASE IN FREEWAY POSTED SPEED LIMIT ON CRASHES IN SPEED-CHANGE LANES
Author
Tagar, Synthia
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Transportation, Statistics
Description
Providing adequate design standards and capacity of speed-change lane is important for merging and diverging traffic to safely complete their maneuvers. Short speed-change lanes limit the ability of merging vehicles (/diverging vehicles) to reach ...
Modeling and Identifying Factors Associated with Fatal Crashes Involving Vehicles with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Title
Modeling and Identifying Factors Associated with Fatal Crashes Involving Vehicles with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Author
Gajera, Hardik
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering
Description
Recent advancements in vehicular technology are expected to enhance traffic safety by either warning the drivers or by automating the tasks related to driving to reduce the human driver’s involvement. The driver warning systems (DWSs) are designed...