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Capturing Pedestrian-Vehicle Conflicts Using Computer Vision: Predicting the Severity of Conflicts and Examining the Effects of Pedestrian, Vehicle and Signal Timing-Related Factors
Title
Capturing Pedestrian-Vehicle Conflicts Using Computer Vision: Predicting the Severity of Conflicts and Examining the Effects of Pedestrian, Vehicle and Signal Timing-Related Factors
Author
Kalambay, Panick
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Transportation
Description
According to crash statistics, the United States witnessed 6,205 pedestrian fatalities and 76,000 injuries on its roads in 2019. These numbers are still unacceptably high and urge the need for proactive measures to mitigate pedestrian-vehicle conf...
Examining Associations, Identifying Chokepoints, and Modeling Truck Travel Time Performance Measures
Title
Examining Associations, Identifying Chokepoints, and Modeling Truck Travel Time Performance Measures
Author
Duvvuri, Sarvani
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Transportation, Civil engineering
Description
Trucks transport a significant amount of freight tonnage and are more susceptible to complex interactions with other vehicles in a traffic stream. While traffic congestion continues to be an important ‘highway’ problem, delays in truck travel resu...
FORECASTING TRAVEL TIME AND VARIATIONS IN TRAVEL TIME DUE TO VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN SPATIO-TEMPORAL CONTEXT ALONG FREEWAY
Title
FORECASTING TRAVEL TIME AND VARIATIONS IN TRAVEL TIME DUE TO VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN SPATIO-TEMPORAL CONTEXT ALONG FREEWAY
Author
Reza, Rashid Mohammad
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Transportation, Statistics
Description
The growth in population, technological advancements, increase in average life expectancy, and newer and fuel-efficient vehicles has led to a meteoric rise in travel demand over the past few decades. However, the road network capacity has not incr...
MODELING ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC FOR LOCAL FUNCTIONALLY CLASSIFIED ROADS
Title
MODELING ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC FOR LOCAL FUNCTIONALLY CLASSIFIED ROADS
Author
Mathew, Sonu
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Transportation
Description
The rapid increase in population, the growth in demand for travel, and the subsequent traffic congestion and road safety challenges call for better utilization of existing road infrastructure. A federally funded state-administered program known as...
MODELING CRASH RISK DUE TO TRAFFIC RULE VIOLATIONS FOR EDUCATION, ENFORCEMENT AND ENGINEERING COUNTERMEASURES
Title
MODELING CRASH RISK DUE TO TRAFFIC RULE VIOLATIONS FOR EDUCATION, ENFORCEMENT AND ENGINEERING COUNTERMEASURES
Author
Penmetsa, Praveena
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Transportation
Description
With 1.3 million deaths, motor vehicle crashes contributed to 2.2% of the total deaths in the world during 2012. Traffic rule violations are the major reason for the occurrence of crashes and fatalities world-wide. Education, enforcement and engin...
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 Bicycle-Vehicle Crash Frequency on Urban Roads
Title
Modeling Bicycle-Vehicle Crash Frequency on Urban Roads
Author
Mukoko, Kanya
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Transportation, City planning
Description
Bicyclists and motorists make mistakes that contribute to traffic crashes involving bicyclists on urban roads. The likelihood of a bicyclist being severely injured or killed daily in traffic crashes is creating fear, anxiety, and becoming a potent...
Modeling Freeway Level-of-Service based on Travel Time and Travel Time Reliability
Title
Modeling Freeway Level-of-Service based on Travel Time and Travel Time Reliability
Author
Imran, Md. Shah
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Transportation, City planning
Description
The assessment of operational performance is a challenge for the local transportation agencies and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) due to the dynamic nature in traffic movement. As demand approaches to the capacity of a roadway (or of t...
Modeling Operational Performance of Urban Roads with Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions
Title
Modeling Operational Performance of Urban Roads with Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions
Author
Kodupuganti, Swapneel Rao
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Transportation
Description
Several urban areas in the United States have planned for new facilities to cater to the needs of users of alternative modes of transportation (e.g., public transportation, walking, and bicycling) over the next decade. As an example, the city of C...
Modeling and Evaluating the Safety Effectiveness of Mini-Roundabouts
Title
Modeling and Evaluating the Safety Effectiveness of Mini-Roundabouts
Author
Mishra, Raunak
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Transportation, Sustainability
Description
Mini-roundabouts are a type of roundabout characterized by a small diameter, and fully traversable central island and splitter islands. They are an alternative intersection design option in areas with constraints requiring additional land acquisit...
Modeling the Crash Injury Severity in Work Zone Areas on Freeways
Title
Modeling the Crash Injury Severity in Work Zone Areas on Freeways
Author
Miatudila, Sr., Alain
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Transportation, Statistics
Description
The rising frequency of crashes in work zones on American freeways is a growing issue inherently linked to the degrading state of our transportation infrastructure. As travel demand increases and our infrastructure continues to age and wear out, w...
Modeling the Effect of a Road Construction Project on Travel Time at Link-Level
Title
Modeling the Effect of a Road Construction Project on Travel Time at Link-Level
Author
Kukkapalli, Venu Madhav
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Transportation, Statistics
Description
Drivers observe variation in travel time due to congestion and delay on existing transportation facilities. A road construction project has a significant effect on travel time, leading to increased congestion, delay, and driver frustration. The ef...
Modeling the Effects of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems on Driver Behavior
Title
Modeling the Effects of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems on Driver Behavior
Author
Gouribhatla, Raghuveer
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Transportation
Description
About 38,000 fatalities are reported every year in the United States and traffic crashes (referred to as crashes) are the leading cause of deaths among people up to 54 years. Additionally, economic loss due to crashes is estimated equal to $380 mi...
Modeling the Influence of Land Use Developments within the Vicinity of the Link and Network Characteristics on Travel Time
Title
Modeling the Influence of Land Use Developments within the Vicinity of the Link and Network Characteristics on Travel Time
Author
Mane, Ajinkya
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Transportation, Statistics, Geodesy
Description
From the year 2000 to the year 2010, the total population in the United States increased by 12.1%. About ~80% of the total population resides in the urban areas. The growth in the urban population influenced the urban sprawl, congestion, and, subs...