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Title Road traffic : safety, modeling & impacts / Sophie E. Paterson and Lucy K. Allan, editors
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009

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Contents Intro -- ROAD TRAFFIC: SAFETY, MODELING AND IMPACTS -- ROAD TRAFFIC: SAFETY, MODELING AND IMPACTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Expert Commentary DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABI -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 1 MODELS AND SIMULATION FOR TRAFFIC JAM AND SIGNAL CONTROL -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MODELS OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC -- 2.1. Microscopic Car-following Models -- 2.2. Cellular Automata (CA) -- 2.3. Gas-kinetic Models -- 2.4. Macroscopic Traffic Models -- 3. FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM AND CHARACTERISTICS -- 3.1. Fundamental Diagram -- 3.2. Linear Stability -- 3.3. Multi-Phase Model -- 4. TRAFFIC JAMS INDUCED BY SLOWDOWN SECTIONS -- 4.1. Jams at a Slowdown Section -- 4.2. Jams in Three-phase Model -- 4.3. Jams on a Highway with Some Slowdown Sections -- 5. TRAFFIC FLOW ON MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY -- 5.1. Traffic States Induced by Slowdown Sections on a Two-lane Highway -- 5.2. Traffic Flow of Mixed Vehicles on Multi-lane Highway -- 6. VEHICULAR TRAFFIC CONTROLLED BY TRAFFIC SIGNALS -- 6.1. Vehicular Behavior at the Synchronized and Green-wave Strategies -- 6.2. Split Effect on Vehicular Traffic -- 6.3. Effect of Irregularity on Vehicular Traffic -- 7. MAXIMAL FLOW AND CLUSTERING CONTROLLED BY SIGNALS -- 7.1. Maximal Flow and Pattern at Synchronized Strategy -- 7.2. Maximal Flow and Pattern at Green-wave Strategy -- 8. CHAOS INDUCED BY TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND SPEEDUP -- 8.1. Chaos of a Single Vehicle by Speedup -- 8.2. Chaos of Two Competing Vehicles Controlled by Traffic Lights -- 9. SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 FORENSIC INVESTIGATION OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS -- 2.1. Vehicle-vehicle Accident -- 2.1.1. Front Collision -- 2.1.2. Side Collisions -- 2.1.3. Rear Collision -- 2.1.4. Rollover -- 2.1.5. Ejection -- 2.2. Motor Vehicle-Train Accidents
Study III -- Test Battery -- Sample -- Models Tested -- Results -- Study IV -- Measurement of the Predictor Variables -- Adaptive Matrices Test (AMT/S11) -- Determination Test (DT/S1) -- Reaction Test (RT/S3) -- Tachistoscopic Traffic Perception Test (TAVTMB) -- Cognitrone (COG/S11) -- Inventory of Driving-Related Personality Traits (IVPE) -- Measurement of the Criterion Variable -- Sample -- Results -- Study V -- Measurement of the Predictor Variables -- Measurement of the Criterion Variable -- Sample -- Results -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 SIMULATION OF TRAVELLERS' DYNAMIC RESPONSE TO REAL TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TRAVELLER ROUTE CHOICE BEHAVIOUR -- 2.1. Discrete Choice Modelling -- 2.2. Traveller's Route Choice Decision Responding to VMS Message -- 2.3. Travellers' Route Choice Behaviour in Adelaide -- 3. MICROSCOPIC TRAFFIC SIMULATION -- 3.1. Microscopic Traffic Simulation -- 3.2. Adelaide City Council Area Micro-simulation Model -- 4. VMS ROUTE GUIDANCE APPLICATION -- 4.1. Dynamic Micro-simulation Framework for VMS Application -- 4.2. VMS Route Guidance Program -- 4.2.1. Travel Time Estimation -- 4.2.2. Information Distribution -- 4.2.3. Driver's Route Choice Decision -- 5. PRELIMINARY SIMULATION RESULTS -- 5.1. Study Site -- 5.2. Results -- 6. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 NEW TRENDS IN ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY RESEARCH ON SENIOR DRIVERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH WORK IN AGING AND DRIVING CONTEXT -- USEFUL VISUAL FIELD AND DRIVING: STATUS REPORT AND EVOLUTION -- CONCEPT AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES -- SEVERAL FORMS OF DETERIORATION -- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDICES RELATED TO VISUAL FIELD AND ROAD SAFETY -- ROAD ACCIDENTS AND THE RISK OF HAVING AN ACCIDENT -- USEFUL VISUAL FIELD ASSESSMENT DURING DRIVING -- FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
METACOGNITION: A KEY FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRIVERS' ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES -- What Kind of Regulation for Elderly Drivers? -- SOME BASIC NOTIONS OF METACOGNITION -- METACOGNITION AND DRIVING -- Accurate Self-Evaluation (Monitoring) â#x80;¦ -- â#x80;¦Allows Optimal Self-Regulation (Control)â#x80;¦ -- â#x80;¦If Well Established! -- IMPLICATION FOR FUTURE RESEARCH: NEW RETRAINING CURRICULA FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF AN EFFECTIVE SEQUENTIAL APPROACH FOR DYNAMIC ACCIDENT DURATION FORECASTING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LITERATURE REVIEW -- 3. MODEL BUILDING -- 3.1. Data Analysis -- 3.1.1. VD Data -- 3.1.2. Incident Data -- 3.1.3. Accident Duration Data -- 3.2. Model Structure -- 3.3. Model Inputs and Output -- Accident Characteristics -- Traffic Data -- Time Relationship -- Space Relationship -- Geometry Characteristics -- 3.4. Identity Fusion -- 4. MODEL EVALUATION RESULTS -- 4.1. Static Forecast -- 4.2. Semi-dynamic Updated Forecast and Dynamic Updated Forecast -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS FOR SIGNALIZED ROAD NETWORK DESIGN PROBLEM -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PROBLEM FORMULATION -- 2.1. Notation -- 2.2. User Equilibrium Traffic Assignment -- 2.3. Parametric Variational Inequality -- 2.4. Sensitivity Analysis -- 2.5. Delay-minimizing Problem with Link Capacity Expansions -- 3. SOLUTION METHOD -- 3.1. Conjugate Gradient Projections -- 3.2. A Hybrid Search Heuristic (HSR) -- 4. NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER ISSUES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 SOCIAL COGNITIVE HUMAN FACTORS OF AUTOMOBILE DRIVING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ON THE CONCURRENT INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL COGNITION AND HUMAN FACTORS -- MOTIVATION -- EXPECTANCIES -- AGGRESSION -- SOCIAL FACILITATION -- ATTITUDES AND PERSUASION
IMPLICIT RACIAL ATTITUDES -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 DRIVER RESPONSES TO SPEED CAMERA ENFORCEMENT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- Characteristics of the Driver Types -- Driving Behaviour -- Knowledge and Perception -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 METHODS AND ANALYSIS OF AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR AVALANCHE-PRONE ROADS: EXAMPLES AND COMPARISONS FOR THE MILFORD ROAD, NEW ZEALAND -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. METHODS OF AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT -- 3.1. The Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) -- 3.2. Probability of Death to an Individual -- 4. SENSITIVITY OF THE METHODS -- 4.1. The Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) Sensitivity -- 4.2. Probability of Death to an Individual Sensitivity -- 5. DISCUSSION AND CASE STUDIES -- 5.1. Avalanche Hazard Index -- 5.2. Probability of Death to an Individual -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 DRIVING BEHAVIOR AND COGNITIVE TASK PERFORMANCE OF FATIGUED DRIVERS: EFFECTS OF ROAD ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR CHANGES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODS -- 2.1. Participants -- 2.2. Apparatus -- 2.3. Tasks -- 2.3.1. Driving -- 2.3.2. Visual Traffic Sign Distance Estimation Task -- 2.3.3. Arithmetic Task -- 2.3.4. Psychological Fatigue Rating Task -- 2.4. Experimental Design and Procedures -- 2.5. Data Collection -- Driving Behaviors -- Arithmetic Task Performance -- 3. RESULTS -- 3.1. Fatigue Ratings -- 3.2. Driving Behavior -- Steering Wheel Angle Behavior -- Standard Deviation of Lateral Acceleration -- 3.3. Arithmetic Task Performance -- 3.4. Traffic Sign Distance Estimation -- 4. DISCUSSION -- 4.1. Effects of Road Environment on Fatigued Drivers' Behavior and Performance -- 4.2. Effect of Road Environment Switch on Fatigued Drivers' Behavior and Performance -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Traffic engineering -- Developing countries
Traffic engineering -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
Traffic safety -- Developing countries
Traffic accidents -- Developing countries
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation.
Traffic accidents
Traffic engineering
Traffic engineering -- Social aspects
Traffic safety
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
Author Paterson, Sophie E
Allan, Lucy K
LC no. 2020685124
ISBN 9781616680039
1616680032