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Can automated driving prevent crashes with distracted Pedestrians? An exploration of motion planning at unsignalized Mid-block crosswalks
Hong, Zhu; Han, Tianyang; Alhajyaseen, Wael K.M.; Iryo-Asano, Miho; Nakamura, Hideki ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Pedestrian distraction may provoke severe difficulties in automated vehicle (AV) control, which may significantly affect the safety performance of AVs, especially at unsignalized mid-block crosswalks (UMCs). However, there ... -
Defensive or competitive Autonomous Vehicles: Which one interacts safely and efficiently with pedestrians?
Hong, Zhu; Alhajyaseen, Wael; Iryo-Asano, Miho; Nakamura, Hideki; Dias, Charitha ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)The emergence of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) could provoke unexpected challenges in urban traffic environments. One such crucial challenge is the conflicts between pedestrians and AVs, particularly on unsignalized mid-block ... -
Interactions between autonomous vehicles and pedestrians at unsignalized mid-block crosswalks considering occlusions by opposing vehicles
Zhu, Hong; Iryo-Asano, Miho; Alhajyaseen, Wael K.M.; Nakamura, Hideki; Dias, Charitha ( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)Visibility can be identified as one of the critical determinants for the safety performance of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on unsignalized mid-block crosswalks (UMC), which may be significantly influenced by build-up environment ... -
An international comparative study on driving attitudes and behaviors based on questionnaire surveys
Kazufumi, Suzuki; Tang, Keshuang; Alhajyaseen, Wael; Suzuki, Koji; Nakamura, Hideki ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Road traffic crashes (RTCs) are influenced by a driver's awareness and attitude toward road safety, as well as the socio-economic status, infrastructure development level, traffic status, social system, and traffic safety ... -
Investigating the attitudes of Egyptian drivers toward traffic safety
Chantal, Timmermans; Shawky, Mohamed; Alhajyaseen, Wael; Nakamura, Hideki ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)One of the main pillars for improving road safety in any country is a good understanding of traffic safety culture and the driving behavior of local drivers. The primary aim of this study was to determine whether Egyptian ... -
A multi-country survey for collecting and analyzing facts related to road traffic safety: Legislation, enforcement, and education for safer drivers
Azusa, Toriumi; Abu-Lebdeh, Ghassan; Alhajyaseen, Wael; Christie, Nicola; Gehlert, Tina; Mehran, Babak; Mussone, Lorenzo; Shawky, Mohamed; Tang, Keshuang; Nakamura, Hideki... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Road traffic safety is a crucial global objective. It is important for every country to review and improve road safety policies and strategies, based on an objective understanding of its own road traffic safety situation ... -
A novel agent-based framework for evaluating pedestrian safety at unsignalized mid-block crosswalks
Zhu, Hong; Almukdad, Abdulkarim; Iryo-Asano, Miho; Alhajyaseen, Wael K.M.; Nakamura, Hideki; Zhang, Xin... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)A critical safety problem in road networks is the conflicts on unsignalized crosswalks. Thus, a proactive approach to assess pedestrian safety performance is required. Simulating the microscopic road user behavior in a ...