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Investigating the Impacts of Graphical Route Information Panel Layouts on Drivers’ Comprehension and Response Time
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Springer Verlag
, 2019 , Article)
Graphical route information panels (GRIPs) are an alternative to conventional text-based variable message signs to address different traveler information needs. Since drivers are traveling at higher speeds on the motorways, ...
Seat belt and child restraint systems : ESRA2 Thematic report No. 8
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International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences (IATSS)
, 2019 , Report)
ESRA (E-Survey of Road users’ Attitudes) is a joint initiative of road safety institutes, research centres, public services, and private sponsors from all over the world. The aim is to collect and analyse comparable data ...
Traffic safety research in the 15th world conference on transport research
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Taylor & Francis
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
This special issue presents selected papers submitted to the
15th World Conference in Transportation Research
WCTR2019, which was held in IIT Mumbai between 26th
& 29th of May 2019, under the Special Interest Group ...
Analysis of road traffic crashes in the State of Qatar
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Road traffic crashes (RTCs) are globally acknowledged as increasing threat to society, because they can affect many lives when they result in severe injury or fatality. In the State of Qatar RTCs are getting more awareness ...
Drivers’ estimation of their travelling speed: a study on an expressway and a local road
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Correctly estimating the travelling speed is essential for safety on the roads to ensure safer interactions with other drivers and to avoid violations of traffic regulations. Therefore, it is important to create understanding ...
Modeling and simulation of pedestrian movement planning around corners
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
Owing to the complexity of behavioral dynamics and mechanisms associated with turning maneuvers, capturing pedestrian movements around corners in a mathematical model is a challenging task. In this study, minimum jerk and ...
Motorcyclists’ Safety on Expressways: Subjective and Objective Evaluations
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
, 2019 , Article)
This study objectively and subjectively investigates the factors influencing motorcyclists’ safety on expressways. The relationships between motorcyclist stress while driving on expressways and potential influencing factors ...
Empirical Study on Pedestrian Signal Design and Compliance in the State of Qatar
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Springer International Publishing
, 2019 , Article)
To ensure safe crossing manoeuvres at signalized crosswalks, the pedestrian delays and allocation of sufficient pedestrian green and flashing green times should be considered at design stage. The pedestrian signal settings ...
Modelling trends in road crash frequency in Qatar State
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Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
The data-based regression models are widely popular in modelling the relationship between the crash frequencies and contributing factors. However, one common problem usually associated with the classical regression models ...
A Strategy for Emergency Vehicle Preemption and Route Selection
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Springer Verlag
, 2019 , Article)
Emergency vehicle preemption (EVP) aims to give right of way to emergency vehicles (EV) heading toward the incident location through a network of signalized intersections by creating a green wave en-route. The design goals ...