Journal article
Traffic Safety at Road-Rail Level Crossings Using a Driving Simulator and Traffic Simulation
Transportation Research Record, Vol.2476(2476), pp.109-118
2015
Abstract
Several intelligent transportation systems (ITS) were used with an advanced driving simulator to assess its influence on driving behavior. Three types of ITS interventions were tested: video in vehicle, audio in vehicle, and on-road flashing marker. The results from the driving simulator were inputs for a developed model that used traffic micro-simulation (VISSIM 5.4) to assess the safety interventions. Using a driving simulator, 58 participants were required to drive through active and passive crossings with and without an ITS device and in the presence or absence of an approaching train. The effect of changes in driver speed and compliance rate was greater at passive crossings than at active crossings. The slight difference in speed of drivers approaching ITS devices indicated that ITS helped drivers encounter crossings in a safer way. Since the traffic simulation was not able to replicate a dynamic speed change or a probability of stopping that varied depending on ITS safety devices, some modifications were made to the traffic simulation. The results showed that exposure to ITS devices at active crossings did not influence drivers' behavior significantly according to the traffic performance indicator, such as delay time, number of stops, speed, and stopped delay. However, the results of traffic simulation for passive crossings, where low traffic volumes and low train headway normally occur, showed that ITS devices improved overall traffic performance.
Details
- Title
- Traffic Safety at Road-Rail Level Crossings Using a Driving Simulator and Traffic Simulation
- Authors
- Inhi Kim (Author) - Monash UniversityGregoire S. Larue (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyLuis Ferreira (Author) - The University of QueenslandAndry Rakotonirainy (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyKhaled Shaaban (Author) - Qatar University
- Publication details
- Transportation Research Record, Vol.2476(2476), pp.109-118
- Publisher
- Sage Publications, Inc.
- Date published
- 2015
- DOI
- 10.3141/2476-15
- ISSN
- 2169-4052; 0361-1981
- Copyright note
- The author accepted version is available here in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy. The final definitive version is available at: Kim, I., Larue, G. S., Ferreira, L., Rakotonirainy, A., & Shaaban, K. (2015). Traffic Safety at Road–Rail Level Crossings Using a Driving Simulator and Traffic Simulation. Transportation Research Record, 2476(1), 109–118. https://doi.org/10.3141/2476-15
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99649479102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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