Driving Simulator Based Analysis of Driver Compliance Behavior under Dynamic Message Sign Based Route Guidance

This study uses a hybrid approach that incorporates a driving simulator in conjunction with a stated preference (SP) survey to analyze driver response behavior under real-time route guidance through dynamic message signs (DMS). It seeks to better understand factors affecting the route choice decisions by bridging some of the key gaps that limit the applicability of SP approaches. A 400 square kilometer network southwest of the Baltimore metro area is used for the driving simulator based analysis with over 100 participants. The results illustrate that the cognitive loads experienced while driving, past exposure to DMS, DMS information reliability, personal perceptions, and past experience are important determinants of driver response behavior in the real-world. Also, in addition to travel time, inertia and anchoring effects can significantly influence choice decisions. The study also illustrates that the decisions revealed in the simulator experiments at the individual level can diverge significantly from those stated in the SP questionnaire, highlighting the need to go beyond stated intent to analyze the effectiveness of information-based guidance strategies.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AND30 Simulation and Measurement of Vehicle and Operator Performance. Alternate title: Driving Simulator-Based Analysis of Driver Compliance Behavior Under Dynamic Message Sign-Based Route Guidance.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Ardeshiri, Anam
  • 0000-0002-2497-3443
  • Jeihani, Mansoureh
  • Peeta, Srinivas
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC
  • Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
• Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14p
• Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Compliance; Driving simulators; Route guidance; Stated preferences; Surveys; Variable message signs
• Geographic Terms: Baltimore (Maryland)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01514315
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-0906
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 12 2014 12:33PM