Phase II Investigation of Safety at Toll Plazas Using Driving Simulation
This report presents human behavior analysis at toll plazas through driving simulation. The same toll plaza from the first part of the study was modeled in Realtime Technologies Inc. (RTI) SimCreator software. The virtual world created for the simulator was a 600 m by 200 m (1968.5 ft by 656.168 ft) sketch of the West Springfield toll plaza. Five variables, including toll plaza lane configuration (i.e., which lanes were signed as E-ZPass and Cash), traffic queue (i.e., having a queue or not), traffic composition (i.e., having a leading heavy vehicle or not), origin-destination of the subject driver (i.e., right or left origin ramp, right or left destination ramp), and customer type (i.e., cash or E-ZPass driver), were defined, in order to find their effect on drivers’ lane choice. The result of this simulation study is expected to give a better understanding of drivers’ behavior at toll plazas and could lead to safer toll plaza designs. Also, the result could be used to modify and enhance drivers’ behavior parameters in microsimulation software like VISSIM.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
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Corporate Authors:
Safety Research Using Simulation University Transportation Center (SaferSim)
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA United States 52242University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
130 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA United States 01003Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Knodler, Michael A
- Hajiseyedjavadi, Foroogh
- Publication Date: 2018-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 25p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Driver performance; Driving simulators; Microsimulation; Toll plazas; Traffic lanes; Traffic safety
- Uncontrolled Terms: Lane choice; Lane configuration
- Geographic Terms: West Springfield (Massachusetts)
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01678976
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: UTC, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: Aug 27 2018 2:05PM