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.
  • Corporate Authors:

    Safety Research Using Simulation University Transportation Center (SaferSim)

    University of Iowa
    Iowa City, IA  United States  52242

    University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    130 Natural Resources Road
    Amherst, MA  United States  01003

    Office 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

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  • English

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  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 25p

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  • Accession Number: 01678976
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: UTC, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
  • Created Date: Aug 27 2018 2:05PM