TRAVTEK EVALUATION SAFETY STUDY. FINAL REPORT

One of the major evaluation goals of the TravTek operational test was to assess the safety impact of the TravTek system as implemented in Orlando, Florida during the 1-year deployment phase. Also, the results of the TravTek operational test, with respect to safety, were to be used to estimate the potential safety impact of a TravTek-like system under levels of high market penetration. The TravTek study entailed the collection of multiple safety-related measures across five different empirical studies. The empirical studies included two field studies with renters and local drivers that used the vehicles under normal driving conditions. In addition, three experimental field studies were conducted that included a camera car vehicle which was used to collect detailed driver performance and behavior data. Converging evidence from these empirical studies showed that the TravTek in-vehicle system did not degrade driver safety. The simplified Turn-by-Turn display was shown to lead to safest performance. Also, the Voice display of route guidance information was shown to enhance the safety of the complex Route Map display. As part of conducting a tradeoff analysis between safety benefits and safety costs, safety related data from the five empirical studies were fused and used as input to the INTEGRATION model. The INTEGRATION model was used to project the potential safety benefits and costs associated with a TravTek system under high levels of market penetration.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/2515
• Corporate Authors:

  Science Applications International Corporation

  1710 Goodridge Drive
  McLean, VA  United States  22102

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Perez, W A
  • VanAerde, M
  • Rakha, H
  • Robinson, M
• Publication Date: 1996-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 124 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traveler information systems; Behavior; Benefit cost analysis; Driver performance; Drivers; Field studies; Information display systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Navigational aids; Personnel performance; Route guidance; Safety; Simulation; Speech; Voice communication
• Identifier Terms: Travtek (Program)
• Old TRIS Terms: Camera car; Displays
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00720260
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-95-188
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-91-C-00106
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 23 1996 12:00AM