Analysing and modelling of discretionary lane change duration considering driver heterogeneity

G Li, Z Yang, Y Pan, J Ma - Transportmetrica B: Transport …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper aims to investigate the characteristics of discretionary lane change (LC) duration
on freeways based on an enriched dataset that contains the LC vehicle trajectories of 2905 …

Analysis of the information entropy on traffic flows

Z Liu, Y Wang, Q Cheng, H Yang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper aims to reveal the uncertainty of traffic flow by introducing a new quantity based
on the concept of information entropy (IE). We discover the existence and analyze the …

A separate analysis of crash frequency for the highways involving traffic hazards and involving no traffic hazards

J Weng, X Gan, J Chen - Journal of Transportation Safety & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Considering the varying effects of influencing factors, this study aims to model the
relationship between crash frequency and influencing factors for the highways involving …

Injury severity of truck-involved crashes in work zones on rural and urban highways: Accounting for unobserved heterogeneity

M Yu, C Ma, C Zheng, Z Chen… - Journal of Transportation …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Truck-related crashes in the work zones always resulted in severe injury outcomes. This
paper analyses the injury severity of truck-involved crashes in the work zones based on a …

Factors affecting crash involvement of commercial vehicle drivers: evaluation of commercial vehicle drivers' characteristics in South Korea

J Lee, J Yeo, I Yun, S Kang - Journal of advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of driver‐related factors on crash
involvement of four different types of commercial vehicles—express buses, local buses …

Characterizing heterogeneity among merging positions: comparison study between random parameter and latent class Accelerated hazard model

G Li, Z Yang, Q Yu, J Ma, S Fang - Journal of transportation …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
This study aims to build an accurate merging position model by incorporating heterogeneity
into the accelerated hazard model based on random parameter and latent class models …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability assessment of vehicle-to-vehicle communication networks through headway distribution and information propagation delay

M Khakifirooz, M Fathi, L Du - Transportation research interdisciplinary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Several developed vehicle spaces and time headway distribution models in traffic flow
theory have been widely used in the literature, reflecting the primary uncertainty in drivers' …

Effects of shipping cycles on traffic delays and accident costs at port collector-distributor roads

X Gan, J Weng - Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Considering the differences in traffic delays and accident costs at different stages of the
shipping cycle, this study develops a system dynamics model to determine the impacts of the …

Incorporating survival analysis into the safety effectiveness evaluation of treatments: Jointly modeling crash counts and time intervals between crashes

L Wu, Y Meng, X Kong, Y Zou - Journal of Transportation Safety & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to incorporate survival theory into the estimation of crash modification factors
(CMFs) and to examine the performance. A joint modeling framework, which considers crash …

Investigation of multiple-presence factor for traffic loads on road-rail bridges based on a novel extreme value analysis approach

B Dai, D Wu, Q Li - Structural Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiple-presence factor (MPF) is an efficient measure for calculating traffic load effects on
bridges with multiple lanes. It takes into account the probability of multiple heavy vehicles …