Assessing the safety effectiveness of citywide speed limit reduction: A causal inference approach integrating propensity score matching and spatial difference-in …

G Zhai, K Xie, D Yang, H Yang - Transportation research part A: policy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The New York City (NYC) initiated a new default speed limit law on November 7th,
2014, where speed limits on all road segments without a posted speed limit were reduced …

Addressing endogeneity in modeling speed enforcement, crash risk and crash severity simultaneously

S Yasmin, N Eluru, MM Haque - Analytic methods in accident research, 2022 - Elsevier
Speeding is one of the major significant causes of high crash risk and the associated injury
severity outcomes. To combat such significant safety concerns, a speed limit enforcement …

Evaluations of speed camera interventions can deliver a wide range of outcomes: Causes and policy implications

RFS Job - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Speeding (travelling at speeds above the speed limit) is proven to be a major contributor to
serious crashes, and speed management interventions including speed cameras are shown …

Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects in road safety analysis using generalized random forests

Y Zhang, H Li, G Ren - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerous evaluation studies have been conducted on a variety of road safety measures.
However, the issue of treatment heterogeneity, defined as the variation in treatment effects …

Propensity score methods for road safety evaluation: Practical suggestions from a simulation study

Y Zhang, H Li, NN Sze, G Ren - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2021 - Elsevier
The propensity score (PS) based method has been increasingly used in road safety
evaluation studies. However, several major considerations regarding its implementation …

Behavioral Modeling of Drivers near Speed Control Cameras: A Dual Perspective from Micro and Macro Data

A Sheykhfard, F Haghighi, S Saeidi… - Transportation …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The present study investigates the efficacy of speed cameras in managing vehicle speeds
and their influence on various driver demographics within the operational context of the …

Road safety evaluation with multiple treatments: A comparison of methods based on simulations

Y Zhang, H Li, G Ren - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on ex-post road safety evaluation with multiple treatments. The potential
outcome framework for causal inference is introduced to formalize the causal estimands of …

Ex-post evaluation of transport interventions with causal mediation analysis

Y Zhang, H Li, G Ren - Transportation, 2023 - Springer
Numerous ex-post evaluation studies have answered the questions on whether an
intervention made a difference to the transport system using causal inference models …

Modeling the effects of speed limit cameras (SLCs) on air quality and traffic flow on access-controlled highways

D Akin, AA Raja, AH AlAteah, AO Almonbhi… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact of speed limit cameras (SLCs) on speed limit enforcement and traffic safety has
long been studied. However, the effects of SLCs on air quality have not been thoroughly …

Developing Vehicles Blind Spot Sensors Using Arduino to Avoid Parking Accidents

SK Shnain, MAJ Maktoof… - … 35th Conference of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Background: As the number of automobiles on the road has increased, parking-related
events have become a significant worry. Blind zones, or regions surrounding the car that are …