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Volume 2018, Issue 02

Publications

HSRC researchers and staff regularly publish findings in peer-reviewed journals and present research results at professional meetings and trade conferences in the fields of transportation, safety, research and public health. Below is a list of recent HSRC presentations and publications, February – October 2018.

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Anarkooli, A.J., Persaud, B., Hosseinpour, M., & Saleem, T. (2018). Comparison of univariate and two-stage approaches for estimating crash frequency by severity—Case study for horizontal curves on two-lane rural roads. Accident Analysis & Prevention. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2018.08.015

Carter, D.L., Hunter, W., & Signor, K. (2018, March). Strategies to reduce wrong way movements (Report FHWA-NC-2017-12). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Transportation Research and Analysis Group.

Cherry, C., Hezaveh, A.M., Noltenius, M., Khattak, A., Merlin, L., Dumbaugh, E., Ragland, D., & Sandt, L. (2018, April). Completing the picture of traffic injuries: Understanding data needs and opportunities for road safety. Chapel Hill, NC: Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety.

Clamann, M. & Kaber D. (2018, September). Augmenting fine motor skill training with haptic error amplification. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2018 Annual Meeting, 62, 1547-1551.

Clamann, M. (2018, September). Automated vehicles and the vision for safety: A federal and industry perspective. Presented at the CSCRS Coffee & Conversation 2.0: Autonomous Vehicles and Road Safety, UNC Chapel Hill, NC.

Clamann, M. (2018, September). North Carolina autonomous vehicle testing and research. Invited presentation to the Executive Committee for Highway Safety, Raleigh NC.

Clamann, M. (2018, May). Sharing the road with robots: Considerations for incorporating automated vehicle technology into a safe roadway system. Presented at the CSCRS Coffee & Conversation: A safe systems exploration of transportation, UNC Chapel Hill, NC.

Combs, T., Sandt, L., McDonald, N., & Clamann, M. (2018, January). Limitations in detection technologies for automated driving systems and implications for pedestrian safety. Presented at the 97thAnnual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

Evenson, K.R., LaJeunesse, S., & Heiny, S. (2018). Awareness of Vision Zero among United States’ road safety professionals. Injury Epidemiology, 5, 1-6. doi:10.1186/s40621-018-0151-1.

Findley, D., Warchol, S., Chase, T., & Thomas, L. (2018). Developing guidelines and documentation of engineering studies for establishing NC speed limits.NCDOT Project 2017-10. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Transportation: Research and Analysis Group.

Goodwin, A.H. (2018, April). Enforcement with teenage drivers.Presentation at the NC Traffic Safety Conference and Expo, Wilmington, NC.

Goodwin, A.H. (2018, April). Everything you wanted to know about distracted driving. Presentationat the NC Traffic Safety Conference and Expo, Wilmington, NC.

Goodwin, A.H. (2018, April). What works (and what doesn’t) to improve teen driver safety. Presentation at the Child Fatality Prevention System Summit. Raleigh, NC.

Goodwin, A.H. (2018, January). Social norms and traffic safety. Invited presentation to the Executive Committee for Highway Safety, Raleigh NC.

Goodwin, A.H. (2018, January). Motorcycle licensing & training: Future research needs.Presentation at the 97th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Goodwin, A.H. (2018, January). New technologies and methods in motorcycle safety: Hybrid session.Workshop moderator at the 97thTransportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.

Goodwin, A.H., Harrell, S.S., O’Brien, N.P., Kirley, B.B., & Foss, R.D. (2018). Orientation sessions for parents of young novice drivers: An assessment of U.S. programs and recommendations.Washington, D.C.: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

Goodwin, A.H., Kirley, B.B., & Foss, R.D. (2018). Motorcycle safety: A review of the state of the knowledge. Washington, D.C.: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (under review)

Granados, M., Persaud, B., Rajeswaran, T., & Saleem, T. (2018, January). Using microsimulation to evaluate the impact of automated vehicles on safety performance of signalized intersections (TRB Paper 18-05956). Paper presented at the 97thAnnual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Harrell, S.S. (2018, April 14). Safer vehicles for teens. Presentation at the NCPDSA Conference, Greensboro, NC.

Harrell, S.S. (2018, April 24). The future of driving: Implications for teen drivers. Presentation at the Montana Traffic Educators Association, Bozeman, MT.

Jiang, K., Ling, F., Feng, Z., Ma, C., Kumfer, W., Shao, C., & Wang, K. (2018). Effects of mobile phone distraction on pedestrians’ crossing behavior and visual attention allocation at a signalized intersection: An outdoor experimental study. Accident Analysis and Prevention, No. 115, pp. 170-177.

Johnstone, D., Nordback, K., & Kothuri, S. (2018, January). Annual average non-motorized traffic estimates from manual counts: Quantifying error(TRB Paper 18-05290). Paper presented at the 97thAnnual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

Johnstone, D., Nordback, K., & Kothuri, S. (2018, August). Annual average non-motorized traffic estimates from manual counts: Quantifying error. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

Kirley, B., & Robison, K. (2018, May). Transition from booster to belt. Presented at the Safe Kids North Carolina Conference, Concord, NC.

Kirley, B., & Robison, K. (2018, August). Hands-on challenge. Presented at the Eastern Region CPS Symposium, Washington, NC.

Kirley, B., Wang, Y., Foss, R., Harrell, S., & Goodwin, A. (2018). Estimating motorcycle vehicle miles travelled (VMT) from state annual safety inspection data.Washington, D.C.: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (under review).

LaJeunesse, S. (2018, January). Kids and common values: Elevating the dialogue on race and ethnicity to advance pedestrian equity. Presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

LaJeunesse, S. (2018, January). A Vision for Vision Zero and Safe Systems in NC. Presented at the NC Vision Zero Task Force Meeting, Raleigh, NC.

LaJeunesse, S. (2018, February). Complete Streets as Safe Systems. Invited lecture for the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning PLAN 590 course, Chapel Hill, NC.

LaJeunesse, S. (2018, April). The Watch for Me NC pedestrian and bicycle safety program. Presented at the NC Traffic Safety Summit, Wilmington, NC.

Lan, B., Srinivasan, R., Carter, D., Persaud, B., & Eccles, K. (2018, January). Safety evaluation of cable median barriers in combination with rumble strips on divided roads (TRB Paper 18-03788). Paper presented at the 97thAnnual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

Nordback, K., Kothuri, S., Lan, B., Gibson, G., Ferenchak, N., & Marshall, W. (2018, January). Bicyclist safety performance functions for road segments in a U.S. city(TRB Paper 18-06245). Paper presented at the 97thAnnual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

Nordback, K., Kothuri, S., Lan, B., Gibson, G., Ferenchak, N., & Marshall, W. (2018, January). Bicyclist safety performance functions for road segments in a U.S. city. Poster presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Nordback, K. (Producer). (2018). Conversations with colleagues: FHWA’s travel monitoring analysis system (TMAS) – How to input bicycle and pedestrian data [Video webinar].

Nordback, K. (Producer). (2018). Conversations with colleagues: Big data – implications for bicycle and pedestrian traffic analysis [Video webinar].

Pullen-Seufert, N. (2018, February). Vision zero for youth initiative: Saving lives while building healthy active lifestyles-starting with children. Presented at the Vision Zero Advocate Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Pullen-Seufert, N. (2018, March). Plenary remarks – Progress of NC SRTS program. NC Safe Routes to School Conference, Greensboro, NC.

Sandt, L. (2018, January). Human factors workshop on automated vehicles. 97thAnnual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

Sandt, L. (2018, April). Automated vehicles and ped/bike safety. Presented at the Lifesavers Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Sandt, L. (2018, April). Explaining the rise in pedestrian fatalities: A systems science perspective. Presented remotely at the USDOT Office of the Secretary and Pedestrian Safety Committee meeting, Washington, DC.

Sandt, L. (2018, May). Action planning workshop. Presented at the Watch for Me NC meeting, New Bern, NC.

Sandt, L. (2018, June). PBIC and CSCRS 2018 Updates. Presented remotely at the mid-year meeting of the TRB Technical Committee for Non-Motorized Transportation, Franklin, TN.

Sandt, L. (2018, June). PBIC and CSCRS 2018 Updates. Presented at the GHSA Executive Board Meeting, Dearborn, Michigan.

Sandt, L. and Clamann, M. (2018, September). Safety and mobility for everyone in the age of automation.Presented for the Easterseals Transportation Group National Aging and Disability Transportation Center Accessible Pedestrian Pathways Webinar.

Sandt, L. and Clamann, M. (2018, August). Senior safety and mobility in the age of automation. Presented at the AARP Automated Vehicle Policy Exploration Webinar.

Srinivasan, R., Carter, D., & Lan, B. (2018). Investigation of driver performance in different horizontal and vertical curve combinations using SHRP2 naturalistic driving data. Advances in Transportation Studies: An International Journal, Special Issue Volume 1, 121-136.

Srinivasan, R., Lan, B., Carter, D., Smith, S., & Signor, K. (2018, January). Crash modification factors for the flashing yellow arrow treatment at signalized intersections(TRB Paper 18-01776). Paper presented at the 97thAnnual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

Srinivasan, R., Carter, D., Lyon, C., & Albee, M. (2018, January). A before-after evaluation of the realignment of horizontal curves on rural two-lane roads(TRB Paper 18-01803). Paper presented at the 97thAnnual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

Srinivasan, R., Carter, D., Lyon, C., & Albee, M. (2018, May 15). Before–after evaluation of the realignment of horizontal curves on rural two-lane roads.Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. doi.org/10.1177/0361198118758011

Srinivasan, R., Carter, D., Lyon, C., & Albee, M. (2018, April). Safety evaluation of horizontal curve realignment on rural, two-lane roads. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration.5

Srinivasan, R. (2018, January). NCHRP 17-72: Update of crash modification factors for the Highway Safety Manual. Poster presented at the 97thAnnual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

Thomas, L. (2018, April 30). Trends in US pedestrian fatalities. Webinar presented for the Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Center.

Thomas, L. (2018, June 12). NCHRP 17-73: Systemic pedestrian safety analysis. Presented at the 2018 AASHTO Technical Committee for Non-motorized Transportation Annual Meeting, Franklin, TN.

Thomas, L., Gelinne, D., Brookshire, K., LaJeunesse, S., & Sundstrom, C. (2018, January). Coordinating road safety reviews with bicycle and pedestrian project prioritization: Final report on development and implementation of a guide for North Carolina agencies. (FHWA/NC/2016-14). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Thomas, L., Sandt, L., Zegeer, C.V., Kumfer, W., Lang, K., & Lan, B. (2018, May). Systemic pedestrian safety analysis: Final guidebook. NCHRP.

Thomas, L., Sandt, L., Zegeer, C.V., Kumfer, W., Lang, K., & Lan, B. (2018, May). Systemic pedestrian safety analysis: Final technical report. NCHRP.

Thomas, L., Sandt, L., Zegeer, C.V., Kumfer, W., Lang, K., Lan, B., Horowitz, Z., Butsick, A., Toole, J., & Schneider, R.J. (2018). Systemic pedestrian safety analysis. (NCHRP Research Report 893). Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board. doi: 10.17226/25255

Thomas, L., Gelinne, D., Brookshire, K., Sundstrom, C. & LaJeunesse, S. (2018, January). North Carolina pedestrian and bicycle road safety assessment guide: A guide for local agencies to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety. (FHWA/NC/2016-14). Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Wang, Y. (2018). 180-second session: Current HSRC projects on GDL and young drivers. Presented at the TRB Young Driver Committee Mid-Year meeting.

Zegeer, C.V., Thomas, L., & Gelinne, D. (2018, June 12). The past, present, and future of pedestrian crossing research and policy.Webinar presented for Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian, USDOT, ITE Learning Hub.