Weather and road geometry impact on longitudinal driving behavior: Exploratory analysis using an empirically supported acceleration modeling framework

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 193-213

  Hamdar, Samer H ^a   Qin, Lingqiao ^b   Talebpour, Alireza ^c  

^a The George Washington University   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Car following; Driving simulator; Prospect Theory; Road geometry; Safety; Weather

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GEOMETRY; MANEUVERABILITY; METEOROLOGY; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS; WEATHERING;

ACCELERATION MODELS; CAR FOLLOWING; DRIVING SIMULATOR; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM; LONGITUDINAL DRIVING; PROSPECT THEORY; ROAD GEOMETRY;

ACCELERATION;

ECONOMIC THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; WEATHER;

EID: 84959290888     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2016.01.017     Document Type: Article

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