advances in
transportation studies
An International Journal
Special Editors
Maria Rosaria De Blasiis & Fabio Tosti
Special issue • July 2014 Vol. 1
Contents
M. R. De Blasiis, F. Tosti
3
Editorial
F. Bella, A. Calvi, F. D’Amico
5
An empirical study on traffic safety indicators
for the analysis of car-following conditions
E. I. Vlahogianni, M. G. Karlaftis,
17
N. Papageorgiou, D. I. Tselentis
Factors influencing freeway traffic upstream of an incident
M. A. Shawky, A. M. Garib,
27
H. Al-Harthei
The impact of road and site characteristics on the
crash-injury severity of pedestrian crashes
P. Chen, H. Nakamura, M. Asano 37
Application of surrogate safety measures for assessment of
pedestrian versus left-turning vehicle conflict
at signalized crosswalks
R. A. Donkor, G. A. Burnett,
51
S. Sharples
Measuring the emotional validity of driving simulators
T. Oron-Gilad, Y. Parmet
65
Can a driving simulator assess the effectiveness of Hazard
Perception training in young novice drivers?
E. Nathanail, G. Adamos,
77
P. Kapetanopoulou, E. Efraimidou
Does talking with a fellow passenger affect everybody the
same? An impact assessment on driving performance
and behavior
W. Zhang, E. Kontou 87
Isolating stationary and temporal sources of driver
distraction through eye tracking study
G. Di Mino, G. Salvo, S. Noto
101
Pavement Management System model using a LCCAmicrosimulation integrated approach