Safety
Active and Completed Projects | Research ReportsActive and Completed Projects
- Ultra Reliable Detection of Imminent Collision for Enhanced Passenger Safety
(2009) - Portable, Non-Intrusive Advance Warning Devices for Work Zones with or without Flag Operators
(2009) - Evaluation of Workforce Perceptions as a Means to Identify and Mitigate the Causes of Musculoskeletal Disorders
(2009) - Speed Impacts of Occasional Hazard Residential Street Warning Sign
(2009) - Low-Cost Portable Video-Based Queue Detection for Work Zone Safety
(2009) - Snow Rendering for Interactive Snowplow Simulation: Improving Driver Ability to Avoid Collisions when Following a Snowplow - FY10 NATSRL
(2009) - Improve the safety and efficiency of roadway maintenance phase I: Developing a robotic roadway message painter prototype - FY10 NATSRL
(2009) - Minnesota Horizontal Curve Safety Improvement Project
(2009) - Toward Zero Deaths Regional Workshops, 2009
(2009) - Comparison of Dual-Phase and Static Signage
(2009) - Assessment of Centerline Rumble Strips in Minnesota
(2009) - Smartphone Based Novice Teenage Driver Support System
(2008) - Real-time Nonintrusive Detection of Driver Drowsiness - Phase II - FY09 NATSRL
(2008) - Snow Rendering for Interactive Snowplow Simulation: Supporting Safety in Snowplow Design - FY09 NATSRL
(2008) - Development of a Low-Cost Interface between Cell Phones and DSRC-based Vehicle Unit for Efficient Use of VII Infrastructure - FY09 NATSRL
(2008) - Evaluation of the SafeLaneTM Overlay System for Crash Reduction on Bridge Deck Surfaces: Years 2 and 3.
(2008) - Advanced Dynamic LED Warning Signs for Rural Intersections Powered By Renewable Energy
(2008) - Investigation of Policy-Based Statewide Safety Measure Quantification
(2008) - Development and Evaluation of a Second Generation In-Vehicle Driver Assistance for Teenagers to Facilitate a Reduction in Crash Rates
(2007) - Analysis of Highway Design and Geometric Effects on Crashes
(2007) - Automatic Safety Alert System for Work Zones with Flag Operators
(2007) - ITS and Transportation Safety: ITS and EMS System Data Integration for Safety, Emergency, and Crisis Response Planning - FY08 TechPlan
(2007) - Enhancement and Field Test Evaluation of New Battery-Less Wireless Traffic Sensors
(2007) - Real-time Non-intrusive Detection of Driver Drowsiness - FY08 NATSRL
(2007) - Assessing Coordination Between Agencies Involved in Traffic Incident Management - FY08 NATSRL
(2007) - Development of Analysis Methods Using Recent Data
(2007) - The Strategic Highway Safety Plan: An Analysis of Process, Similarities and Differences, and Future Considerations
(2006) - The Effectiveness and Safety of Traffic and Non-Traffic Related Messages Presented on Changeable Message Signs: Phase II
(2006) - Warning Efficacy of Active Versus Passive Warnings for Unsignalized Intersection and Mid-Block Pedestrian Cross-Walks
(2006) - Rural Safety, Health, and Emergency Response
(2006) - Investigating Rural Safety: A Minnesota Case Study
(2006) - Center for Excellence in Rural Safety (CERS)
(2006) - The Role of Well Designed Transportation Projects Enhancing Communities: Protecting Public Health, Safety and the Environment
(2006) - The Role of Well-Designed Transportation Projects Enhancing Communities: Traffic Safety Methodologies
(2006) - Impending Box Impact Warning System for Prevention of Snowplow-Bridge Impacts - FY07 NATSRL
(2006) - CICAS Stop Sign Assist (SSA) System
(2006) - 2006 Toward Zero Deaths Administration and Outreach
(2006) - Mn/DOT Roundabout Conference
(2006) - Cross-Median Crashes-Identifications and Countermeasures
(2006) - Motorcycle Riding Impairment at Different BAC Levels
(2006) - Driver Performance During 511 Information Retrieval
(2006) - Freeway Network Traffic Detection and Monitoring Incidents
(2006) - Enhanced Micro-Simulation Models for Accurate Safety Assessment
(2005) - Evaluation of Minnesota's Operation NightCAP
(2005) - 2005 Toward Zero Deaths Conference
(2005) - Rural and Urban Safety Cultures
(2005) - Development of Real-Time Traffic Adaptive Crash Reduction Measures for the Westbound I-94/35W Commons Section
(2005) - Minnesota Local Agency Safety Pilot Program
(2004) - Improving the Ability of Drivers to Avoid Collision with Snowplows in Fog and Snow
(2004) - The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota
(2004) - Safety Effect of Left-Turn Phasing Schemes at High-Speed Intersections
(2004) - Toward A Multi-State Consensus on Rural Intersection Decision Support
(2004) - Finding What the Driver Does
(2004) - In Vehicle Driver Assistance for Teenagers
(2003) - Design and Safety Implications for ATIS Use with Cell Phones
(2003) - Role of Licit Drug Use by Elderly in Motor Vehicle Mortality
(2003) - ITS and Emergency Medical Services Response
(2003) - Guidelines for Using Rumble Strips
(2003) - The Effectiveness and Safety of Traffic and Non-Traffic Related Messages Presented on Changeable Message Signs
(2003) - Real-time Collision Warning and Avoidance at Intersections
(2003) - Identification of Causal Factors and Potential Countermeasures for Fatal Rural Crashes
(2003) - Investigating the Effects of Rumble Strips on the Stopping Performance of Sleep Deprived and Alcohol Impaired Drivers
(2003) - Optimal Secondary Controls Using a Configurable Haptic Interface
(2003) - Accident Prevention Based on Automatic Detection of Accident Prone Traffic Conditions Phase I
(2002) - Identification and Simulation of Common Freeway Accident Mechanisms
(2002) - Chromatic Perception Effects on Collisions with Snow Plows
(2002) - Deer Avoidance Research-Use of Motion Detector Flashing Lights
(2002) - Intersection Decision Support
(2002) - Psychological and Roadway Correlates of Aggressive Driving - Phase 2
(2002) - Monitoring Driver Activities
(2001) - GPS Based Real-Time Identification of Tire-Road Friction Coefficient
(2001) - Fatigue Detection: Can Fatigue Detection Devices Predict the Driving Performance of Sleep-Deprived Drivers?
(2001) - Accident Analysis for Low Volume Roads
(2001) - Effectiveness of In Lane Rumble Strips
(2001) - ISO 9000 Impact on Safety Performance in the Trucking Industry
(2001) - Reducing Crashes at Controlled Rural Intersections
(2000) - Eliminating Driver Forward "Blindspots" at Rural Intersections
(2000) - A Case Controlled Study of Driving Speed and Crash Risk
(2000) - Reducing Risk Taking at Passive Railroad Crossings with Active Warnings
(2000) - Detecting Driver Fatigue through the Use of Advanced Face Monitoring Techniques
(2000) - Driver Assistive Systems for Snowplows
(2000) - User - Centered Auditory Warning Signals in Snowplows
(2000) - Psychological and Roadway Correlates of Aggressive Driving
(1999) - Investigating the Effect of Roadway Design on Driver Behavior - Phase II
(1999) - Human Factors Issues in Transportation and Transit Safety
(1999) - Re-Assessment of Road Accidents Data Analysis Policy in Minnesota
(1999) - United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) specialty Vehicle Field Operational Test
(1999) - The Effects of Vision Enhance Systems on Older Drivers' Ability to Drive Safely at Night and in Inclement Weather
(1999) - Transit Corridor Design for Personal Safety
(1998) - Development of a Vehicle/Pedestrian Collision Model to Support Neighborhood Traffic Control
(1998) - Driver Performance in Accident Likely Conditions
(1998) - Investigating the Effects of Traffic Calming Strategies on Driver Behavior
(1998) - Investigating the Effect on Driver Performance of Advanced Warning Flashers at Signalized Intersections
(1998) - Automatic Detection of Driver Fatigue - Phase 3
(1998) - Improving Driver Visibility Using Heads Up Displays and Vehicle Location Systems
(1998) - SAFETRUCK: Preventive Run-off-the-Road Accidents and Collisions
(1997) - The Effectiveness of a Motivational-based Fatigue-Countermeasure in Reversing Fatigue-related Decrements in Driving
(1997) - Investigating Differences In Driver Accident Involvement
(1997) - Human Factors Evaluation of Etak/Delco's In-Vehicle Navigation System
(1997) - Investigation of Driver Fatigue
(1997) - Simulation Validation
(1997) - Quantification of Motor Carrier Safety Program Impacts on Accident Reduction - Phase 2
(1996) - Automatic Detection of Driver Fatigue: Phase 2
(1996) - Vehicle Following (Platooning) Using CCD Cameras - Phase II
(1996) - Rollover Protection and Wheelchair Securement: Assessment
(1996) - A Sensory System for Monitoring Safety in Work Zones
(1996) - SAFETRUCK: Sensing and Control to Enhance Vehicle Safety
(1996) - Impact of Traffic Safety Improvements
(1996) - Quantification of Mn/DOT Motor Carrier Safety Program Impacts
(1996) - Automatic Detection of Driver Fatigue - Phase 1
(1995) - Human Factors for Transitway Safety Improvement
(1995) - Grade Crossing Safety: Increasing Public Awareness of the Dangers
(1995) - Agent-based Distraction-free Interfaces: Investigation
(1995) - Human Factors and Safety Aspects of Intelligent Transportation Systems
(1995) - Increasing Trip Capacity Through Traffic Calming
(1995) - Effective Speed Reduction in Work Zones
(1995) - Human Factors Research Program, Phase 1
(1994) - A SemiTractor-Trailer Testbed for the Investigation of Guidance
(1994)
Research Reports
- Automated Enforcement of Red-Light Running & Speeding
Laws in Minnesota: Bridging Technology and Public Policy
Oct 2009, CTS 09-26 - Development and Evaluation of a Cellular Phone Based Teen
Driver Support System
Sep 2009, CTS 09-22 - Real-time Nonintrusive Detection of Driver Drowsiness
May 2009, CTS 09-15 - Identifying Methods and Metrics for Evaluating Interagency Coordination in Traffic Incident Management
May 2009, CTS 09-13 - Feasibility of a Quantitative Rural Safety Policy Improvement Index (RSPII): Phase I
May 2009, CTS 09-14 - The Effect of Rumble Strips on Drivers Approaching Rural, Stop-Controlled Intersections
Apr 2009, 200642TS - ITS and Transportation Safety: EMS System Data Integration to
Improve Traffic Crash Emergency Response and Treatment
Jan 2009, CTS 09-02 - The Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Driving Performance
Jan 2009, CTS 09-03 - Five-County Minnesota Case Study: Rural Roadway Fatal Crash Characteristics and Select Safety Improvement Programs
Dec 2008, CTS 08-03 - Directional Sound for Long Distance Auditory Warnings from a Highway Construction Work Zone
Dec 2008, CTS 08-20 - Places and Networks: The Changing Landscape of Transportation and Technology Final Summary Report of the STAR-TEA 21 Project
Dec 2008, CTS 08-15 - Psychological and Roadway Correlates of Aggressive Driving
Dec 2008, CTS 08-30 - Development of Real-Time Traffic Adaptive Crash Reduction Measures for the Westbound I-94/35W Commons Section
Dec 2008, CTS 08-28 - Enhanced Micro-Simulation Models for Accurate Safety Assessment of Traffic Management ITS Solutions
Nov 2008, CTS 08-17 - Overview of Rural Intersection Crashes at Candidate Intersections for the Intersection Decision Support (IDS) System
Nov 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-53 - Places and Networks: The Changing Landscape of Transportation and Technology
Oct 2008, None - Review of California's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
Oct 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-52 - Accident Prevention Based on Automatic Detection of Accident Prone Traffic Conditions: Phase I
Sep 2008, CTS 08-12 - Review of Nevada's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
Aug 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-31 - The Effectiveness and Safety of Traffic and Non-Traffic Related Messages Presented on Changeable Message Signs-Phase II
Aug 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-27 - Review of New Hampshire's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
Aug 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-30 - Cross Median Crashes: Identification and Countermeasures
Jun 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-17 - The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota: Inventory, Analysis and Prospectus - Technical Summary
Apr 2008, Mn/DOT 200704TS - Rural and Urban Safety Cultures: Human-Centered Interventions Toward Zero Deaths in Rural Minnesota - Technical Summary
Apr 2008, Mn/DOT 200741TS - Rural Transportation Safety and the Strategic Highway Safety Plan: An Examination of Select State Programs and Practices
Feb 2008, CTS 08-02 - Enhancing Environment and Health in Transportation Project Design
Dec 2007, CTS 07-08 - Effects of Alcohol on Motorcycle Riding Skills
Dec 2007, DOT HS 810 877 - Rural and Urban Safety Cultures: Human-Centered Interventions Toward Zero Deaths in Rural Minnesota
Nov 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-41 - Driving Performance During 511 Information Retrieval: Cell Phone 2
Nov 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-48 - Freeway Network Traffic Detection and Monitoring Incidents
Oct 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-40 - Benefit-Cost Analysis for Intersection Decision Support
Oct 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-32 - Intersection Decision Support: An Overview
Sep 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-33 - Traffic Safety Methodologies
Sep 2007, CTS 07-11 - A Simulator-Based Evaluation of Smart Infrastructure Concepts for Intersection Decision Support for Rural Thru-STOP Intersections
Aug 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-31 - Evaluation of Minnesota's Operation NightCAP Program
Aug 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-29 - Developing Driving Support Systems to Mitigate Behavioral Risk Patterns Among Teen Drivers
Aug 2007, CTS 07-05 - Intersection Decision Support Surveillance System: Design, Performance and Initial Driver Behavior Quantization
Aug 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-30 - Review of Iowa's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
Jul 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-27 - Review of Georgia's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of
Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection
Decision Support (IDS)
Jul 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-28 - Safety Effects of Left-Turn Phasing Schemes at High-Speed Intersections
Jan 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-03 - The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota: Inventory, Analysis and Prospectus
Jan 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-04 - Stopping Behavior at Real-World Stop-Controlled Intersections With and Without In-Lane Rumble Strips
Nov 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-42 - Review of North Carolina's Rural Intersection Crashes:
Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for
Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
Aug 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-32 - Review of Michigan's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
Aug 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-33 - Improving the Ability of Drivers to Avoid Collisions With Snowplows in Fog and Snow
Jul 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-29 - Identification and Simulation of a Common Freeway Accident Mechanism: Collective Responsibility in Freeway Rear-end Collisions
Apr 2006, CTS 06-02 - Case Control Study of Speed and Crash Risk, Technical Report 1: Aggregation Biases in Road Safety Research and a Mechanism Approach to Accident Modeling
Apr 2006, CTS 06-01A - A Case Control Study of Speed and Crash Risk, Technical Report 3:
Speed as a Risk Factor in Run-off Road Crashes
Apr 2006, CTS 06-01C - A Case Control Study of Speed and Crash Risk, Technical Report 2
Bayesian Reconstruction of Traffic Accidents and the Causal Effect of Speed in Intersection and Pedestrian Accidents
Apr 2006, CTS 06-01B - Review of Wisconsin's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
Apr 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-10 - Statistical Modeling for Intersection Decision Support
Feb 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-03 - Driving Performance During Cell Phone Conversations and Common In-Vehicle Tasks While Sober and Drunk
Oct 2005, Mn/DOT 2005-41 - Identification of Causal Factors and Potential Countermeasures for Fatal Rural Crashes
Oct 2005, Mn/DOT 2005-42 - Finding What the Driver Does
May 2005, CTS 05-03 - The Effects of In-Lane Rumble Strips on the Stopping Behavior of Sleep-Deprived Drivers
Mar 2005, Mn/DOT 2005-16 - Real-Time Collison Warning and Avoidance at Intersections
Nov 2004, Mn/DOT 2004-45 - GPS Based Real-Time Tire-Road Friction Coefficient Identification
Sep 2004, Mn/DOT 2005-04 - Monitoring Driver Activities
Sep 2004, CTS 04-05 - Reducing Risk Taking at Passive Railroad Crossings With Active Warnings
Jun 2004, Mn/DOT 2004-33 - Review of Minnesota's Rural Intersection Crashes: Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
Mar 2004, Mn/DOT 2004-31 - Accident Analysis of Significant Crash Rates for Low to Very Low Volume Roadways in 10 Statewide Minnesota Counties
Mar 2004, Mn/DOT 2004-22 - Deer Avoidance: The Assessment of Real World Enhanced Deer Signage in a Virtual Environment
Jan 2004, Mn/DOT 2004-13 - System Performance and Human Factors Evaluation of the Driver Assistive System (DAS)
Dec 2003, Mn/DOT 2004-09 - Evaluation Report Volume 1: System Performance and Human Factors
Nov 2003, Mn/DOT 2004-07 - Evaluation Report Volume 2: Benefit Analysis
Nov 2003, Mn/DOT 2004-08 - System Performance and Human Factors Evaluation of the Driver Assistive System (DAS): Supplemental Track Test Evaluation
Nov 2003, Mn/DOT 2004-12 - Reducing Crashes at Controlled Rural Intersections
Jul 2003, Mn/DOT 2003-15 - The Effectiveness and Safety of Traffic and Non-Traffic Related Messages Presented on Changeable Message Signs (CMS)
Jun 2003, Mn/DOT 2004-27 - The Effectiveness of Auditory Side- and Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings on Snow Covered Roads in Conditions of Poor Visibility
Jun 2003, Mn/DOT 2003-14 - Driver Assistive Systems for Snowplows
Mar 2003, Mn/DOT 2003-13 - Effects of Vision Enhancement Systems (VES) on Older Drivers' Ability to Drive Safely at Night & in Inclement Weather:Visual Human Factors:Analysis of In-Vehicle Heads Up Display (HUD)
Jun 2002, Mn/DOT 2002-27 - Personal Safety and Transit: Paths, Environments, Stops, and Stations
Apr 2002, CTS 02-05 - Forward Looking Blindspots: A report of A-Pillar induced field-of-view obstruction and driver performance in a simulated rural environment
Mar 2002, Mn/DOT 2002-16 - The Effect of Centerline Treatments on Driving Performance
Mar 2002, Mn/DOT 2002-35 - A Re-assessment of Road Accident Data-Analysis Policy: Applying Theory from Involuntary, High-Consequence, Low-Probability Events like Nuclear Power Plant Meltdowns to Voluntary, Low-Consequence, High-Probability Events like Traffic Accidents
Feb 2002, CTS 02-02 - Investigating the Effects of Traffic Calming Strategies on Driver Behavior
Jan 2002, Mn/DOT 2002-20 - The Effects of In-Lane Rumble Strips on the Stopping Behavior of Attentive Drivers
Oct 2001, Mn/DOT 2002-11 - Detecting Driver Fatigue Through the Use of Advanced Face Monitoring Techniques
Sep 2001, CTS 01-05 - Investigation the Effect on Driver Performance of Advanced Warning Flashers at Signalized Intersections
Jul 2001, Mn/DOT 2002-05 - Development and Testing of Methods for Estimating the Impact of Safety Improvements
Mar 2001, Mn/DOT 2001-08 - A GPS Based Heads Up Display System for Driving Under Low Visibility Conditions
Jan 2000, Mn/DOT 2003-03 - Automatic Detection of Driver Fatigue - Phase 3
Jun 1999, Mn/DOT 1999-30 - Investigating Differences In Driver Accident Involvement: The Influence of Perceptual Motor Competence, Competitive Athletics, and Gender
Apr 1999, CTS 99-03 - Human Factors Evaluation of Gains, a Prototype In-Vehicle Navigation System
Apr 1999, Mn/DOT 1999-14 - Radar Based Longitudinal Virtual Bumper Collision Avoidance System Implemented on a Truck
Mar 1999, Mn/DOT 2000-07 - Differential GPS Based Control of a Heavy Vehicle
Jan 1999, Mn/DOT 2000-05 - Simulation Validation: Evaluating Driver Performance In Simulation and the Real World
Jul 1998, Mn/DOT 1998-28 - Effect of Compliance Reviews on Out-of-Service Rates of Region 5 Carriers: A Study
Jul 1998, Mn/DOT 1999-27 - Effectiveness of marketing campaigns for grade crossing safety
Jan 1998, Mn/DOT 1998-02 - SAFETRUCK: Sensing and Control to Enhance Vehicle Safety
Dec 1997, Mn/DOT 1998-29 - The Virtual Bumper: A Control Based Collision Avoidance System for Highway Vehicles
Oct 1997, Mn/DOT 1998-30 - Variable Message Signage Content: Survey Test of Meaning and Simulation Test of Usability
Sep 1997, CTS 97-03 - Motor Carrier Compliance Reviews: Measuring Their Impact on Improved Safety Performance Among Interstate Freight Motor Carriers Based in Minnesota
May 1997, Mn/DOT 1997-10 - Rollover protection and wheelchair securement for special transportation systems
Mar 1997, Mn/DOT 1997-11 - Human factors for transitway safety improvement : final report for phase 1
Jul 1996, - Lighted guidance devices : intelligent work zone traffic control
Jun 1995, Mn/DOT 1996-05 - Collision avoidance : smart trucks on rural roads
Mar 1995, Mn/DOT 1995-11 - Empirical Bayes identification of high hazard locations for older drivers final report
Oct 1994, Mn/DOT 1995-23 - Trace driven driving simulation : towards integration of external lab with simulator and the integrated study of microscopic and macroscopic problems in IVHS : emulation of the I-394 external laboratory in a driving environment
Jun 1994, Mn/DOT 1994-23