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Research
Research in the HumanFIRST Program seeks to propose, design, and evaluate innovative methods to improve transportation safety based on a scientific understanding of driver performance and the psychological processes associated with traffic crashes. This research considers how a driver will accept and use a proposed system while also considering the possibility of its producing undesirable driver responses and adaptation (e.g., distraction, complacency, fatigue, risk-taking) that could undermine the system goal of improved safety.
Here are selected research projects organized by topic.
Transportation GIS Visualization
Realistic computer-generated environments for visualizing roadway impacts.
- Technology for Transit: Lane Guidance for Shoulder-running Buses (2007)
- CICAS Stop Sign Assist (SSA) System (2006)
- Multiuse, High Accuracy, High Density Geospatial Database (2004)
- Intersection Decision Support (2002)
- Reducing Crashes at Controlled Rural Intersections (2000)
- Investigating the Effects of Traffic Calming Strategies on Driver Behavior (1998)
- Improving Driver Visibility Using Heads Up Displays and Vehicle Location Systems (1998)
- Human Factors Evaluation of Etak/Delco's In-Vehicle Navigation System (1997)
- Investigating the Effect of Roadway Design on Driver Behavior (1996)
Driver Functioning / Impairment
Investigations into basic driver functioning and the influence of impairments.
- Generational Perspectives on Teen and Older Drivers on Traffic Safety in Rural and Urban Communities (2007)
- Driver Performance During 511 Information Retrieval (2006)
- Motorcycle Riding Impairment at Different BAC Levels (2006)
- Rural and Urban Safety Cultures (2005)
- Finding What the Driver Does (2004)
- Investigating the Effects of Rumble Strips on the Stopping Performance of Sleep Deprived and Alcohol Impaired Drivers (2003)
- Investigating the Effect of Roadway Design on Driver Behavior (1996)
Driver Support Systems
In-vehicle and extra-vehicle technologies that facilitate driver performance, workload, and comfort.
- Requirements for Effective Fuel Economy Displays for Improving Fuel Economy and Safety (2008)
- Smartphone Based Novice Teenage Driver Support System (2008)
- Development and Evaluation of a Second Generation In-Vehicle Driver Assistance for Teenagers to Facilitate a Reduction in Crash Rates (2007)
- The Use of Video Feedback in Urban Teen Driving (2006)
- Evaluation of Minnesota's Operation NightCAP (2005)
- Driver Estimated Price Point For The Magic Bumper Test Track And Field Studies Pilot Results
Contract 20077114-A01 (Nissan Motor Company, LTD, Japan, 2005) - Evidence of Behavioral Adaptation with MB and the Effect of System Failures Contract 20077114-A01 (Nissan Motor Company, LTD, Japan 2004)
- Magic Bumper and Virtual Bumper Usability and Driver Stress Evaluation Contract 20077114-A01 (Nissan Motor Company, LTD, Japan 2004)
- Field Test Evaluation of Magic Bumper Usability and Stress Constructs Contract 20077114-A01 (Nissan Motor Company, LTD, Japan 2004)
- Nissan: Year One. Draft Version 1.0 of Final Report. Contract 20077114-A01 (Nissan Motor Company, LTD, Japan) 2003
- Nissan Experiment Two: Draft Final Report ACC/DSS Comparison. Contract 20077114-A01 (Nissan Motor Company, LTD, Japan) 2003
- Design and Safety Implications for ATIS Use with Cell Phones (2003)
- Advanced BRT: Innovative Technologies for Dedicated Roadways (2002)
- Bus Rapid Transit Technologies: Assisting Drivers Operating Buses on Road Shoulders (2000)
- Driver Assistive Systems for Snowplows (2000)
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Information technologies, integrated with the infrastructure, designed to improve transportation systems.