Quantifying and comparing the effects of key risk factors on various types of roadway segment crashes with LightGBM and SHAP

X Wen, Y Xie, L Wu, L Jiang - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding and quantifying the effects of risk factors on crash frequency is of great
importance for developing cost-effective safety countermeasures. In this paper, the effects of …

Scaling of the morphology of African cities

R Prieto-Curiel, JE Patino… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
A large proportion of Africa's infrastructure is yet to be built. Where and how these new
buildings are constructed matters since today's decisions will last for decades. The resulting …

Influence of environmental factors on injury severity using ordered Logit regression model in limpopo province, South Africa

PM Mphekgwana - Journal of environmental and public health, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, road traffic accidents are a major cause of death and severe injuries. It is estimated
that the number of deaths on the world's roads at 1.5 million per annum puts road traffic …

Exploring behavioral validity of driving simulator under time pressure driving conditions of professional drivers

NM Pawar, NR Velaga, RB Sharmila - Transportation research part F: traffic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Driving simulators have become an important tool in human factors research, given that they
are appropriately validated. Therefore, this study aims to explore the behavioral (absolute …

[HTML][HTML] Time series based road traffic accidents forecasting via SARIMA and Facebook Prophet model with potential changepoints

EF Agyemang, JA Mensah, E Ocran, E Opoku… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Road traffic accident (RTA) is a critical global public health concern, particularly in
developing countries. Analyzing past fatalities and predicting future trends is vital for the …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing the risk factors of traffic accident severity using a combination of random forest and association rules

J Wang, S Ma, P Jiao, L Ji, X Sun, H Lu - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study explores risk factors influencing the at-fault party in traffic accidents and analyzes
their impact on traffic accident severity. Based on the traffic accident data of Shenyang City …

Greener view, safer drive: Using repeated field experiments and deep transfer learning technique to investigate impacts of urban road landscapes on driving …

W Xu, J He, L Luo, B Jiang - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2024 - Elsevier
Driving in urban environments is an essential part of urban residents' daily life. We still know
little about impacts of a wide range of greenness on driving performance in real urban …

[HTML][HTML] The ABC of mobility

R Prieto-Curiel, JP Ospina - Environment International, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of cars in cities has many negative impacts, including pollution, noise and the use of
space. Yet, detecting factors that reduce the use of cars is a serious challenge, particularly …

Exploring weather-related factors affecting the delay caused by traffic incidents: mitigating the negative effect of traffic incidents

X Su, D Zhi, D Song, L Tian, Y Yang - Science of the total environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Existing studies mainly focus on the relationship between real-time weather
and traffic crash injury severity, while few scholars have investigated the operation risk …

[HTML][HTML] Developing an agent-based microsimulation for predicting the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) demand in developing countries: A case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh

KE Zannat, J Laudan, CF Choudhury, S Hess - Transport Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has been widely recognised as an affordable and effective
mass transport system that can solve various mobility issues in countries that are unable to …