TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluation of driving behavior using virtual reality experiment at expressway sag and merging/ diverging sections
AU - Honda, Ken
AU - Shiraishi, Tomoyoshi
AU - Onuki, Masaaki
AU - Kano, Makoto
AU - Kuwahara, Masao
AU - Ikeuchi, Katsushi
AU - Suda, Yoshihiro
AU - Kagesawa, Masataka
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - This research studies driving behavior at sag and merging/ diverging sections on expressways to evaluate several operational schemes to be provided. In Japan, expressway congestion has been frequently observed at sags as well as merging sections. To alleviate the congestion, new operational schemes have been provided such as message signs at a sag to avoid deceleration, dynamic road markings at a merging/ diverging sections. In order to put these new operational schemes to practical use on actual roads efficiently, experiments that identified influences of the schemes on driving behavior were conducted by using a virtual reality experiment system.
AB - This research studies driving behavior at sag and merging/ diverging sections on expressways to evaluate several operational schemes to be provided. In Japan, expressway congestion has been frequently observed at sags as well as merging sections. To alleviate the congestion, new operational schemes have been provided such as message signs at a sag to avoid deceleration, dynamic road markings at a merging/ diverging sections. In order to put these new operational schemes to practical use on actual roads efficiently, experiments that identified influences of the schemes on driving behavior were conducted by using a virtual reality experiment system.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84878501012
SN - 9781604236354
T3 - Intelligent Transportation Society of America - 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems 2005
SP - 5673
EP - 5680
BT - Intelligent Transportation Society of America - 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems 2005
T2 - 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems 2005
Y2 - 6 November 2005 through 10 November 2005
ER -