Hitting the Open Road

2016 ◽  
pp. 115-128
Author(s):  
Melanie McBride
Keyword(s):  
Open Road

Effects of Retroreflector Placement on the Nighttime Conspicuity of Pedestrians: An Open-Road Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (24) ◽  
pp. 1565-1568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy A. Balk ◽  
Justin S. Graving ◽  
Ryan G. Chanko ◽  
Richard A. Tyrrell
Keyword(s):  
Biological Motion ◽  
Class Ii ◽  
Left Shoulder ◽  
Test Vehicle ◽  
Safety Devices ◽  
Road Study ◽  
Open Road

While considerable data indicate that positioning retroreflective markings on a pedestrian's extremities can dramatically enhance nighttime conspicuity, most relevant safety devices (vests) limit coverage to the torso. We asked 120 participants to press a button whenever they recognized that a pedestrian was present during a short drive at night. A test pedestrian wearing different configurations of retroreflective markings was positioned on the left shoulder of an unilluminated two-lane roadway. Compared to an ANSI class-II vest alone, response distances were significantly greater when the vest was supplemented with ankle markings and when a full biological motion configuration was worn. Conspicuity was also greater when the pedestrian was walking and when facing the approaching test vehicle. Relative to a full eleven-element biological motion configuration, adding just two retroreflective ankle straps to a conventional safety vest is considerably more practical while still providing substantial conspicuity benefits.

Traffic Sign Legibility for Different Sign Background Colors: Results of an Open Road Study at Freeway Speeds

2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (23) ◽  
pp. 1855-1859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dillon Funkhouser ◽  
Susan Chrysler ◽  
Alicia Nelson ◽  
Eun Sug Park
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Sign ◽  
Road Study ◽  
Open Road

Influences of vehicles’ fuel consumption and exhaust emissions on the trip cost without late arrival under car-following model

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 1650011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tie-Qiao Tang ◽  
Qiang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Exhaust Emissions ◽  
Optimal Time ◽  
Fuel Cost ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Car Following ◽  
Time Headway ◽  
Late Arrival ◽  
Car Following Model ◽  
Open Road

In this paper, we use car-following model to explore the influences of the vehicle’s fuel consumption and exhaust emissions on each commuter’s trip cost without late arrival on one open road. Our results illustrate that considering the vehicle’s fuel cost and emission cost only enhances each commuter’s trip cost and the system’s total cost, but has no prominent impacts on his optimal time headway at the origin of each open road under the minimum total cost.

Solar flair: An open-road challenge

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Wisniewski
Keyword(s):  
Open Road

scholarly journals Improving Risk Assessment for Transporting Dangerous Goods through European Road Tunnels: A Delphi Study

Systems ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Marianna Kalogeraki ◽  
Fani Antoniou
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Quantitative Risk Assessment ◽  
Modified Delphi ◽  
Dangerous Goods ◽  
Road Tunnels ◽  
Open Road

Managing the transportation of dangerous goods (DG) through road tunnels is of great importance since it is associated with a serious risk of accidents. The consequences of an accident involving DG, especially in the closed tunnel environment, might be more significant and even more catastrophic compared to the same accident occurring on an open road. This article presents the Greek experience regarding the application of quantitative risk assessment (QRA) methods for the transportation of DG through Greek road tunnels. The modified Delphi method, with the participation of nine experts, is employed to investigate the obstacles to successfully conforming with the mandatory European Union regulatory framework that applies to transport operations within the Trans-European road network. Recommendations are made to improve the applied QRA approach, to facilitate the cooperation between tunnel managers and emergency services, to communicate lessons learned and to enhance the training of risk assessors.

Picture this: Virginia Woolf in the British Good Housekeeping!? or Moving Picture This: Woolf’s London Essays and the Cinema

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Kathleen Hankins
Keyword(s):  
Virginia Woolf ◽  
Good Housekeeping ◽  
Moving Pictures ◽  
Open Road

This chapter assesses the illustrations for Virginia Woolf's London Scene essays as they were first published in the British Good Housekeeping magazine, 1920–32. Are etchings, paintings, or photographs adequate for capturing Woolf's kinetic prose? No, but moving pictures are, such as the Wonderful London and Open Road series of cinema shorts from 1924.

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