On August 3, 2011, TRB conducted a web seminar or “webinar” that featured brief presentations on six 2011 Annual Meeting papers nominated for the Patricia Waller Award for the best paper in road safety.
Email Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu to receive a link to the recording of this session.
The six nominated papers and webinar panelists are:
1. “Development of a Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed for Evaluating Truck Safety Systems”
Kelly Donoughe, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
This paper explores a hardware-in-the-loop system that can be used to test in-truck safety technology.
2. “Relating Flow, Speed, and Density of Urban Freeways to Functional Form of a Safety Performance Function”
Jake Kononov, Colorado Department of Transportation
This paper relates traffic flow parameters such as speed and density with the choice of the functional form of the Safety Performance Functions (SPFs).
3. “Simulation Study of Access Management at Modern Roundabouts: Pedestrian Crosswalk Treatments”
George X. Lu, University of Vermont Transportation Research Center
This paper quantitatively assessed the performance of four pedestrian signals placed at roundabouts to help provide the access management community with one objective basis for identifying crosswalk treatments to improve roundabout accessibility.
4. “Field Evaluation of Automatic Pedestrian Detectors in Cold Temperatures”
Jeannette Montufar, University of Manitoba
This paper explores results of a field performance analysis of three commercially available curb-side automatic pedestrian detectors (APDs) as a function of weather, temperature, and temporal variations at signalized intersections for winter months.
5. “Measurement of Company Car Drivers' Aberrant Behaviors, Safety Attitudes, and Safety Climate Perceptions”
Oren Musicant, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
This paper evaluates a questionnaire that was provided to 110 company car drivers to better understand their aberrant behaviors, safety attitudes, and safety climate perceptions.
6. “Tractor Trailer Rollover Prevention: The Effectiveness of Electronic Stability Control Systems”
John Woodrooffe, University of Michigan Transportation Institute (UMTRI)
This paper estimates the effectiveness of electronic stability control systems (ESC) and roll stability control systems (RSC) in preventing heavy truck tractor-semitrailer rollover.
Moderated by: Ronald R. Knipling, Traffic Safety and Human Factors Consultant and Chair, TRB Safety and Systems User Group
During the webinar, Mr. Knipling announced the Waller Award winner. The award is in memory of Dr. Patricia F. Waller, a clinical psychologist, researcher, and advocate for policy reform in transportation safety and injury control. A winner of TRB’s Roy Crum Award, Waller was a Technical Activities Group Council chair and member of the Technical Activities Council. She served for 20 years as Associate Director of the University of North Carolina’s School of Public Health, was founding Director of the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, and concluded her career as Director of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
There is no fee for TRB sponsors receive this recording. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following may request a webinar recording without a fee:
- TRB and National Academies employees;
- Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
- Members of NRC-appointed committees who were involved with developing the report or project that is the subject of the webinar;
- Members of the media; and
- Congressional staff members.
Others must pay $89.00 to receive a link to this recording. Email Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu to receive a link to the recording of this session.
Papers may be accessed through
Annual Meeting Online.
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This Summary Last Modified On: 8/3/2011