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  • An Agent-Based Simulation for Emergency Warning Dissemination in a Multiplex Social Network

    Creator:
    Koll, Charles D.
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    The variety of natural disasters provide different sets of characteristics and properties with unique challenges. One significant difference between hazard types is prewarning lead time, the amount of time individuals have from a potential warning to the disaster occurring. Rapid onset disasters may not provide an official warning about a...
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    Wang The variety of natural disasters provide different sets of characteristics and proper- ties with

  • Stochastic Characterization of Highway Capacity and Its Applications

    Creator:
    Dong, Shangjia
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    Highway capacity has traditionally been treated as deterministic. In reality, however, capacity can vary from time to time and location to location due to inclement weather, various driving behavior, traffic incident, bottleneck and workzone. This thesis aims to characterize the stochastic variations of highway capacity, and explore its applications. The...
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    Applications Abstract approved: Haizhong Wang Highway capacity has traditionally been treated as

  • Exploring the Relationship between Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress and Reported Bicycle Collisions

    Creator:
    Vogt, Rachel
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    Transportation agencies need efficient methods to determine how to improve bicycle facilities in order to improve connectivity and safety. Many studies have used standalone methods such as level of traffic stress (LTS) and bicycle level of service (BLOS) to better understand bicycle mode share and network connectivity for a region...
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    Haizhong Wang Transportation agencies need efficient methods to determine how to improve bicycle

  • Crowdsourcing Data-driven Development of Bicycle Safety Performance Functions (SPFs) : Microscopic and Macroscopic Scales

    Creator:
    Chen, Chen
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    While riding bicycles has been promoted for its health, economic, and environmental benefits, it also complements other modes to complete a safe, efficient, and reliable transportation system. However, the dramatic increase of bicycle usage in the U.S. is accompanied by a growth of bicycle crashes. The U.S. Department of Transportation,...
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    Haizhong Wang While riding bicycles has been promoted for its health, economic, and

  • Agent-based Tsunami Evacuation Model : Life Safety and Network Resilience

    Creator:
    Mostafizi, Alireza
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    Natural disasters could result in unnecessary loss of life and disproportionate suffering to families and communities if evacuation plans are not in place or understood by the public. In the Pacific Northwest, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami from the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) represents one of the most pressing...
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    Evacuation Model: Life Safety and Network Resilience Abstract approved: Haizhong Wang Natural disasters

  • An Agent-based Evacuation Modeling of Underground Fire Emergency

    Creator:
    Xu, Yue
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    Increasingly congested surface transportation network in urban areas and grow-ing land values make underground transportation systems more attractive for high-ways (i.e., tunnels) and metro system compared to other options [1]. An underground transportation system can preserve the land above for recreational parks, commer-cial buildings, residential homes, or other purposes while...
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    Modeling of Underground Fire Emergency Abstract approved: Haizhong Wang Increasingly congested surface

  • Pedestrian distraction : pedestrian behaviors at midblock crossings considering geometric and environmental conditions

    Creator:
    Kautz, Julia Anne
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    Pedestrian distraction at roadway crossings has been correlated with a higher risk of pedestrian-vehicle collisions due to the pedestrian's cognitive, visual, and motor attention being drawn to a wide variety of secondary tasks. This study is different from previous field studies of pedestrian midblock crossings in that the geometric layout...
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    Tadepalli, and Professor Haizhong Wang. I would also like to express my thanks to the GRAs Sarah McCrea

  • The Number of Lanes and Crash Injury Severities of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers: Advanced Econometric Models and Applications

    Creator:
    Kim, Jaekook
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    Considering the deadly impacts of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes on road safety, many previous studies have put in efforts to find the determinants of CMV crash injury severities. However, studies examining the impact of the different number of lanes on CMV crash injury severities are lacking. Besides, the importance...
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    al., 2021; Song et al., 2021; Wang et al., 2022a, 2022b, 2021; Wu et al., 2022; Yan et al., 2021a

  • Evaluation of a Pedestrian Call Extension and Cancelation System at a Midblock Trail Crossing

    Creator:
    Milacek, McKenna
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    Signalized intersections often provide pushbuttons to call for pedestrian service to minimize conflicting movements between road users. Signalized midblock crossings typically increase safety for pedestrians in locations with high traffic volumes and multiple lanes in each direction. However, unnecessary vehicular delay occurs from “ghost” pedestrian intervals when someone activates the...
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    thank my committee members, Dr. Salvador Hernandez, Dr. Haizhong Wang, and Dr. Devlin Montfort, for

  • Evaluation of Topography and Seismicity on Shallow Landslide Susceptibility

    Creator:
    Hess, Daniel M.
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    Shallow landslides are a prevalent concern in mountainous regions that can result in severe societal, economic, and environmental impacts. The challenge is further compounded as the size and location of a potential slide is often unknown. This study presents a generalized approach for the evaluation of shallow landslide susceptibility using...
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    (Dietrich et al. 1995; Iida 2004; Tsai and Yang 2006; Westen and Terlien 1996; Wu and Sidle 1995). A