dc.contributor.author	El Zarif, Jamal A.	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Hobeika, Antoine G.	en
dc.contributor.committeecochair	Rakha, Hesham A.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Trani, Antonio A.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Kachroo, Pushkin	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Collura, John	en
dc.contributor.department	Civil Engineering	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-14T20:13:43Z	en
dc.date.adate	2001-08-01	en
dc.date.available	2014-03-14T20:13:43Z	en
dc.date.issued	2001-06-28	en
dc.date.rdate	2002-08-01	en
dc.date.sdate	2001-07-03	en
dc.description.abstract	A new safety application, as part of ITS Advanced Rural Transportation System (ARTS), has been developed to be deployed on a two-lane rural road (Route 114), in Southwest Virginia. The route segment under study is subject to significant head-on accidents, as a result of two main conditions: 1- Illegal passing maneuvers crossing solid yellow line, and 2- A short passing sight distance due to the road vertical profile. The main objective of this research is to design a video detection-based warning system by installing an affordable and efficient system on the vertical crest curve on Route 114, capable of performing the following two main functions: 1.Detect vehicles that attempt to violate the no-passing zone restriction (i.e. when crossing into the opposing direction). 2.Warn the drivers violating the restriction in order to discourage them from continuing their maneuvers. System architecture as well as detailed system design was developed. A system simulation was conducted with the use of a special software program written with MATLAB. The simulation was applied for both "with" and "without" the system cases. The simulation runs showed that the system could virtually eliminate all head-on collisions, should violators obey the early warning messages displayed. Several sensitivity tests were made for different scenarios. Finally, the viability of the system was evaluated from economic point of view. The financial analysis revealed high economic indicators.	en
dc.description.degree	Ph. D.	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.other	etd-07032001-173252	en
dc.identifier.sourceurl	http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07032001-173252/	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28195	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.relation.haspart	15appendix.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	14references.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	13Chap10_conclusion.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	12Chap9_evaluation.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	08Chap5_geometric_Analysis.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	07Chap4_data_collection.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	06Chap3_methodology.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	05Chap2_literature_review.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	04Chap1_introduction.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	03table_of_content.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	02abstract.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	11Chap8_simulation.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	10Chap7_design.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	09Chap6_architecture.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	01title_page_ack.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	16vita.pdf	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	Detection and warning system	en
dc.subject	ARTS	en
dc.subject	No-passing zone violations	en
dc.subject	ITS	en
dc.subject	Simulation	en
dc.subject	Head-on collisions	en
dc.title	Deploying an ITS Warning System for No-Passing Zones on Two-Lane Rural Roads	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.type.dcmitype	Text	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Civil Engineering	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	en
thesis.degree.level	doctoral	en
thesis.degree.name	Ph. D.	en

Deploying an ITS Warning System for No-Passing Zones on Two-Lane Rural Roads

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