The road safety of merging tapers: Measuring the effect of varying geometric designs and traffic conditions on driving behaviour at merging tapers

In Dutch design guidelines it is presumed that merging tapers are unsafe compared to the standard merger design. However, this presumption is not scientifically underpinned and therefore it is unclear whether this presumption is correct and if merging tapers are indeed unsafe. Design guidelines for merging tapers are neither scientifically...

Freeway Work Zone Driving Behaviour: The Influence of Work Zone Configurations

Problem definition and objective. The performance of work zones with specific layouts cannot be accurately determined, because changes in individual driving behaviour at work zones are unknown. Therefore, the research objective is: “Gain insight into possible adaptation effects related to the layout of work zones, in empirical individual driving...