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  Naturalistic Driving Study Data Analysis - Intersection Safety

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  Alan Rindels

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  Brad Estochen, Derek Leuer, LRRB Board, Cory Johnson

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  Joint MnDOT/LRRB Research

  Rural intersections account for 30% of crashes in rural areas and 6% of all fatal crashes, representing a significant but poorly understood safety problem. Transportation agencies have traditionally implemented countermeasures to address rural intersection crashes but frequently do not understand the dynamic interaction between the driver and roadway and the driver factors leading to these types of crashes. The Strategic ...more »

  Rural intersections account for 30% of crashes in rural areas and 6% of all fatal crashes, representing a significant but poorly understood safety problem. Transportation agencies have traditionally implemented countermeasures to address rural intersection crashes but frequently do not understand the dynamic interaction between the driver and roadway and the driver factors leading to these types of crashes. The Strategic Highway Safety Program (SHRP 2) is conducting a large-scale naturalistic driving study (NDS) using instrumented vehicles which will provide a significant amount on-road driving data for a range of drivers. The team will utilize this NDS data to observe driver behavior at rural intersections first hand using video and vehicle kinematics data.

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  Submitted by alan.rindels 18 days ago

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  Study of Natural Gas Fleet Vehicles

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  Alan Rindels

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  Alan Rindels

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  MnDOT Research

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  Natural gas is considered to be a clean, cost-efficient and abundant domestic fuel. What would be the costs and challenges to convert MnDOT's maintenance fleet to use this fuel source? Examples of other freight operations who are considering this fuel can be found here - http://www.freightlinertrucks.com/Trucks/Alternative-Power-Trucks/Natural-Gas

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  Submitted by alan.rindels 10 months ago

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  Robotic Work Zone Following Truck

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  Alan Rindels

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  Alan Rindels

  Many work zones use a following truck with a crash attenuator to help deliniate work zones. The operator of the following truck is to help protect any workers working ahead of this truck in the work zone. Volvo has reported developing a platooning system for large semis and using it to plattoon two semis in highway situations for gas savings and manpower savings. MnDOT should continue its research effort on this ...more »

  Many work zones use a following truck with a crash attenuator to help deliniate work zones. The operator of the following truck is to help protect any workers working ahead of this truck in the work zone.

  Volvo has reported developing a platooning system for large semis and using it to plattoon two semis in highway situations for gas savings and manpower savings.

  MnDOT should continue its research effort on this topic, thus reducing work zone manpower needs by developing an autotonomous work zone following vehicle.

  Development of a robotic system for the following vehicle in two lane divided highways in Minnesota is very feasible, this allows the driver of the following vehicle in addition to driving the following vehicle to perform other duties than manning the following vehicle.

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  Submitted by alan.rindels 11 months ago

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  Event Ped Safety and Protected/Permissive Left Turn Phasing

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  Alan Rindels

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  MnDOT

  In Bloomington Flashing Yellow Arrows are being installed on Old Shakopee Road next summer. There are pedestrian destinations (resteraunts and bars across from Dred Scott Play Fields where many youth, adult sports activites occur. What is the consequence of using these new signal heads at these interesections. Will pedestrian safety decrease, should the City use protected signal phasing in these situations?

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  Submitted by alan.rindels 1 year ago

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