Search Results - "Dias, Charitha"

Exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on travel behavior and mode preferences by Abdullah, Muhammad, Dias, Charitha, Muley, Deepti, Shahin, Md

“…•Travel behavior before and during the COVID-19 pandemic was explored.•Significant change in primary purpose of traveling was observed due to the…”
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Public transport versus solo travel mode choices during the COVID-19 pandemic: Self-reported evidence from a developing country by Abdullah, Muhammad, Ali, Nazam, Javid, Muhammad Ashraf, Dias, Charitha, Campisi, Tiziana

“…•Public transport vehicles could be hotspots for virus transmission during pandemics.•A binary logistic regression model was developed to explain mode choice…”
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Exploring the Traveler’s Intentions to Use Public Transport during the COVID-19 Pandemic While Complying with Precautionary Measures by Abdullah, Muhammad, Ali, Nazam, Dias, Charitha, Campisi, Tiziana, Javid, Muhammad Ashraf

“…Public transport use has drastically declined during the COVID-19 pandemic because the virus spreads through close contact with infected people and…”
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Calibrating a social force based model for simulating personal mobility vehicles and pedestrian mixed traffic by Dias, Charitha, Iryo-Asano, Miho, Nishiuchi, Hiroaki, Todoroki, Tomoyuki

“…•Social force model was calibrated to simulate Segway and pedestrian interactions.•Data were collected through controlled experiments for different interaction…”
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Structural equation modeling of public transport use with COVID-19 precautions: An extension of the norm activation model by Ashraf Javid, Muhammad, Abdullah, Muhammad, Ali, Nazam, Dias, Charitha

“…•Modeled public transport preferences during COVID-19 using the Norm-Activation Model.•Awareness of Consequences positively correlated with Personal…”
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Pedestrian flow characteristics through different angled bends: Exploring the spatial variation of velocity by Hannun, Jamal, Dias, Charitha, Taha, Alaa Hasan, Almutairi, Abdulaziz, Alhajyaseen, Wael, Sarvi, Majid, Al-Bosta, Salim

“…Common geometrical layouts could potentially be bottlenecks, particularly during emergency and high density situations. When pedestrians are interacting with…”
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Road Crossing at Unmarked Mid-Block Locations: Exploring Pedestrians’ Perception and Behavior by Abdullah, Muhammad, Dias, Charitha, Oguchi, Takashi

“…Violations, risky behaviors and perceptions may largely contribute to crashes involving pedestrians, particularly at unmarked mid-block locations. The…”
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Empirical evaluation of change in crash risk due to lane marking reallocation: A case study in Kochi City, Japan by Nishiuchi, Hiroaki, Dias, Charitha, Kawato, Satsuki

“…Lane markings are considered an essential component of a road system. As highlighted in previous studies, they are directly linked to efficiency and safety…”
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Pedestrians’ Microscopic Walking Dynamics in Single-File Movement: The Influence of Gender by Dias, Charitha, Abdullah, Muhammad, Ahmed, Dawood, Subaih, Rudina

“…Demographics of individuals could largely influence their behaviors and interactions with surrounding pedestrians. This study investigates the influence of…”
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Modeling Trajectories and Trajectory Variation of Turning Vehicles at Signalized Intersections by Dias, Charitha, Iryo-Asano, Miho, Abdullah, Muhammad, Oguchi, Takashi, Alhajyaseen, Wael

“…Information on the trajectories of turning vehicles at signalized intersections can be used in numerous applications, such as movement planning of autonomous…”
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Exploratory study on self-awareness and self-preparedness of Malaysian rail passengers for emergency evacuations by Abd Rahman, Noorhazlinda, Johari, Muhammad Syahir Mohd, Dias, Charitha

“…•Being aware of the emergency procedures and prepared for emergency evacuations may enhance passengers’ survival chances in cases of an emergency.•A…”
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Exploring Microscopic Characteristics of Bicycle Riders’ following Behaviors in a Single-File Movement by Dias, Charitha, Abdullah, Muhammad, Hussain, Qinaat, Salehi, Ahmad Mohammadtayeb, Nishiuchi, Hiroaki

“…Cycling can bring a wide range of social, economic, and health benefits to individuals and communities. The safety and efficiency of bicycle facilities can be…”
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Self-reported likely behaviour of rail passengers during an emergency evacuation-A case study of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Mohamed, Muhammad Abrar Iman, Rahman, Noorhazlinda Abd, Dias, Charitha

“…Prior knowledge on how passengers behave during a potential emergency evacuation could be advantageous in designing efficient crowd management and emergency…”
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Calibrating cellular automaton models for pedestrians walking through corners by Dias, Charitha, Lovreglio, Ruggiero

“…Cellular Automata (CA) based pedestrian simulation models have gained remarkable popularity as they are simpler and easier to implement compared to other…”
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Evacuation under flooded conditions: Experimental investigation of the influence of water depth on walking behaviors by Dias, Charitha, Rahman, Noorhazlinda Abd, Zaiter, Ali

“…Flooding can be considered as the most frequent type of natural disaster, and it is an unavoidable phenomenon in many parts of the world. Ensuring the safety…”
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Investigating pedestrian navigation in indoor open space environments using big data by Ruggiero, Lovreglio, Charitha, Dias, Xiang, Song, Lucia, Ballerini

“…Reliable empirical data are required to understand and model realistic pedestrian navigation behaviours at public crowd-gathering places such as public…”
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Safety assessment of on-road cycling lanes: A comparative study of different layouts using driving simulator by Almallah, Mustafa, Alhajyaseen, Wael K M, Dias, Charitha

“…Over the past few decades, a growing attention has been directed toward cycling due to its positive impacts on social, economic, and health aspects. Various…”
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Defensive or competitive Autonomous Vehicles: Which one interacts safely and efficiently with pedestrians? by Zhu, Hong, Alhajyaseen, Wael K.M., Iryo-Asano, Miho, Nakamura, Hideki, Dias, Charitha

“…The emergence of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) could provoke unexpected challenges in urban traffic environments. One such crucial challenge is the conflicts…”
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Identifying the relationship between intention to use flat-rate public transport and trip frequency by a discrete-continuous model by Nishiuchi, Hiroaki, Nishimura, Kohei, Ngoc, An Minh, Dias, Charitha

“…Public transport fare is a central feature of transit operations and is a key indicator to reflect transport demand. Yet, relatively little is known about how…”
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Interactions between autonomous vehicles and pedestrians at unsignalized mid-block crosswalks considering occlusions by opposing vehicles by Zhu, Hong, Iryo-Asano, Miho, Alhajyaseen, Wael K.M., Nakamura, Hideki, Dias, Charitha

“…•Pedestrian safety at unsignalized mid-block crosswalks (UMCs) is studied.•A visibility model is built to reproduce the occlusion effect on AVs…”
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