First Advisor

Christopher M. Monsere

Date of Publication

Fall 11-29-2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.) in Civil & Environmental Engineering

Department

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Language

English

Subjects

Traffic signs and signals -- Control systems, Traffic accidents -- Research -- Oregon -- Portland, Traffic accidents -- Safety measures

DOI

10.15760/etd.882

Physical Description

1 online resource (xiv, 147 p.) : col. ill.

Abstract

Crashes resulting from automobiles running a red light are typically severe in nature. One way to try to reduce the number and severity of these types of crashes is by increasing the red clearance interval of a traffic signal. In Portland, Oregon, eight intersections received a variety of treatments including red extensions. Determining which treatment had what effect can be difficult to weed out. Using a combination of crash analysis and a model simulating an intersection with red extensions, this paper describes the estimated impact of red light running intersection upgrades and red extensions on crashes. By performing a variety of before and after crash analysis, a reduction of angle crashes after treatments was detected, with a crash modification factor of 0.64 +/- 0.28 using the Empirical-Bayes method. Output from the simple simulation also suggest that red light running crashes can be reduced with red extension technology and confirms crash modification values determined from the Empirical-Bayes method.

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Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/8856

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