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The Traffic Safety Center coordinated the traffic safety sessions, Track C3, for the 11th World Conference on Transportation Research, June 24-28, 2007. Below is the confirmed schedule for the eight sessions. The room assigned for the safety track is 521 Cory Hall.

The sessions will be reported on in a future issue of the TSC Online Newsletter. Go to this page to subscribe.

Monday, June 25 1 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

C3-5: Safety Laws and Enforcement
Chair: Ian Savage, Northwestern University

616 Identification of the Most Effective Factors Affecting Average Seat Belt Usage Rates in the United States, Sunanda Dissanayake, Kansas State University
58 Safety Corridor Signing Program, Michael Babusci, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas
619 Automated Speed Enforcement in the U.S.: A Review of Benefits and Barriers to Implementation, Caroline Rodier, University of California, Berkeley
877 Cost Benefit Analysis of Vehicle Safety Regulations, Masayoshi Tanishita, Chuo University
803 Analysis and Modeling of Driving Behavior Using In-Vehicle Data Recorder Data Galit Toledo, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Monday, June 25, 3 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.

C3-8: Motorcycle Safety/Safety Theory
Chair: Tom Rice, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center

488 An Analysis of Motorcyclist Injury Severity under Various Traffic Control Measures at Three-Legged Junctions in the UK, Chih-Wei Pai, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland
723 The Role of Medical Care and Technology Improvements in Reducing Motorcyclist Fatalities, Teik Hua Law, Imperial College London
1400 Do Motorcyclists Behave Aggressively? Tzu-Chang Lee, Imperial College London
490 Behavioural and Analytical Considerations in Transport Safety, Robert Noland, Imperial College London
1490 Added Risk by Rainy Weather on the Roads of Normandie-Centre Region in France, Aron Maurice, INRETS (The French National Institute for Transportation and Safety Research)

Tuesday, June 26, 3 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.

C3-1: Highway Risk Models I
Chair: Paul Jovanis, Pennsylvania State University

381 Temporal and Spatial Safety Analyses of Signalized Intersections, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, University of Central Florida
899 Traffic Conflict Analysis Using Vehicle Tracking System with Digital VCR, Hiroshi Wakabayashi, Meijo University
926 Analysis of Traffic Accident Concentrations: Time-Space Issues, Koen Aerts, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1416 Bayesian Formulations for Heterogeneity in Accident Count Models, Sittipan Sittikariya, DKS Associates
1594 Risk Factors and Intelligent Transport System Answers –Possible Opportunities and Shortcomings, Ionnna Spyropoulou, National Technical University of Athens (Back to top.)

Wednesday, June 27, 8 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.

C3-2: Highway Risk Models II
Chair: Paul Jovanis, Pennsylvania State University

382 Exploring the Crash Severity along an Urban Freeway Based on Temporal, Spatial, and Real-Time Traffic Conditions, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, University of Central Florida
599 Bayesian Multivariate Poisson Lognormal Regression for Crash Prediction on Rural Two-Lane Highways, Jianming Ma, University of Texas at Austin
617 Modeling Crash Occurrence on Rural Freeways and Two-Lane Roads, Sunanda Dissanayake, Kansas State University
785 A Study of Traffic Accident Analysis Using Support Vector Machines, Hironobu Hasegawa, Muroran Institute of Technology
1477 Predictive Models of Crash Consequences: Simplifying Complexity, Alan Donelson, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center

Wednesday, June 27, 10 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.

C3-3: Modeling National-Level Crash Data
Chair: David Ragland, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center

137 Traffic Crash Exposures by Injury Severity, Young-Jun Kweon, Virginia Transportation Research Council
521 Comparison of Generalized Linear Model (Glm) and Generalized Estimation Equation (Gee) for Modelling Accidents from National Data, Abdul Qadeer Memon, University College London
861 Time Series Count Data Models: An Empirical Application to Traffic Accidents, Mohammed Quddus, Loughborough University
680 Rapid Motorization and Road Traffic Accidents in China, Shengchuan Zhao, Dalian University of Technology
1679 Comparative Assessment of Road Safety Performance in Greece, Dimitrios Katsochis, TRADEMCO S.A.

Thursday, June 28, 8 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.

C3-4: Truck and Rail Safety
Chair: David Ragland, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center

300 A Structural Model of Safety and Safety Regulation in the Trucking Industry, Ian Savage, Northwestern University
392 New Instruments and Analyses for the Appraisal of Strategic Transport Safety Inspection Policy Options in the Netherlands, Han van der Loop, Ministry of Transport, The Netherlands
646 Identifying the Impact of Truck Lane Restriction Strategies on Traffic Flow and Safety Using Simulation, Nicholas Garber, University of Virginia
1450 Side-Impact Crashes with Large Trucks at Night, Alan Donelson, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center
76 Modelling the Severity of Fatal Train Accidents in Great Britain Using Ordered Probit Models, Mohammed Quddus, Loughborough University
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Thursday, June 28, 10 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.

C3-6: Safety of Vulnerable Users
Chair: Ian Savage, Northwestern University

171 Accident Risk Factors of Young Drivers and Targeted Countermeasures, George Yannis, National Technical University of Athens
927 Older Drivers and Traffic Maneuvers, Nikiforos Stamatiadis, University of Kentucky
697 Study on Socialized Management Solutions to Traffic Safety for Urban Migrants, Yugang Sheng, Transportation College of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
1090 Simulation Study on Passenger Evacuation Behavior in Rail Tunnels, Winnie Daamen, Delft University of Technology
1068 A Methodology to Investigate and Visualise the Geographical Provenance of Road Traffic Casualties in Deprived Areas, Sanjay Rana, University College London

Thursday, June 28, 1 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

C3-7: Pedestrian Safety
Chair: Jill Cooper, UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center

173 Contributory Factors to Pedestrian Injury in Road Accidents, N.N. Sze, The University of Hong Kong
450 Accident Reconstruction of Pedestrian-Vehicle Collisions, Sunder Lall Dhingra, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
502 Modelling a Relationship Between Child Pedestrian Accidents and Land Use, James Aryaija, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
994 Accident Risk Estimation on Urban Crossings Using Simulation, Abhimanyu Godara, INRETS
1387 Effects of the Existence of Pedestrian Signal at the Signalized Intersection, Hidekatsu Hamaoka, Akita University
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