Programs & Labs
2003 Annual Report
A report of research, education, and technology transfer activities, fiscal year 2002/2003, of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute at the University of Minnesota.
Research
Human Performance and Behavior Research
Featured Research Projects
Intelligent Driver Support Systems
For all the demands of driving, the task still relies in large part on what a driver sees of the road and his or her surroundings. Institute researchers, however, are exploring ways to give drivers information through multiple senses—which in turn may help drivers better control their vehicles and manage distractions that could lead to crashes. Go to article >>
The Effectiveness and Safety of Traffic- and Non-Traffic-Related Messages Presented on Changeable Message Signs
Millions of motorists across the country rely on intelligent transportation systems for timely, accurate, and useful information to improve their commute. Changeable message signs (CMSs)—also known as variable message signs and dynamic message signs—have long been used as one such ITS tool to provide motorists with real-time travel information in a wide range of applications. Go to article >>
2003 Research Updates
John Bloomfield and Kathleen Harder, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
- Fatigue Detection: Can Fatigue Detection Devices Predict
the Driving Performance of Sleep-Deprived Drivers?
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2002031
Kathleen Harder, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
- Guidelines for Using Rumble Strips
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2003032 - Investigating the Effects of Rumble Strips on the Stopping
Performance of Sleep-Deprived Drivers
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2003001 - Psychological Roadway Correlates of Aggressive Driving
(Phase II)
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2002034 - Reducing Crashes at Controlled Rural Intersections
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2001008 - User-Centered Auditory Warning Signals in Snowplows
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2000038
Herb Pick, Institute of Child Development
- Older Drivers' Influence of Wayfinding While Driving
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2001053 - Spatial Orientation and Navigation in Elderly Drivers
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=1999022
Tom Smith, School of Kinesiology
- Reducing Risk Taking at Passive Railroad Crossings
with Active Warnings
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2000041
Mike Wade, School of Kinesiology
- Accident Analysis for Low-Volume Roads
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2002008 - Deer Avoidance Research: Use of Motion Detector Flashing
Light
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2002023
Nicholas Ward, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Driving Performance During Cell Phone Use and Common
Secondary Tasks Combined Under Conditions of Driver Impairment
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2003040 - Driving Performance During 511 Information Retrieval
and Cell Phone Conversation Tasks, Combined Under Varying Levels
of Traffic Density
Project status: Newly funded
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2004036
Albert Yonas, Institute of Child Development
- Chromatic Perception Effects on Collisions with Snowplows
Project status: In progress
Project URL: www.its.umn.edu/Research/ProjectDetail.html?id=2003016