Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour最新文献

{"title":"Modelling gap selection of mobile phone distracted drivers at roundabouts: A mixed multinomial logit with heterogeneity-in-means approach","authors":"Brad Hutchins ,&nbsp;Yasir Ali ,&nbsp;Tiantian Chen ,&nbsp;Ashraf El-Hamalawi ,&nbsp;Md Mazharul Haque","doi":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Gap selection at roundabouts is a critical driving task whereby drivers simultaneously evaluate gaps in circulatory traffic and control their vehicle dynamics. Whilst this task is already challenging and increases workload, it becomes more difficult when drivers concurrently use mobile phones. A few studies suggest that the gap selection of distracted versus undistracted drivers is not different; however, the determinants of gap selection could vary, and heterogeneous gap selection can also be observed if appropriate modelling techniques are applied. To this end, this study finds that past studies either applied simple pairwise comparisons or developed fixed parameter models, which are incapable of deciphering distracted driver-level heterogeneity in gap selection. Motivated by this research gap, the current study focusses on understanding the relationship between mobile phone distraction and gap selection at roundabouts using a mixed multinomial logit model. Thirty-two young, licensed drivers, with equal male and female representation, were asked to select a gap for entry into the roundabout whilst considering giving way to oncoming traffic. In the driving simulation environment, participants faced a roundabout entry scenario thrice, with each corresponding to no phone, handheld, and hands-free driving conditions. To model drivers’ gap selection outcomes (small, medium, and large/no gap), a mixed multinomial logit model is developed, accounting for repeated measures of experiment design, capturing unobserved heterogeneity, and allowing the mean of a random parameter to vary. The model has two random parameters (hands-free and handheld driving conditions), whereas the fixed parameters include age, gender, acceleration noise, initial post encroachment time, and self-reported crash history. The model suggests heterogeneous effects of handheld and hands-free driving conditions on gap selection, implying that distracted drivers may select large and small gaps depending on the context. The model also indicates that heterogeneity-in-means for the handheld parameter is associated with driving experience, implying that experienced distracted drivers are more likely to select medium gaps. The findings of this study provide in-depth information about understanding gap selection mechanisms and forming policies for distracted drivers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48355,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 103318"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145099068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"HOW AUTONOMOUS BUS TRIALS AFFECT PASSENGERS’ VIEWS: EXPLORING THE GAP BETWEEN PRE-RIDE EXPECTATIONS AND REAL WORD EXPERIENCE","authors":"Achille Fonzone ,&nbsp;Grigorios Fountas ,&nbsp;Lucy Downey ,&nbsp;Adebola Olowosegun","doi":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.021","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The study investigates passengers’ perceptions of a real-world trial involving a level 4 full-sized Automated Bus (AB) operating as a commercial service on a 22 km inter-urban route along public roads in East Scotland. By focusing on a trial, where the AB navigates mixed traffic, different road types (including motorways) and operates at speeds of up to 80 km/h, this research fills a significant gap in the existing literature, which has offered limited exploration of passenger AB experiences in such complex and realistic operational environments. The contribution of this study lies in providing a comprehensive analysis of passenger expectations and satisfaction, considering both the automated driving technology and the service in all its aspects, while also taking into account their interactions. Results (n = 490) revealed generally positive views from passengers with 61.7 % indicating that the AB technology exceeded their expectations and 71.1 % expressing a high likelihood of recommending the service to others. A binary probit model with random parameters showed satisfaction with ride smoothness and vehicle noise, low pre-ride expectations, and a willingness to use unstaffed ABs were key determinants of post-trial evaluation. In addition, frequency of bus use and gender were found to have mixed effects. A second binary probit model found that high pre-trial expectations, infrequent car use, and frequent bus use influenced the net promoter score, with satisfaction with AB driving style and with service characteristics having heterogeneous effects. These findings offer valuable insights for the transport industry, guiding their future developments and strategies for the successful implementation of AB technology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48355,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 103311"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145060002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An empirical investigation of Pedestrians’ crossing behaviors and trust in human-driven versus autonomous vehicles on high-speed arterials: Insights from a virtual reality study","authors":"Anish KC ,&nbsp;Hany M. Hassan ,&nbsp;Abduallah Bayomi ,&nbsp;Jeanne M. Donaldson","doi":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.033","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.033","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the advancement of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, the road environment is expected to be mixed between AVs, human-driven vehicles (HDVs), and other road users (e.g., pedestrians). The purpose of this study was to thoroughly investigate pedestrians’ crossing behaviors and trust towards AVs at high-speed arterial roads in a virtual reality (VR) environment and examine how such behaviors are comparable to their interactions with HDVs. It also sought to examine significant factors such as demographics, past behaviors/experiences along with visibility conditions, affecting various pedestrian behavior and safety measures.</div><div>Fifty-six adults participated in six different pedestrian crossing VR scenarios (336 crossings analyzed). Participants also responded to a survey asking about their confidence, predictability, dependability, responsibility, reliability, and faith in both HDVs and AVs. The survey results indicated higher confidence in HDVs, while AVs were rated higher in predictability, dependability, responsibility, and reliability. Several Generalized Linear Mixed Models were developed.</div><div>The results revealed significant differences in pedestrian behaviors towards AVs and HDVs. Overall, pedestrians experienced longer post-encroachment time (PET) with AVs compared to HDVs. Pedestrians also showed shorter waiting times at the curb and median and faster overall crossing times when dealing with AVs. Furthermore, AVs were associated with fewer pedestrian crashes compared to HDVs. Age and gender significantly influenced crossing behavior, in that pedestrians aged ≥ 25 took longer to cross, and males waited longer at the median. Familiarity with AVs reduced waiting times at curbs. Finally, low visibility resulted in longer waiting times and decreased safety, reflected by shorter PET.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48355,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 103323"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145099063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predicting young drivers’ time-to-licensure from sociodemographic characteristics and quality of adult-supervised practice","authors":"Jessica Hafetz ,&nbsp;Catherine Gervais ,&nbsp;D. Leann Long ,&nbsp;Carol Ford ,&nbsp;Catherine C. McDonald","doi":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.032","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.032","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many jurisdictions now require adult-supervised practice for learner drivers. For many younger drivers this entails supervision from parents. There is not consensus on how to best optimize this supervision or which factors influence how quickly young drivers progress through the learner period to obtain an independent license. Additionally, young male drivers are over-represented in fatal and serious crashes and it is unknown if this risk has a basis in their learner driver experiences. Using data from the control arm of the Drivingly Trial (554 parent-teen dyads) we examined how sociodemographic factors and parent-teen driving practice behaviours contributed to how quickly teens were licensed and determined if there were sex differences in how practice was experienced by teens. Greater practice variety was associated with faster licensure. Parent engagement with practice supervision increased over the learner period and teens became more supportive of their parents’ supervision as their anticipated license date neared. Male and female teens did not differ with respect to their experience of supervised practice, pre-permit driving or time-to-licensure. White teens and teens from non-urban areas were licensed faster than other teens in our sample, all of whom began the study with a learner’s permit and intention to get licensed. Licensing confers risks and opportunities for young people. Ensuring young learner drivers practice in a range of different driving environments is important. More research is needed to determine how to reduce structural and social barriers to licensure without conferring an increased crash risk.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48355,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages 1268-1277"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144694665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The salience of highway work zone safety and cell phone use among US young adults: Formative evaluation for future campaign development","authors":"Prince Adu Gyamfi ,&nbsp;Evan K. Perrault","doi":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cell phone use while driving is one of the most common distracted driving behaviors among young adults, leading to fatal crashes. However, limited research has explored this topic particularly in the context of highway work zone safety among college-aged adults in the US to understand their predispositions to this topic. Utilizing McGuire’s communication/persuasion model as a formative guide, this study sought to uncover 1) what young adults think about the topic of highway work zone safety, 2) where they want to receive highway work zone safety messages, and 3) whether tailored messaging can shift attitudes and intentions. An online survey of young adults in the U.S. between 18 and 24 years old (<em>N</em> = 1422) was utilized. Also, 1386 written responses about why they did [n = 868] (or did not; n = 518) consider highway work zone safety an important topic were analysed. A large majority (87.1%) of participants already perceived a high level of risk and a high level of efficacy to not drive while using a cell phone. Despite this, the majority (62.4%) thought highway work zone safety was still an important topic for future messaging because messages would help to save lives, protect public safety, and promote safe driving behaviours in highway work zones. Many young adults preferred seeing safety messages on road signposts close to highway work zones and on social media platforms. Messages tailored to participants’ unique risk and efficacy perceptions were no more successful at shifting attitudes and intentions on this topic than non-tailored messages.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48355,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages 1241-1252"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144694661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How do obstacle characteristics and driver alertness affect the takeover process in conditionally automated driving?","authors":"Penghui Li ,&nbsp;Shufen Zhu ,&nbsp;Ni Zhang ,&nbsp;Jianguo Gong ,&nbsp;Xiaomeng Li ,&nbsp;Chunjiao Dong ,&nbsp;Xuedong Yan","doi":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Before the achievement of fully automated driving, drivers are still required to take control of the vehicle when necessary. The performance of this takeover process is influenced by various factors, such as the driver’s state of alertness and the characteristics of the traffic environment. This study explored how obstacle characteristics in the traffic scenario, driver alertness, and non-driving related tasks (NDRTs) affected the performance of the takeover process, particularly the situation understanding time and takeover reaction time,  in conditionally automated driving. The AdVitam dataset published by <span><span>Meteier et al. (2023)</span></span> was used in this study, where a driving simulation experiment was conducted with 90 participants, collecting data on electrodermal activity (EDA) and subjective perceived risk in six different scenarios (Deer, Cone, Frog, Can, False Alarm 1, and False Alarm 2). A Structural Equation Model (SEM) was constructed to investigate the causal relationship among obstacle movability, obstacle inherent hazard, NDRTs, driver perceived risk, alertness prior to the takeover request, and takeover process. The results indicated that driver alertness, measured by features extracted from EDA, played a significant role in takeover reaction time. Higher alertness leaded to quicker reactions when taking over control. Furthermore, perceived risk, influenced by obstacle movability and inherent hazard, significantly mediated the relationship between obstacle characteristics and takeover reaction time. Additionally, obstacle movability affected situation understanding time directly. These findings suggest that obstacle characteristics and driver physiological signals can be combined for an accurate prediction of drivers’ situation understanding time and takeover reaction time in automated vehicles, thereby enabling adaptive adjustment of takeover warning lead time and enhancing human–machine interaction experience during automated-to-manual transition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48355,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages 1253-1267"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144694664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Car dependence and car ownership among carsharing users and the mitigating effect of having multiple carsharing memberships: A moderated mediation analysis","authors":"Felix Czarnetzki","doi":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As business-to-consumer carsharing continues to expand on a global scale, it is probable that a growing number of carsharing users will become enrolled in multiple carsharing services concurrently, particularly in major cities. However, extant literature offers scant insight into whether and to what extent enrollment in multiple services shapes the perception of carsharing as a substitute for car ownership. In addressing this gap, this paper aims to examine how having multiple carsharing memberships affects the relationship between carsharing users’ perceived car dependence, their perception of the suitability of carsharing to meet their car travel needs, and, consequently, their car ownership. To this end, a moderated mediation analysis was conducted with a sample of 788 carsharing users (including 362 individuals with multiple memberships) in the inner city of Hamburg, Germany. The findings suggest that heightened car dependence diminishes the perception of carsharing as a substitute for car ownership, thereby increasing the odds of car ownership. However, having multiple carsharing memberships was found to mitigate this effect. While surveyed carsharing users with more than one membership reported higher levels of car dependence compared to users with only one membership, they were more inclined to perceive carsharing as a viable alternative to car ownership. The moderating influence of multiple carsharing memberships was particularly pronounced among carsharing users with relatively high levels of car dependence, while among carsharing users with relatively low levels of car dependence, having multiple memberships did not lead to significantly more positive perceptions of carsharing or significantly lower car ownership.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48355,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages 1207-1222"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144687410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Still fit to drive? Effect of car sickness on takeover and driving performance – A test-track study","authors":"Myriam Metzulat ,&nbsp;Barbara Metz ,&nbsp;Andreas Landau ,&nbsp;Aaron Edelmann ,&nbsp;Alexandra Neukum ,&nbsp;Wilfried Kunde","doi":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.023","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In automated driving, car sickness may occur as a new driver state as drivers become passengers during automation. Given previous findings of cognitive impairments due to motion sickness, which could lead to safety critical behavior in takeover situations, the aim of this study was to understand if and how car sickness affects takeover and subsequent driving performance. In a wizard-of-Oz test-track study, <em>N</em> = 33 participants experienced a car sickness and a baseline condition without car sickness. Car sickness was induced by a dynamically simulated automated drive during which participants engaged in an NDRT. In both conditions, four takeover requests were triggered followed by four driving tasks: emergency braking, target braking, free speed slalom and a 25 km/h slalom. Driving with car sickness subjectively impaired the driving performance and was perceived as significantly more critical and demanding. Subjective fitness to drive decreased significantly with increasing car sickness (<em>r</em> = 0.601, <em>p</em> &lt; 0.001). However, objective performance measures did not reflect these subjective impairments, showing no significant adverse effects on takeover times, emergency braking reaction times, distance to target position or slalom performance. Nevertheless, participants drove significantly faster with car sickness, contrary to participants’ report of reducing speed. To conclude, based on the objective data car sickness is unlikely to be a critical driver state, however subjectively it may be. Driving with car sickness appears to be more of a comfort issue than a safety issue. These results should be replicated with more realistic driving scenarios and with longer sustained driving performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48355,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages 1223-1240"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144687411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The hidden toll of commuting: How and when stress travels from the road to the workplace","authors":"Yin Zhu,&nbsp;Zhen Wang,&nbsp;Zimei Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.029","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.029","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While commuting stress has received increasing attention, prior research has primarily focused on its physical and mental impacts on individuals. In contrast, limited work has examined how commuting stress affects employee performance or the mechanisms underlying this relationship. Drawing on the work-home resources model, the present study investigates how commuting stress affects employees’ work productivity. Using a time-lagged survey design with three waves of data collected from 340 full-time employees, we examined both in-role and extra-role performance outcomes. Results from path analyses revealed that commuting stress diminishes employees’ in-role and extra-role performance by increasing negative emotional experience. Moreover, emotional regulation served as a buffering resource that attenuated these adverse effects. These findings advance the commuting literature by demonstrating how commuting stress affects work outcomes and by highlighting emotional mechanisms that help reduce its adverse impact.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48355,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages 1195-1206"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144679271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Risky roads: Unraveling used electronic vehicle resistance from the Perspective of social amplification of risk theory","authors":"Zhenya Tang ,&nbsp;Xueyan Dong ,&nbsp;Yuxin Tian ,&nbsp;Jianliang Hao ,&nbsp;Merrill Warkentin","doi":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.trf.2025.07.012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the factors contributing to consumer resistance toward used electric vehicles (EVs) through the lens of social amplification of risk theory. Despite the rapid growth in new EV sales, adoption of used EVs remains limited, largely due to consumer concerns around various perceived risks. Using an online survey to collect data from 409 potential used EV buyers in China, we examine how different risk dimensions, such as image risk, technological obsolescence risk, financial risk (low resale value), and performance risk, influence consumers’ resistance to used EVs. Additionally, we explore EV knowledge and negative word-of-mouth as antecedents to perceived risk, aligning with social amplification of risk theory to understand how these factors intensify risk perceptions. We used structural equation modeling to analyze the data. The results supported 11 out of 12 hypotheses, confirming that higher EV knowledge and exposure to negative word-of-mouth amplify perceived risks, which in turn significantly increase resistance to used EV adoption. This study offers theoretical and practical implications for addressing consumer hesitance and fostering greater acceptance within the used EV market.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48355,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour","volume":"114 ","pages":"Pages 1179-1194"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144679270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}