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Helmet non-use by users of bikeshare programs, electric bicycles, racing bicycles, and personal bicycles: An observational study in Taipei, Taiwan.

Journal Article
Chi, C., Chen, P., Saleh, W., Tsai, S., & Pai, C. (2018)
Helmet non-use by users of bikeshare programs, electric bicycles, racing bicycles, and personal bicycles: An observational study in Taipei, Taiwan. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 13(2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2018.1441470
The bikeshare program in Taipei City and New Taipei City, called U-bike, was launched in August 2012 and has more than 7500 bicycles operating out of 769 stations. Research ha...

Pokemon gaming causes pedestrians to run a red light: An observational study of crossing behaviours at a signalised intersection in Taipei City

Journal Article
Chen, P., Saleh, W., & Pai, C. (2018)
Pokemon gaming causes pedestrians to run a red light: An observational study of crossing behaviours at a signalised intersection in Taipei City. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 55, 380-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.03.011
Since the launch of the smartphone game “Pokemon Go”, the worldwide craze has led to numerous traffic crashes and injuries resulting from falling or tripping. This paper inves...

Maintaining and researching port safety: a case study of the port of Kaohsiung

Journal Article
Tseng, P., & Pilcher, N. (2017)
Maintaining and researching port safety: a case study of the port of Kaohsiung. European Transport Research Review, 9(34), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12544-017-0250-z
Maintaining port safety in full conformity with IMO standards is a requisite for every port and country. To do this, understanding the challenges and human factors involved is...

Texting and walking: a controlled field study of crossing behaviours and inattentional blindness in Taiwan.

Journal Article
Chen, P., Saleh, W., & Pai, C. (2017)
Texting and walking: a controlled field study of crossing behaviours and inattentional blindness in Taiwan. Behaviour and Information Technology, 36(4), 435-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929x.2016.1240234
The paper investigates the effects of phone use (talking, texting, and listening to music) on the street-crossing behaviours of pedestrians and their inattentional blindness i...

Investigating boundary effects of congestion charging in a single bottleneck scenario

Journal Article
Ge, Y., Stewart, K., Liu, Y., Tang, C., & Liu, B. (2015)
Investigating boundary effects of congestion charging in a single bottleneck scenario. Transport, 1-15
This paper investigates the impact of realistic congestion charging regimes where undesired boundary effects of imposing charges may occur and may be both temporal and spatial...

Effects of transit real-time information usage strategies.

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Fonzone, A., & Schmoecker, J. (2014)
Effects of transit real-time information usage strategies. Transportation research record, 2417, 121-129. https://doi.org/10.3141/2417-13
Real-time information is becoming increasingly available to transit travellers. This paper discusses the effects of RTI available before the start of a journey in terms of lin...

Considerations about the Analysis of ITS Data of Bicycle Sharing Systems.

Journal Article
Bordagaray, M., Fonzone, A., dell’Olio, L., & Ibeas, A. (2014)
Considerations about the Analysis of ITS Data of Bicycle Sharing Systems. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 162, 340-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.215
Handling and managing data automatically collected by Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) is a major opportunity and challenge for transport professionals nowadays. This study...

A mixed logit analysis of motorists’ right-of-way violation in motorcycle accidents at priority T-junctions.

Journal Article
Pai, C., Hwang, K. P., & Saleh, W. (2009)
A mixed logit analysis of motorists’ right-of-way violation in motorcycle accidents at priority T-junctions. Accident analysis and prevention, 41(3), 565-573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2009.02.007
Research suggested that motorists’ right-of-way (ROW) violation in automobile–motorcycle gap-acceptance accidents at priority (i.e., stop-/yield-controlled) T-intersections ha...

Exploring Motorcyclist Injury Severity Resulting from Various Crash Configurations at T-Junctions in the United Kingdom—An Application of the Ordered Probit Models

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Pai, C., & Saleh, W. (2007)
Exploring Motorcyclist Injury Severity Resulting from Various Crash Configurations at T-Junctions in the United Kingdom—An Application of the Ordered Probit Models. Traffic Injury Prevention, 8(1), 62-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389580600991376
Objectives . The fact that motorcycle users tend to be more vulnerable to injuries than those using other motorized vehicles may act synergistically with the complexity of con...

Success and failure of travel demand management: Is congestion charging the way forward?

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Saleh, W. (2007)
Success and failure of travel demand management: Is congestion charging the way forward?. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 41(7), 611-614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2006.09.014
Success and failure of travel demand management: Is congestion charging the way forward?