2025

Modeling and Operational Performance Evaluation of Driveway Assistance Devices for Lane Closures on Two-Lane Highway Work Zones
MMS Haque, AJ Khattak, L Zhao
Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems 151 (3), 04024122

2024

Safety and Mobility Improvement at Highway-rail Grade Crossings Using Real-Time Optimized Preemption of Traffic Signal Strategies
L Zhao, MU Farooq, AJ Khattak
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Mid-America Transportation Center

Performance Reliability and Safety Index for Region VII Highways
AJ Khattak, MM Haque, L Zhao

Evaluation of Driveway Assistance Device (DAD) Systems in One-Lane Two-Way Work Zone
MM Haque, AJ Khattak, L Zhao

Data Accuracy Matters: Improving Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Crash Predictions through Inventory Verification
L Zhao, MU Farooq, AJ Khattak
Transportation Research Record, 03611981241270179

Sentiments of Rural U.S. Communities on Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure: Insights from Twitter Data
B Wang, L Zhao, A Cochran
Sustainability 16 (11), 4871

2023

Gate violation prediction at highway-rail grade crossings using tree-based ensemble techniques
L Zhao, LR Rilett, C Liu
Journal of Transportation Safety & Security 15 (12), 1251-1270

Modeling the impact of COVID-19 interventions on interstate crash rates using comparative interrupted time series
L Zhao, L Rilett, C Liu
Journal of transportation engineering, Part A: Systems 149 (9), 04023078

Impact of platooning connected and automated heavy vehicles on interstate freeway work zone operations
MMS Haque, LR Rilett, L Zhao
Journal of transportation engineering, Part A: Systems 149 (3), 04022160

Calibration and validation of a microsimulation model of lane closures on a two-lane highway work zone
MS Haque, L Zhao, LR Rilett, EOA Tufuor
Transportation research record 2677 (3), 974-990

2022

Exploration of the characteristics and trends of electric vehicle crashes: a case study in Norway
C Liu, L Zhao, C Lu
European transport research review 14 (1), 6

Developing a Safety Management System including Hazardous Materials for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings in Region VII
L Zhao, A Khattak, MU Farooq
University of Nebraska. Mid-America Transportation Center

Revealing driver psychophysiological response to emergency braking in distracted driving based on field experiments
Y Li, L Zhao, K Gao, Y An, J Andric
Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles

Verification and Efficacy of Automated Queue Detection Systems on Interstate Intelligent Work Zones
L Zhao, L Rilett
Transportation Research Record, 03611981221108155

Calibration and validation methodology for simulation models of intelligent work zones
L Zhao, LR Rilett, M Shakiul Haque
Transportation research record 2676 (5), 500-513

Identifying Origin-Destination Trips from GPS Data–Application in Travel Time Reliability of Dedicated Trucks
L Zhao, Y Li
Promet-Traffic&Transportation 34 (1), 25-38

2021

Hidden Markov model of lane-changing-based car-following behavior on freeways using naturalistic driving data
L Zhao, L Rilett, MS Haque
Transportation Research Record 2675 (8), 550-561

Modeling violation behavior at highway-rail grade crossings using a driver anxiety surrogate measure
L Zhao, LR Rilett
Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems 147 (6), 04021025

2020

Effectiveness of Trajectory Similarity Measures Based on Truck GPS Data
Y Li, L Zhao, X Zhao, K Chen
China Journal of Highway and Transport 33 (2), 146-157

Calibrating the Highway Capacity Manual arterial travel time reliability model
E Tufuor, L Rilett, L Zhao
Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems

2019

Driving performances assessment based on speed variation using dedicated route truck GPS data
Y Li, L Zhao, LR Rilett
IEEE Access 7, 51002-51013

2018

Quantifying platoon characteristics on four-lane level freeway segments
J Zhou, L Rilett, E Jones, Y Chen, L Zhao
Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board

Using High Fidelity Vehicle Trajectory Data for Safety Analyses: A Case Study
L Zhao, L Rilett, J Zhou
Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board

Predicting Highway–Rail Grade Crossing Gate Violations Using Tree-Based Ensemble Techniques
L Zhao, LR Rilett, CH Spiegelman
Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board

2017

Safety Modeling of Highway Railway Grade Crossings using Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Data
L Zhao, L Rilett, C LeFrois

Dynamic model of driver approaching behaviors at highway-rail grade crossings
L Zhao, LR Rilett
Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board

Calibrating the Robertson’s platoon dispersion model on a coordinated corridor with advance warning flashers
L Zhao, LR Rilett, E Tufuor
Transportation Research Record 2623 (1), 10-18

2016

Evaluation of Predicted Dilemma Zone and Observed Violations at Highway-Rail Grade Crossing
L Zhao, S Zhao, L Rilett
Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Structural equation modeling for pedestrians’ perception in integrated transport hubs
J Zhou, Y Guo, S Dong, L Zhao, R Yang
Procedia Engineering 137, 817-826

Performance of advance warning systems in a coordinated system
L Zhao, LR Rilett, E Tufuor, W Khan, C LeFrois

2015

Feasibility analysis of phase transition signals based on e-bike rider behavior
S Dong, J Zhou, L Zhao, et al.
Advances in Mechanical Engineering 7 (11), 1687814015618905

An analysis of four methodologies for estimating highway capacity from ITS data
L Zhao, L Rilett
Journal of Modern Transportation 23 (2), 107-118

2014

A study of dynamic right-turn signal control strategy at mixed traffic flow intersections
Z Wu, L Zhao, J Sun
Promet-Traffic & Transportation 26 (6), 449-458

Some flow features at urban expressway on-ramp bottlenecks in Shanghai
J Hu, J Sun, L Zhao
Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board

The mechanism of early-onset breakdown at Shanghai’s expressway on-ramp bottlenecks
J Sun, L Zhao, HM Zhang
Transportation Research Record 3516, 64-73

Mechanism of early-onset breakdown at on-ramp bottlenecks on Shanghai, China, expressways
J Sun, L Zhao, HM Zhang
Transportation Research Record 2421 (1), 64-73

2013

Simulation framework for vehicle platooning and car-following behaviors under connected-vehicle environment
L Zhao, J Sun
Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences 96, 914-924

Research on Dynamic Signal Control for Exclusive Right-Turn Lane at Mixed Traffic Flow Intersections
J Sun, L Zhao, Y Zhang, Z Wu
Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board

Observations and analysis of multistep-approach lane changes at expressway merge bottlenecks in Shanghai, China
L Zhao, J Sun, HM Zhang
Transportation Research Record 2395 (1), 73-82

2011

Development of a Severity-Level Determination Procedure for Non-Motorized Traffic Conflicts
L Zhao, J Sun, S Zhou
ICCTP 2011: Towards Sustainable Transportation Systems, 2500-2512

An Improved Traffic Safety Simulation Method for Mixed-traffic Intersection
J Sun, L Zhao
China Safety Science Journal 6

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