García García, Alfredo; Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; Romero Rojas, Mario Alfonso(Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2012-12)
[EN] The speed kidney is a new traffic-calming device that consists of a raised and curved area placed at the center of any lane. Drivers can choose to adopt a curved path, moderating speeds but avoiding disadvantages of ...
García García, Alfredo; Tarko, Andrew; Dols Ruiz, Juan Francisco; Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; Calatayud, D.(Carlos Benedetto, 2011)
[EN] The presented research used a driving simulator to study the effect of isolated vertical crest curves
overlapped with horizontal curves on driver¿s perception and behavior. The curves were consistent with the
existing ...
Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-05-04)
[EN] Two-lane highways must be safe for the motorists, but they also need to provide operational efficiency. The Spanish geometric design standards indicate that the desirable proportion of passing zones is 40% of the total ...
Llorca García, Carlos; Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; García García, Alfredo; Pérez Zuriaga, Ana María(National Academy of Sciences, 2013)
[EN] Passing is one of the most complex driving maneuvers performed on two-lane rural roads and has important effects on road safety and traffic operation. Passing is affected by driving behavior, road geometry, traffic ...
Pérez Zuriaga, Ana María; Llorca García, Carlos; Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-07-10)
[EN] The Vice-Rectorate for Studies, Quality and Acreditation and the Institute of
Education Sciences promotes that education is based on competencies, either
generic or specific.
The School of Civil Engineering of the ...
García García, Alfredo; Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; Guillén Valencia, Jesús; Felipo Sanjuán, Jesús(Prensa Tecnica S.A., 2012)
[EN] Traffic calming is one of the most used safety countermeasures in both urban streets and crosstown roads
in Spain. Traffic calming measures can be constructed in situ or prefabricated. Among usual traffic calming
measures, ...
Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; Llorca García, Carlos; Lenorzer, Annique; Casas, Jordi; García García, Alfredo(National Academy of Sciences, 2015)
Passing zones are provided to improve operational efficiency of two-lane highways where
passes can be performed safely. Minimum passing zone lengths of 120 m were established in
MUTCD and Green Book, although some studies ...
García García, Alfredo; Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; Romero Rojas, Mario Alfonso(National Academy of Sciences, 2011-09)
Traffic calming has been widely applied to urban areas in recent decades to moderate speed and traffic volume. Because most measures used are physical, a vehicle must modify its path and speed. A benefit of traffic calming ...
Llorca García, Carlos; Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; Lenorzer, Annique; Casas, Jordi; García García, Alfredo(Elsevier, 2015-03)
Microsimulation is a useful tool to analyze traffic operation. On two-lane highways, the complexity of passing and the interaction with oncoming traffic requires specific models. This study focused on the development of a ...
García García, Alfredo; Llorca García, Carlos; Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; Pérez Zuriaga, Ana María(Asociación Técnica de Carreteras, 2012)
[EN] Traffic data collection on rural highways or urban areas is a key tool of highway engineering. Data collected by instrumented vehicles allow researchers to observe driver’s behavior. This technique is useful to study ...
Gimeno Gómez, Nuria(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-10-31)
[EN] The aim of this study is the characterization of the traffic functionality on two-lane roads, in daily, nightly and rainy conditions. This research is realized together with the same road segment and similar traffic ...
Martínez Talamantes, Laura(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-10-28)
[EN] The aim of this study is the characterization of the traffic functionality on two-lane roads, in daily, night and rainy conditions. This research is realized together with the same road segment and similar traffic ...
Asensio Mateo, Belén(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-10-28)
[EN] The aim of this study is the characterization of the traffic functionality on two-lane roads, in daily, nightly and rainy conditions. This research is realized together with the same road segment and similar traffic ...
García García, Alfredo; Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; Romero Rojas, Mario Alfonso; Perea Prieto, José(Sociedad Española de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias, 2013)
[ES] Objetivo: Evaluar los efectos de los moderadores del tráfico, fundamentalmente badenes, en los tiempos del transporte sanitario, en función del tipo de servicio (emergencia o no emergencia, con y sin paciente), ...
Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; Llorca García, Carlos; Tarek, S.; García García, Alfredo(Transportation Research Board, 2014)
[EN] Two-lane highways operation has been extensively studied. Many of these studies state that the current Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) procedure is difficult to measure in the field. Several promising alternative measures ...
Llorca García, Carlos; García García, Alfredo; Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; Pérez Zuriaga, Ana María(Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2013-06)
Overtaking is one of the most dangerous manoeuvres on two-lane rural highways. The most influential factors are related to drivers, so ITS and assistance systems are not yet common. This research is based on experimental ...
Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; García García, Alfredo; Camacho Torregrosa, Francisco Javier; Llorca García, Carlos(Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2013-06)
Drivers' road perception is an important human factor of comfort and safety on driving. Available sight distance of crest vertical curves superimposed on horizontal curves can be geometrically optimised by applying 3D ...
Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui; García García, Alfredo; Romero Rojas, Mario Alfonso; Perea Prieto, José(Publica, 2013)
Cada vez son más los elementos de moderación del tráfico implantados en las vías urbanas y travesías españolas. El objetivo de esta investigación es la evaluación de los efectos de los moderadores del tráfico, fundamentalmente ...