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  1. Enhancing hydraulic risk assessment using next-generation satellite remote sensing: the RESCUE_SAT project

    Article • October 2025, SPIE

    Professor Francesco Bella

  2. Real-time LiDAR applications for assessing the safety of vulnerable road users at urban intersections

    Article • October 2025, SPIE

    Professor Francesco Bella

  3. Mapping Risk Factors to Build Inclusive Roads: A Systematic Diagnosis for Enhancing Vulnerable Users and Persons with Reduced Mobility Safety

    Article • June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Bella

  4. Safety analysis of motorcyclists’ overtaking maneuvers

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, December 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  5. Safety assessment of pedestrian-vehicle interaction at signalized intersections: An observational study

    Article • Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, February 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Francesco Bella

  6. Deep neural networks for asphalt pavement distress detection and condition assessment

    Article • October 2023, SPIE

    Professor Francesco Bella

  7. Automatic damage detection of bridge joints and road pavements by artificial neural networks ANNs

    Article • October 2022, SPIE

    Professor Francesco Bella

  8. Sag curve design criteria on undivided highways derived from reliability theory

    Article • Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A Systems, October 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr. César De Santos-Berbel, Dr Maria Castro, Professor Francesco Bella

  9. Factors affecting motorcyclists’ behavior in car-following condition

    Article • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, October 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  10. Evaluation of road pavement conditions by Deep Neural Networks (DNN): an experimental application

    Article • September 2021, SPIE

    Professor Francesco Bella

  11. VEHICLE–PEDESTRIAN INTERACTIONS INTO AND OUTSIDE OF CROSSWALKS: EFFECTS OF DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS

    Article • Transport, April 2021, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

    Professor Francesco Bella

  12. Drivers’ Yielding Behavior in Different Pedestrian Crossing Configurations: A Field Survey

    Article • Journal of Advanced Transportation, January 2021, Wiley

    Professor Francesco Bella

  13. Effects of the cross-section on the driver’s behaviour approaching bicycle crossroads

    Article • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  14. A hazard-based model of the motorcyclists’ overtaking duration

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, June 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  15. The Effect of a LED Lighting Crosswalk on Pedestrian Safety: Some Experimental Results

    Article • Safety, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Francesco Bella

  16. Driver-pedestrian interaction under legal and illegal pedestrian crossings

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  17. Effects on Driver’s Yielding Behavior of a Pedestrian Collision Warning System in Different Road Environments

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Bella

  18. Environmental effects of road geometric and operational features

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  19. Survival Model of Drivers’ Speed Reduction Time at Bicycle Crossroads: A Driving Simulator Study

    Article • Journal of Advanced Transportation, October 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Francesco Bella

  20. Drivers’ Behavior in Pedestrian Detection: Effects of Road Types

    Article • June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Bella

  21. Effects on Driver’s Behavior of Illegal Pedestrian Crossings

    Article • June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Bella

  22. Time-Based Calibration of the Inertial Operating Speed to Enhance the Assessment of the Geometric Design Consistency

    Article • Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, June 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor Francesco Bella

  23. New Consistency Model Based on Inertial Operating Speed Profiles for Road Safety Evaluation

    Article • Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A Systems, April 2018, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Francesco Bella

  24. Effects of directional auditory and visual warnings at intersections on reaction times and speed reduction times

    Article • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, November 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  25. Drivers’ Behavior at Bicycle Crossroads

    Article • July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Bella

  26. Driver–Cyclist Interaction Under Different Bicycle Crossroad Configurations

    Article • June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Bella

  27. Interaction driver–bicyclist on rural roads: Effects of cross-sections and road geometric elements

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, May 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  28. Driver-pedestrian interaction under different road environments

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  29. Evaluating the effects of the number of exit lanes on the diverging driver performance

    Article • Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Francesco Bella

  30. Effects of Intersection Collision Warning Systems and Traffic Calming Measures on Driver’s Behavior at Intersections

    Article • July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Bella

  31. Driver's braking behavior approaching pedestrian crossings: a parametric duration model of the speed reduction times

    Article • Journal of Advanced Transportation, January 2016, Wiley

    Professor Francesco Bella

  32. Effects of safety measures on driver's speed behavior at pedestrian crossings

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  33. Coordination of horizontal and sag vertical curves on two-lane rural roads: Driving simulator study

    Article • IATSS Research, July 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  34. Diverging Driver Performance Along Deceleration Lanes

    Article • Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, January 2015, Transportation Research Board

    Professor Francesco Bella

  35. Analysis of driver speeds under night driving conditions using a driving simulator

    Article • Journal of Safety Research, June 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Alessandro Calvi, Professor Francesco Bella

  36. Driver perception hypothesis: Driving simulator study

    Article • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, May 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  37. Operating Speeds from Driving Simulator Tests for Road Safety Evaluation

    Article • Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Francesco Bella

  38. Modeling Speed Differential Parameters in Day and Night Environments Using Driving Simulator

    Article • Procedia Engineering, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  39. Effects of Combined Curves on Driver's Speed Behavior: Driving Simulator Study

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  40. Predictive speed models for two-lane rural roads using GPS equipment

    Article • International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation, January 2014, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor Francesco Bella

  41. Driver Performance Approaching and Departing Curves: Driving Simulator Study

    Article • Traffic Injury Prevention, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Francesco Bella

  42. Effects of Simulated Day and Night Driving on the Speed Differential in Tangent–Curve Transition: A Pilot Study Using Driving Simulator

    Article • Traffic Injury Prevention, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Alessandro Calvi, Professor Francesco Bella

  43. Driver perception of roadside configurations on two-lane rural roads: Effects on speed and lateral placement

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  44. Impact of Pavement Defects on Motorcycles’ Road Safety

    Article • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Alessandro Calvi, Professor Francesco Bella

  45. A Collision Warning System for rear-end collision: a driving simulator study

    Article • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  46. Combined Effect of Traffic and Geometrics on Rear-End Collision Risk

    Article • Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, December 2010, Transportation Research Board

    Professor Francesco Bella

  47. Can Driving Simulators Contribute to Solving Critical Issues in Geometric Design?

    Article • Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, December 2009, Transportation Research Board

    Professor Francesco Bella

  48. Driving simulator for speed research on two-lane rural roads

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  49. Parameters for Evaluation of Speed Differential: Contribution Using Driving Simulator

    Article • Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, December 2007, Transportation Research Board

    Professor Francesco Bella

  50. Validation of a Driving Simulator for Work Zone Design

    Article • Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, January 2005, Transportation Research Board

    Professor Francesco Bella