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  1. 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

  2. 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

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

    Article • September 2021, SPIE

    Professor Francesco Bella

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

    Article • Transport, April 2021, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

    Professor Francesco Bella

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

    Article • Journal of Advanced Transportation, January 2021, Wiley

    Professor Francesco Bella

  6. 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

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

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, June 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

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

    Article • Safety, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Francesco Bella

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

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  10. 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

  11. Environmental effects of road geometric and operational features

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  12. 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

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

    Article • June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Bella

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

    Article • June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Bella

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. Drivers’ Behavior at Bicycle Crossroads

    Article • July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Bella

  19. Driver–Cyclist Interaction Under Different Bicycle Crossroad Configurations

    Article • June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Bella

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

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, May 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  21. Driver-pedestrian interaction under different road environments

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

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

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

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

    Article • IATSS Research, July 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  27. Diverging Driver Performance Along Deceleration Lanes

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

    Professor Francesco Bella

  28. 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

  29. Driver perception hypothesis: Driving simulator study

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

    Professor Francesco Bella

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

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

    Professor Francesco Bella

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

    Article • Procedia Engineering, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

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

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  33. 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

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

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

    Professor Francesco Bella

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. Impact of Pavement Defects on Motorcycles’ Road Safety

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

    Professor Alessandro Calvi, Professor Francesco Bella

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

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

    Professor Francesco Bella

  39. 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

  40. 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

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

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Bella

  42. 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

  43. 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