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Transportation Engineering and Development (TREND) Lab

Journal Papers

  1. 10. Hwangbo, S. W., Classen, S., Mason, J., Yang, W., McKinney, B., Kwan, J., and Sisiopiku, V. (2022). “Predictors of Simulator Sickness Provocation in a Driving Simulator Operating in Autonomous Mode”, Safety, November 2022.

  2. Zhao, X., Xu, Y., Yan, X., Sisiopiku, V.P., Merlin, L.A., and Xing, F. (2022). “Micromobility Trip Origin and Destination Inference Using General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS) Data”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, May 2022. doi:10.1177/ 03611981221092005

  3. Sultana, T., Sisiopiku, V.P., Khalil, J., and Yan, D. (2022). “Potential Benefits of Increased Public Transit Ridership in Medium Sized Cities: A Case Study”, Journal of Transportation Technologies, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 59-79, January, 2022.

  4. Classen, S., Mason, J., Hwangbo S.W., and Sisiopiku, V. (2021). "Predicting Autonomous Shuttle Acceptance in Older Drivers based on Technology Readiness/Use/Barriers, Life Space, Driving Habits, and Cognition". Frontiers in Neurology. 12:798762. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.798762.

  5. Classen, S., Mason, J., Hwangbo, S.W., Wersal, J., Rogers, J., and Sisiopiku, V. (2021). “Older Drivers’ Experience with Automated Vehicle Technology”. Journal of Transport & Health. 22:101107. DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2021.101107.

  6. Classen, S., Mason, J., Hwangbo, SW, Wersal, J., Rogers, J., and Sisiopiku, V. (2021) “Older Drivers’ Motion and Simulator Sickness Before and After Automated Vehicle Exposure.” Safety 7(2), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/safety7020026. ISSN 2313-576X.

  7. Sisiopiku, V.P., Morshed S. A., Sarjana, S., and Hadi, M. (2021). “Transportation Users’ Attitudes and Choices of Ride-Hailing Services in Two Cities with Different Attributes.” Journal of Transportation Technologies, Vol. 11 (2), pp. 196-212.

  8. Mason, J., Classen, S., Wersal, J., and Sisiopiku, V. (2021). “Construct Validity and Test-retest Reliability of the Automated Vehicle User Perception Survey”. Frontiersin Psychology: Quantitative Psychology and Measurement, Vol. 12. DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.626791.

  9. Classen, S., Wersal, J., Mason, J., Rogers, J., and Sisiopiku, V. (2020). “Face and Content Validity of an Automated Vehicle Road Course and a Corresponding Simulation Scenario”. Frontiersin Future Transportation, Section Connected Mobility and Automation, DOI 10.3389/ffutr.2020.596620.

  10. Classen, S., Mason, J., Wersal, J., Sisiopiku, V., and Rogers, J. (2020). “Older Drivers’ Experience with Automated Vehicle Technology: Interim Analysis of a Demonstration Study”. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Section Governance and Cities, Vol 2, Issue 27, June 2020, pp. 68-79. DOI 10.3389/frsc.2020.00027.

  11. Sarjana, S., Ramadan, O.E., and Sisiopiku, V.P. (2020). “Analysis of Transportation Users’ Preferences and Attitudes for Identifying Micro-Level Determinants of Transportation Network Companies’ (TNCs) Growth”. Journal of Transportation Technologies, Vol. 10, No. 3. Pp. 251-264, June 19, 2020, Available at https://www.scirp.org/pdf/jtts_2020061810033242.pdf

  12. Mason, J., Classen, S., Wersal, J., and Sisiopiku, V. (2020). “Survey Design on the Perceptions of Automated Vehicles (AVs): Face and Content Validity”. American Journal of Occupational Therapy 74 (4_Supplement_1), 7411500025p1

  13. Mason, J., Classen, S., Wersal, J., and Sisiopiku, V. (2020). “Establishing Face and Content Validity of a Survey to Assess User Perceptions of Automated Vehicles”. National Academy of Sciences: Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. TRR 2674 (9), 538-547.  Available at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/0361198120930225.

  14. Pacal, G., Sisiopiku, V.P., and Hadi, M. (2020). “Traffic Signal Operation, Optimization, Maintenance and Management Practices in the Southeast US”, International Journal of Engineering Research and Development (IJERD), Vol. 16, Issue 6, pp 08-18, June 2020.

  15. Saha, T. and Sisiopiku V.P. (2020). “Assessing Work Zone Traffic Control Options for 3-to-1 Lane Closures”. Journal of Transportation Technologies, 10(01):50-64. DOI: 10.4236/jtts.2020.101004.

  16. Islam, A., Ramadan, O.E., Sisiopiku V.P., and Hadi, M. (2019). “A Framework For Performance-Based Traffic Operations Using Connected Vehicle Data”. JMEST, Vol. 6, Issue 8, August 2019.

  17. Ramadan, O. E., & Sisiopiku, V. P. (2018). Modeling Highway Performance under Various Short-Term Work Zone Configurations. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, Vol. 144, № 9. doi: 10.1061/JTEPBS.0000176

  18. Sisiopiku, V. (2018). “Travel Patterns and Preferences of Urban University Students”. Athens Journal of Technology & Engineering, Vol. 5(1), March 2018, pp. 19-31.

  19. Sisiopiku, V. and Rostami-Hosuri, S. (2017). “Congestion Quantification Using the National Performance Management Research Data Set”, Data: Special Issue on Transportation Data, 2(4), 39; doi: 10.3390/data2040039.

  20. Zheng, Y., Chase, T., Elefteriadou, L., Sisiopiku, V. P., & Schroeder, B. (2017). Driver Types and their Behaviors within a High Level of Pedestrian Activity Environment. Transportation Letters, Vol. 9, № 1, pp. 1-11. doi: 10.1080/19427867.2015.1131943

  21. Kondyli, A., Barmpoutis, A., Sisiopiku, V. P., Zhang, L., Zhaob, L., Islam, M. M., Patil, S. S., & Rostami Hosuri, S. (2017). A 3D Body Posture Analysis Framework during Merging and Lane Changing Maneuvers. Journal of Transportation Safety & Security. doi: 10.1080/19439962.2017.1294226

  22. Doustmohammadi, E., & Sisiopiku, V. P. (2016). Modeling Truck Movements: A Comparison between the Quick Response Freight Manual (QRFM) and Tour-based Approaches. International Journal of Engineering and Science Invention, 5(11), 45-51.

  23. Stavrinos, D., Mosley, P. R., Wittig, S. M., Johnson, H. D., Decker, J. S., Sisiopiku, V. P., & Welburn, S.C. (2016). Visual Distraction by Digital Advertising Billboards in Drivers across the Lifespan. Transportation Research, Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 41(2016), 19-28. doi: 10.1016/j.trf.2016.06.001

  24. Doustmohammadi, E., Sisiopiku. V. P., and Sullivan, A. (2016). “Modeling Freight Truck Trips in Birmingham Using Tour-based Approach”, Journal of Transportation Technologies, 6, 436-448.

  25. Ramadan, O. E., and Sisiopiku, V. P. (2016). “Impact of Bottleneck Merge Control Strategies on Freeway Level of Service”, Transportation Research Procedia, 15, 583-593.

  26. Zheng, Y., Chase, T., Elefteriadou, L., Chase, T., V.P., Schroeder, B., and Sisiopiku, V.  (2016). “Pedestrian Traffic Operations in Urban Networks”, Transportation Research Procedia, Vol 15, pp.134-149.

  27. Sisiopiku, V. P., Mamidipalli, S., Schroeder, B., and Elefteriadou, L. (2016). “Time-of-day Visibility-based Pedestrian Gap Acceptance Model for Two-way Stop Controlled Crossings”, Procedia Engineering, 161 (2016), pp. 241-246.

  28. Doustmohammadi, E., Sisiopiku, V. P., Anderson, M. D., Doustmohammadi, M., and Sullivan, A. (2016). “Evaluation of Freight Demand Forecasting Models”, International Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Vol 5, No. 1, May 2016, pp. 19-26.

  29. Ramadan, O. E. and Sisiopiku, V. P. (2016). “Evaluation of Merge Control Strategies at Interstate Work Zones Under Peak and Off-Peak Traffic Conditions”, Journal of Transportation Technologies, Special Issue on Transportation Planning and Management, Vol 6, No. 3, pp. 118-130.

  30. Zheng, Y., Chase, T., Elefteriadou, L., Sisiopiku, V.P., Schroeder, B. (2016). “Driver Types and Their Behaviors within a High Level of Pedestrian Activity Environment”. Transportation Letters: the International Journal of Transportation Research, Jan. 2016, pp. 1-11.

  31. Schwebel, D.C., Combs, T., Rodriguez, D., Severson, J., and Sisiopiku, V. (2016). “Community-Based Pedestrian Safety Training in Virtual Environment: A Pragmatic Trial”, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Jan. 2016; Vol 86, pp. 9-15.

  32. Ramadan, O. E. and Sisiopiku, V. P. (2015). “Bottleneck Merge Control Strategies in the United States: A Review of Available Options and Current Practices”, Open Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 5, No 4, pp. 428-436.

  33. Mamidipalli, S., Sisiopiku, V.P., Schroeder, B., Elefteriadou, L., and Salamati, K. (2015). “A Probit-based Pedestrian Gap Acceptance Model for Mid-Block Crossing Locations”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2519, pp. 128-136.

  34. Zheng, Y., Chase, T., Elefteriadou, L., Schroeder, B., and Sisiopiku, V.P. (2015). “Modeling Vehicle-Pedestrian Interactions Outside the Crosswalks”, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Vol. 59, Dec. 2015, pp. 89-101.

  35. Barmpoutis, A., Sisiopiku, V.P., Zhao, L., and Kondyli, A. (2015). “Computer Assisted Analysis of Drivers' Body Activity Using a Range Camera”, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, 7(3), pp. 18-28.

  36. Mamidipalli, S., Sisiopiku, V.P., Schroeder, B., and Elefteriadou, L. (2015). “A Review of Analysis Techniques and Data Collection Methods for Modeling Pedestrian Crossing Behaviors”, Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 2 Issue 2, pp. 225-232.

  37. Sisiopiku, V.P., Hester, D., Gan, A., Stavrinos, D., and Sullivan, A. (2015). “Digital Roadside Advertising and Traffic Safety”, Urban Planning and Civil Engineering, August 2015, pp. 43-54.

  38. Decker, J.S., Stannard, S.J., McManus, B., Wittig, S.M.O., Sisiopiku, V.P., and Stavrinos, D. (2015). “The Impact of Billboards on Drivers' Visual Attention: A Systematic Literature Review”, Traffic Injury Prevention, Vol. 16, Issue 3, pp. 234-239. 

  39. Sisiopiku, V.P., Islam, Md. M., and Sullivan, A. (2014). “Traffic Safety Risks from Digital Advertising Billboards in Alabama”, International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, Vol. 10, Issue 11, November 2014, pp. 30-36.

  40. McDonald, N., R. Steiner, M. Palmer, A. Bullock, V. Sisiopiku, B. Lytle. (2014). “Costs of School Transportation: Quantifying the Fiscal Impacts of Encouraging Walking and Bicycling for School Travel”. Transportation, DOI 10.1007/s11116-014-9569-7, Springer ©, Nov. 2014.

  41. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Barbour, N. (2014). “Use of GIS Spatial Analysis to Identify Food Deserts in the State of Alabama”, Athens Journal of Health, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 2014, pp. 91-103.

  42. Hale, T.M., Sisiopiku, V.P., and Cotten, S.R.  (2013). “Online Motorcycle Safety Information Seeking and its Relationship to Risk Taking and Protective Behaviors”, Safety Science Monitor, Vol. 17, Issue 2, pp. 1-14.

  43. Stavrinos, D., Jones, J.L., Garner, A.A., Griffin, R., Franklin, C.A., Ball, D., Welburn, S.C., Ball, K.K., Sisiopiku, V.P., and Fine, P.R. (2013). “Impact of Distracted Driving on Safety and Traffic Flow”. Accident Analysis and Prevention, Dec. 2013, Vol. 61, pp. 63-70 (ScienceDirect Top 25 List; 3rd most downloaded article in Accident Analysis and Prevention in 2014).

  44. Milner, A., Baker, L., and Sisiopiku, V.P. (2013). “Motivations and Barriers to Utilizing Adult Walking Buses: An Examination of Demographic Correlates of Willingness to Participate in a Community-based Walking Program”. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine (OJPM), Dec. 2013, Vol.3, No.9, pp. 517-525.

  45. Cavusoglu, O., Sisiopiku, V.P., and Ruiz Juri, N. (2013). “The Role of Transit in Carless Evacuation Planning”, ASCE Journal of Natural Hazards Review, Aug. 2013, Vol. 14, Issue 3, pp. 119-200.

  46. Sisiopiku, V.P., Ramadan, O. and McDonald, N.C. (2013). “Development of a Cost Breakdown Structure for Quantifying School Transportation Costs for Various Modes”. European International Journal of Science and Technology, July 2013, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 235-250.

  47. Sisiopiku, V.P., Imran, M.S., and Abro, A.M. (2013). “Impacts of Transit-Oriented Development in a Small Community Setting”, International Journal of Engineering and Industries, June 2013, Vol. 4, No 2, pp. 74-89.

  48. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Abro, A.M. (2013). “Livable Community Assets and Public Health”. Journal of ATINER on Economy and Health (Journal of Oikonomia and Hygeia), Vol. 3, No 2, pp. 8-20 [Published in Greek].

  49. Baskin, M. L., Davis, W. J., Droge, M. J., Evenson, K., Ferranti, S. R., Galbraith, M. G., McDonald, N.C., Meehan, L.A., Mendoz, J.A., Miller, R.E., Patterson, B., Ring, R. Raunault, E., Sallis, J.F., Sisiopiku, V.P. and Truch, P. A. (2013). “Exploring Transportation's Role in Reducing Childhood Obesity”, ITE Journal-Institute of Transportation Engineers, 83(1), pp. 18-19.

  50. Sisiopiku, V.P., Kallem, B.R., and Sullivan, A. (2012). “Qualification of Non-Recurring Congestion Using GPS Data”, Journal of Modern Traffic and Transportation Engineering Research (MTTER), Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 54-60.

  51. Sisiopiku, V.P. and Islam, S.M. (2012). “A Freeway Travel Time Reliability Study”, International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, Vol. 3, Issue 10 (Sept 2012), pp. 83-101.

  52. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Cavusoglu, O. (2012). “Incident and Emergency Medical Services Management from a Regional Perspective”, International Journal of Environmental Research in Public Health, 9, No 7: Preparedness and Emergency Response, pp. 2266-2282.

  53. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Alnazer, S. (2012). “Determining the Suitability of Freeway Corridors for Managed Lanes Deployment”, International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA), Vol. 2, Issue 3, May-Jun 2012, pp. 1236-1244.

  54. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Cavusoglu, O. (2011). “Evaluating Designated Truck Lane Strategies for an Urban Freeway Corridor”, Journal of Transportation of the ITE- Institute of Transportation Engineers, Vol. 2, No 1, October 2011, pp. 57-70.

  55. Akin, D., Sisiopiku, V.P., Skabardonis, A., and Cristofa, E. (2011).  “Impacts of Weather on Traffic Flow Characteristics of Urban Freeways in Istanbul”, Transportation Research Board, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 16, 2011, pp. 89-99.

  56. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Sullivan, A. (2011). “Impacts of Signal System Timings on Rain Related Congestion”, International Journal of Engineering and Industries, Vol. 2, No. 1, March 2011, pp. 1– 12.

  57. Turner, D., Evans, W., Kumlachew, M., Wolshon, B., Dixit, V., Sisiopiku, V.P., Islam, S., and Anderson, M., (2010). “Issues, Practices, and Needs for Communicating Evacuation Information with Vulnerable Populations”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board,   No. 2196, Network Modeling 2010, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., December 2010, pp 159-167.

  58. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Chemmannur, J. (2010).  “Conversion of One- to Two Way Streets in Birmingham, Alabama”, Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, August 2010, Vol. 4, No.8 (Serial No. 33), pp. 27-36.

  59. Jones, S.L. and Sisiopiku, V.P. (2007). “Safety at Isolated High-Speed Signalized Intersections: Synthesis”. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 133, No. 9, Sept. 2007, pp. 523-528.

  60. Sisiopiku, V.P., Byrd, J.E., and Chittoor, A. (2007). “Application of Level of Service Methods for the Evaluation of Operations at Pedestrian Facilities”. Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record (TRR):  No. 2002, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., pp. 117-124.

  61. Sisiopiku, V.P., Li, X., Mouskos, K. C., Kamga, C., Barrett, C., and Abro, A.M. (2007). “Dynamic Traffic Assignment Modeling for Incident Management”. Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record (TRR):  No. 1994, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., pp. 110-116.

  62. Sisiopiku, V.P.   (2007). “Application of Traffic Simulation Modeling for Improved Emergency Preparedness Planning”. ASCE Journal of Urban Planning, Vol. 133, No. 1, March Issue, pp. 51-60.

  63. Sisiopiku, V.P., Rousseau, A., Fouad, F.H., and Peters, R.W. (2006). “Technology Evaluation of Hydrogen Light-Duty Vehicles”. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 132, No. 6, June Issue, pp. 568-574.

  64. Tao, R., Wei H., Wang Y., and Sisiopiku, V.P. (2005). “Modeling Speed Disturbance Absorption Following State-Control Action-Expected Chains: Integrated Car-Following and Lane-Changing Scenarios”. Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record (TRR): No. 1934, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., pp. 83-93.

  65. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Elliot, J.R.  (2005). “Active Warning Systems: A Synthesis”, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 131, No. 3, March 2005, pp. 205-210.

  66. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Akin, D. (2003). “Pedestrian Behaviors at and Perceptions towards Various Pedestrian Facilities: An Examination Based on Observation and Survey Data”, Transportation Research, Part F, Vol. 6, Issue 4, December 2003, pp. 249-274. 

  67. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Oh, H. (2001). “Evaluation of Roundabout Performance Using SIDRA”, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 127, No. 2, March/April Issue, pp. 143-150. 

  68. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Oh, H. (2001). “Stay on These Roads -ITS Applications for Winter Maintenance in the USA”, Traffic Technology International, June/July 2001, Surrey, UK, p. 78-83. 

  69. Yang, Q., Sisiopiku, V.P., Arnold, J.A., Pisano, P., and Nelson, G. (2000). “Assessment of Rural ITS Wireless Communications Solutions”, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record (TRR): No 1739, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., pp. 51-58.

  70. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Patel, H. (1999). “Study of the Impact of Police Enforcement on Motorists Speeds”, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record (TRR): No 1693, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., pp. 31-36. 

  71. Sisiopiku, V.P., Taylor, W., Patel H. (1998). “Effects of Police Presence in an Increased Speed Zone”, ITE Journal, Vol. 68, Issue 3, pp. 12.

  72. Zhou, M., and Sisiopiku, V.P. (1997). “On the Relationship between Volume to Capacity Ratios and Accident Rates”, Transportation Research Record 1581, Washington, D.C., pp. 47-52. 

  73. Sisiopiku, V.P., Rouphail, N.M., and Santiago, A. (1994). “Analysis of the Correlation between Arterial Travel Time and Detector Data from Simulation and Field Studies”, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record (TRR): No 1457, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., pp. 166-173. 

  74. Sisiopiku, V.P., and Rouphail, N.M. (1994). “Towards the Use of Detector Output for Arterial Link Travel Time Estimation: A Literature Review”, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record (TRR): No 1457, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., pp. 158-165.