Human Factors for Highway Engineers

How can we design a road or highway or transport system so as to provide both a high level of mobility and a high level of safety? This book looks at how the science of human behaviour can provide answers on improving highway design.

The System - Road and Road User: Psychology and the highway engineer, R. Fuller, J.A. Santos; Multiple perspectives, O. Carsten; Ergonomics of driver's interface with the road environment: the contribution of psychological research, F. Saad; Learning and the road user, R. Fuller; A study of subjective road categorization and driving behaviour, N. Kaptein et al. The Driver From A Psychological Perspective: Human factors and driving, R. Fuller; Visual factors in driving, D.R. Mestre; Perception of road users' motion, J.A. Santos et al; Sampling information from the road environment, J. Theeuwes; Some insights on how to work with human error in traffic behaviour, E.J. Carbonell, B. Martinn-del-Rio; Mental workload, D. de Waard; Learning and driving - an incomplete but continuing story, J.A. Groeger; Behavioural adaptation and drivers' task control, H. Summala; Social psychological principles - "the group inside the person", M. O'Connell. Special Categories of Road User: Young pedestrians and young cyclists, H.H. van der Molen; The psychology of the young driver, R. Fuller; Road users who are elderly - drivers and pedestrians, A. Simes, C. Marin-Lamellet. Advanced Transport Technology: A note on advanced transport technology, R. Fuller, J.A. Santos.