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Factors affecting perceived and observed aggressive driving behavior: An empirical analysis of driver fatigue, and distracted driving (2019)
Report
Fountas, G., Pantangi, S. S., Ahmed, S. S., Eker, U., & Anastasopoulos, P. C. (2019). Factors affecting perceived and observed aggressive driving behavior: An empirical analysis of driver fatigue, and distracted driving. Transportation Informatics Tier I University Transportation Center

Previous research has shown that the determinants of perceived and observed aggressive driving behavior may differ. However, the consideration of major sources of aggressive patterns may introduce additional variations in the effect of such determin... Read More about Factors affecting perceived and observed aggressive driving behavior: An empirical analysis of driver fatigue, and distracted driving.

An Exploratory Investigation of Public Perceptions Towards Key Benefits and Concerns from the Future Use of Flying Cars (2019)
Journal Article
Eker, U., Fountas, G., Anastasopoulos, P. C., & Still, S. E. (2020). An Exploratory Investigation of Public Perceptions Towards Key Benefits and Concerns from the Future Use of Flying Cars. Travel Behaviour and Society, 19, 54-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2019.07.003

The imminent introduction of flying cars in the traffic fleet is anticipated to modify the mobility patterns of urban commuters. Flying cars' hybrid operation on the ground and in the air, in conjunction with their (semi-) automated capabilities, may... Read More about An Exploratory Investigation of Public Perceptions Towards Key Benefits and Concerns from the Future Use of Flying Cars.

The Flying Car - Emergent Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Policies and Standards concerns (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hulme, K., Anastasopoulos, P. C., Still, S., Fountas, G., Sonduru Pantangi, S., Ahmed, S. S., & Eker, U. (2019). The Flying Car - Emergent Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Policies and Standards concerns.

Emergent modes of Transportation are becoming increasingly paramount to our everyday lives. Simultaneously however, our surface transportation infrastructure is suffering from overuse, extreme traffic congestion, and roadway disrepair, which necessit... Read More about The Flying Car - Emergent Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Policies and Standards concerns.

Environmental and economic assessment of traffic-related air pollution using aggregate spatial information: A case study of Balneário Camboriú, Brazil (2019)
Journal Article
Tischer, V., Fountas, G., Polette, M., & Rye, T. (2019). Environmental and economic assessment of traffic-related air pollution using aggregate spatial information: A case study of Balneário Camboriú, Brazil. Journal of Transport and Health, 14, Article 100592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2019.100592

Introduction
Transportation is one of the main determinants of atmospheric pollutant emissions in urban areas. This externality has direct environmental, economic and public health consequences. This paper aims at investigating the space-time patte... Read More about Environmental and economic assessment of traffic-related air pollution using aggregate spatial information: A case study of Balneário Camboriú, Brazil.

An exploratory investigation of public perceptions towards safety and security from the future use of flying cars in the United States (2019)
Journal Article
Eker, U., Ahmed, S. S., Fountas, G., & Anastasopoulos, P. C. (2019). An exploratory investigation of public perceptions towards safety and security from the future use of flying cars in the United States. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 23, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amar.2019.100103

This study aims at investigating public perceptions towards the safety and security implications that will arise after the future introduction of flying cars in the traffic fleet. In this context, we focus on individuals’ opinions about possible safe... Read More about An exploratory investigation of public perceptions towards safety and security from the future use of flying cars in the United States.

Statistical Assessment of Peer Opinions in Higher Education Rankings: The Case of U.S. Engineering Graduate Programs (2019)
Journal Article
Ghaisi, A., Fountas, G., Anastasopoulos, P., & Mannering, F. (2019). Statistical Assessment of Peer Opinions in Higher Education Rankings: The Case of U.S. Engineering Graduate Programs. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 11(3), 481-492. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-09-2018-0196

Unlike many other quantitative characteristics used to determine higher education rankings, opinion-based peer assessment scores, and the factors that may influence them, are not well understood. Using peer scores of U.S. colleges of engineering as r... Read More about Statistical Assessment of Peer Opinions in Higher Education Rankings: The Case of U.S. Engineering Graduate Programs.

Public Willingness to Use Autonomous Vehicles and Flying Cars for Airport Access Trips (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ahmed, S. S., Pantangi, S. S., Eker, U., Fountas, G., Still, S., & Anastasopoulos, P. (2019, June). Public Willingness to Use Autonomous Vehicles and Flying Cars for Airport Access Trips. Presented at 15th Annual International Conference on Tourism, Athens, Greece

Recent technological advances have been playing an instrumental role in the development of autonomous vehicles (AVs) and flying cars, which are expected to be introduced to the transportation system in near future. These emerging transport... Read More about Public Willingness to Use Autonomous Vehicles and Flying Cars for Airport Access Trips.

A note on accounting for underlying injury-severity states in statistical modeling of injury accident data (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fountas, G., & Rye, T. (2019, April). A note on accounting for underlying injury-severity states in statistical modeling of injury accident data. Presented at 10th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT), Leuven, Belgium

This study provides an empirical analysis of the severity outcomes of injury accidents (i.e., accidents that resulted in an injury-involved outcome) by exploring the possibility of two underlying injury-severity states: the minor-injury state and the... Read More about A note on accounting for underlying injury-severity states in statistical modeling of injury accident data.

The effects of driver fatigue, gender, and distracted driving on perceived and observed aggressive driving behavior: A correlated grouped random parameters bivariate probit approach. (2019)
Journal Article
Fountas, G., Pantangi, S. S., Hulme, K. F., & Anastasopoulos, P. C. (2019). The effects of driver fatigue, gender, and distracted driving on perceived and observed aggressive driving behavior: A correlated grouped random parameters bivariate probit approach. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 22, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amar.2019.100091

Previous research has shown that the determinants of perceived and observed aggressive driving behavior may differ. However, the consideration of major sources of aggressive patterns may introduce additional variations in the effect of such determin... Read More about The effects of driver fatigue, gender, and distracted driving on perceived and observed aggressive driving behavior: A correlated grouped random parameters bivariate probit approach..

A Preliminary Investigation of the Effectiveness of High Visibility Enforcement Programs Using Naturalistic Driving Study Data: A Grouped Random Parameters Approach (2019)
Journal Article
Sonduru Pantangi, S., Fountas, G., Sarwar, M. T., Anastasopoulos, P. C., Blatt, A., Majka, K., Pierowicz, J., & Mohan, S. B. (2019). A Preliminary Investigation of the Effectiveness of High Visibility Enforcement Programs Using Naturalistic Driving Study Data: A Grouped Random Parameters Approach. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 21, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amar.2018.10.003

This paper seeks to assess the effectiveness of high-visibility enforcement (HVE) programs in terms of reducing aggressive driving behavior. Using Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP2) Naturalistic driving study (NDS) data, behavioral reactio... Read More about A Preliminary Investigation of the Effectiveness of High Visibility Enforcement Programs Using Naturalistic Driving Study Data: A Grouped Random Parameters Approach.