Operationalizing Dyadic Urban Traffic Interaction Studies: From Theory to Practice
Realistically modeling interactions between road users—like those between drivers or between drivers and pedestrians—within experimental settings come with pragmatic challenges. Due to practical constraints, research typically focuses on a limited subset of potential scenarios, raising questions abo...
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| description | Realistically modeling interactions between road users—like those between drivers or between drivers and pedestrians—within experimental settings come with pragmatic challenges. Due to practical constraints, research typically focuses on a limited subset of potential scenarios, raising questions about the scalability and generalizability of findings about interactions to untested scenarios. Here, we aim to tackle this by laying the methodological groundwork for defining representative scenarios for dyadic (two-actor) interactions that can be analyzed individually. This paper introduces a conceptual guide for operationalizing controlled dyadic traffic interaction studies, developed through extensive interdisciplinary brainstorming to bridge theoretical models and practical experimental design. It elucidates critical trade-offs in scenario selection, interaction approaches, measurement strategies, and timing coordination, thereby enhancing reproducibility and clarity for future traffic interaction research and streamlining the design process. The methodologies and insights we provide aim to enhance the accessibility and quality of traffic interaction research, offering a guide that aids researchers in setting up studies and ensures clarity and reproducibility in reporting, bridging the gap between theoretical traffic interaction models and practical applications in controlled experiments, thereby contributing to advancements in human factors research on traffic management and safety. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d9468afc42c14cbe807cb1d85a35ec342025-08-20T03:08:44ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-03-01157373810.3390/app15073738Operationalizing Dyadic Urban Traffic Interaction Studies: From Theory to PracticeDebargha Dey0Azra Habibovic1Wendy Ju2Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The NetherlandsSCANIA CV AB, 417 56 Göteborg, SwedenDepartment of Information Science, Cornell Tech, New York, NY 10044, USARealistically modeling interactions between road users—like those between drivers or between drivers and pedestrians—within experimental settings come with pragmatic challenges. Due to practical constraints, research typically focuses on a limited subset of potential scenarios, raising questions about the scalability and generalizability of findings about interactions to untested scenarios. Here, we aim to tackle this by laying the methodological groundwork for defining representative scenarios for dyadic (two-actor) interactions that can be analyzed individually. This paper introduces a conceptual guide for operationalizing controlled dyadic traffic interaction studies, developed through extensive interdisciplinary brainstorming to bridge theoretical models and practical experimental design. It elucidates critical trade-offs in scenario selection, interaction approaches, measurement strategies, and timing coordination, thereby enhancing reproducibility and clarity for future traffic interaction research and streamlining the design process. The methodologies and insights we provide aim to enhance the accessibility and quality of traffic interaction research, offering a guide that aids researchers in setting up studies and ensures clarity and reproducibility in reporting, bridging the gap between theoretical traffic interaction models and practical applications in controlled experiments, thereby contributing to advancements in human factors research on traffic management and safety.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/7/3738driver-driver interactiondriver-pedestrian interactionautonomous vehicleautomated vehicleAVvulnerable road user |
| spellingShingle | Debargha Dey Azra Habibovic Wendy Ju Operationalizing Dyadic Urban Traffic Interaction Studies: From Theory to Practice Applied Sciences driver-driver interaction driver-pedestrian interaction autonomous vehicle automated vehicle AV vulnerable road user |
| title | Operationalizing Dyadic Urban Traffic Interaction Studies: From Theory to Practice |
| title_full | Operationalizing Dyadic Urban Traffic Interaction Studies: From Theory to Practice |
| title_fullStr | Operationalizing Dyadic Urban Traffic Interaction Studies: From Theory to Practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Operationalizing Dyadic Urban Traffic Interaction Studies: From Theory to Practice |
| title_short | Operationalizing Dyadic Urban Traffic Interaction Studies: From Theory to Practice |
| title_sort | operationalizing dyadic urban traffic interaction studies from theory to practice |
| topic | driver-driver interaction driver-pedestrian interaction autonomous vehicle automated vehicle AV vulnerable road user |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/7/3738 |
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