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Urban VMS GuidelinesUrie Bezuidenhout
Da Vinci ResearchUniversity of Auckland (PhD Candidate)
1* NZTA - Jeff Greenough
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Why the need*?
RURAL URBAN
*Auckland Transport- Miguel Menezes 2
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Saliency analysis
RURAL URBAN
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Location advice – NZTA VMS guide
“On high volume urban (HVU) roads, the distance is dependent on considerations such as the speed limit, local factors, and right of way constraints”
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Location advice (RTA)
Diversion point
Guidance signs
Non complex
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
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maxmin
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• Competing signage• Short block lengths• Visually complex• Queues• Pedestrians and cyclists
Urban driving manoeuvres
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Driver Workload
+ 6 s ~ 90 m
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Primary information field
8* NZTA - Jeff Greenough
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Task analysis - intersections
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Driver perception
300 ms searching
500 ms perceive
330 ms read word
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Reading time* (USA)Unit of Information
Question Answer Unit of InfoWhat happened? ACCIDENT 1 unit
Where? SH1 NB 1 unit
Who is advisory for? FANSHAW STREET 1 unit
What is advised? DIVERT TO SH16 1 unit
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Reading time Length of Message
3-4 units 6-8 units 10-12 units 14-18 units
Duration of Each Glance
1.08 s 1.18 s 1.20 s 1.35 s
Number of Glances
3.8 6.9 9.6 15.5
Memory Recall
100% 97.5% 75.4% 52.4%
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Font Stroke width Letter height UPPER CASE vs. Lower Case
A simple TEST – READY?
Legibility
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WHEN USING UPPERCASE LETTERS THE MESSAGE TAKES MORE TIME TO READ
AND MPRND
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The use of Mixed Case Letters the
Message is Easier to Read and Comprehend
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Words of 6-8 letters = 1 glance
T=time N= no. of words
3 words /second Word recognition and familiarity ~ 4/sec. 7 chunks of information ± 2
Reading time (Lab)
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Glance durations (Reality)
330 ms reading ~ 3 words/sec.1.5 - 2 sec. max ~
glance away1 sec. ~ glance at road
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% Fully read messageOperating
Speed Range0-55 km/h
Percent Trucks 500 1000 1500 vph vph vph
5% 95 95 90 10% 95 90 85 20% 90 80 70 30% 90 75 65 50% 85 70 55
Distraction
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Wayfinding in Congestion
2.6 s ~ lightly congested0.9 s ~ heavily congested
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Information Bits*
Content BitsWords up to 8 letters 1Words > 8 letters 2Numbers to 4 digits 0.5 Numbers 5 – 8 digits 1Symbol/Abbreviation 0.5Logo/graphics 2
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Modified equation (glance)
𝑻={(𝟎 .𝟑𝟐𝑵 −𝟎 .𝟐 ) 𝑫+(𝟎 .𝟑𝟐𝑵 −𝟎 .𝟐 ) 𝑫
𝟏 .𝟓 }SH1 Plimmerton
closeddetour via
Pauatahanui• Reading time goes
from 2.8 s to 4.8s
• Distance increases from 40 m to 70 m 21
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Including Distraction
T = Reading timeN = Bits on signsD = Distraction Factor
1.00 straight roads, less than 5000 vpd (vehicles per day)1.25 straight roads with 5000 – 30,000 vpd1.50 freeways, roads in urban areas, more than 30,000 vpd
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Spreadsheet tool*
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SH 1 SH1 Plimmerton Column1 Ground OverheadLOCATION closed Info Bits 6.5 6.5
INCIDENT TYPE detour via Reading time required (s) 4.8 4.8ROAD STATUS Pauatahanui Reading distance (m) 67 67
ACTION REQUIRED 4 Line VMS Legibility distance (m) 100 107Letter height required (mm) 210 214
Speed environmentRoute numbersDistance/Time
For 3 line signs the first and second lines should follow the SH1 Plimmerton SH1 Plimmerton4 line sign guide as described above. The only accepted INCIDENT TYPE closed closedwhich is too long to fit is WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS; if this is the only detour via Pauatahanuisuitable message the operator will have to decide on a free formatmessage which uses two pages. 3 Line VMS (alternating pages)
2 line sign has same format SH1 Plimmerton SH1 Plimmertonas 3 line sign except that line closed Pauatahanui1 is repeated on both pages.
2 Line VMS (alternating pages)
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Plimmertoncloseddetour via Pauatahanui
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Machine vision analysis
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Urban clutter adds reading time Queues and congestion erodes memory UPPER CASE adds to reading time Info units to broad a measure ~ use bits equation Urban complexity requires site specific evaluation Distraction factor (D) can be evaluated using
machine vision analytical tool Eye tracking analysis can be used to validate
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Summary