Danijela Barić

• PhD
• Professor (Full) at University of Zagreb

The authors would like to make the following corrections to the published paper [...]

Level crossing (LC), as an intersection of road and railway, is a traffic point with a high risk for the occurrence of traffic accidents. The causes of most traffic accidents on LCs are the result of LC user’s risky behaviour. Accidents happen on both passive and active LCs, indicating that the highest level of safety equipment does not guarantee "...

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have a wide range of applications in different fields, starting with electronics and energy storage systems. The potential of LIBs in the transportation sector is high, especially for electric vehicles (EVs). This study aims to investigate the efficiency and effectiveness of, and justification for, the application of LI...

Railway trespassing is a growing problem in both rail and road transport. A high percentage of rail accidents are a result of the former. Factors that contribute to trespassing accidents range from poor decision-making by the trespasser and general ignorance of rail traffic rules to poor infrastructure (e.g., a lack of fences along tracks to preven...

This study investigates accidents at active level crossings (LCs) in Croatia (A.1.3., by ERA classification) equipped with barriers or half-barriers and warning automatic devices (light and sound signalling). Statistical data were collected to identify the number of yearly broken barriers and half-barriers, causes, consequences, time, location and...

The paper includes safety and traffic accidents analysis of the level crossing Poznanovec located in the northwest region of Croatia. Based on the analysis of the accidents new low-cost technical solutions were proposed to increase safety on level crossing Poznanovec. A total of three variants were proposed with each composed of low-cost technical...

Electric vehicles (EVs) represent a revolution and the beginning of a new era in the development of the automotive industry. This study investigates the advantages and disadvantages of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and the possibilities of their better future adoption in the Republic of Croatia. Based on an in-depth analysis of the current statu...

Decision-making processes require the selection of appropriate and choose the optimal solution for implementation. This means that different criteria and their sub-criteria evaluate various alternatives of possible solutions to determine the optimal solution. The research focuses on an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) as one of the multi-criteria d...

This study evaluated the relationship between drivers’ cognitive biases (i.e., optimism bias, illusion of control) and risky driving behaviour. It also investigated the mediational role of risk perception in the relationship between cognitive biases and self-reported risky driving. The sample included 366 drivers (Mage = 39.13, SD = 13.63 years) wh...

The AHP method(Analytic Hierarchy Process), as a part of the Multi- Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) process, is one of the most used methods worldwide for dealing with the complexity of transport project evaluation. A level crossing (LC) is a place where road and rail cross. Therefore, LC is a place where there isa high risk of accidents.The aimof...

A trend of increasing traffic accidents involving vehicles has been observed, which requires proposed measures to prevent the occurrence of wildlife on risky sections of roads. Before implementing the relevant measures, it is necessary to rank the risk sections on the roads from the occurrence of wildlife. Roads pass through the natural habitats of...

Level crossings (LC’s) are one of the most dangerous points in railway traffic with frequent accidents that result in significant material damages and almost always fatalities. When level crossings are located within highly populated urban areas, they represent an even higher risk for accidents because of increased traffic volume for both the road...

Following the growing world population and associated need for increased transportation, there is a growing interest in some aspects of transport such as sustainability, to reduce CO2 emissions and reach climate objectives. Modern urban living is rapidly changing with new technological innovations, one of which is the possibility to integrate diffe...

The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVC) based on the animal species, and to deepen the knowledge of temporal patterns of vehicle collisions with roe deer and wild boar. The study analyses the data from police reports on vehicle collisions with animals on state roads, by date and time, section of...

In light of the growing number of level crossing accidents and the limited prevention programmes, this study examined relationships among attitudes toward traffic rules, impulsiveness, and behavioural intentions at level crossings. It explored the behavioural effects of an educational programme newly developed within the framework of the Croatian n...

Preventive educational programs and awareness campaigns conducted at national or international level aim to increase awareness of risks at level crossings. Traditionally, they primary consist of lectures and safety tips on leaflets aimed at the general public. However, generations change and adapt to the times they live. The latest generation, the...

Road intersection design is an essential part of traffic infrastructure projects in which sections of the same road may need to be designed with different characteristics to meet local needs or accommodate local constraints. The present work describes applying the multi- criteria analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method to evaluate road intersecti...

Level crossings (LCs) are places of rail and road intersections, and therefore, areas with increased risk of severe accidents. The main objective of this study is to apply the multi-criteria Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method to evaluate the variants for the reconstruction of LCs in an urban environment through weighting of various criteria...

As a place of direct conflict of the railway and road traffic, level crossing (LC) represents a point of potential high risk of traffic safety. According to statistics, the drivers of road vehicles, as well as pedestrians are most often those who cause such emergencies, indicating their extremely low level of complying with the traffic regulations,...

Given the high risk of severe accidents at level crossings (LCs), this study examined legal and illegal crossings by pedestrians and cyclists at a high-traffic LC in Zagreb, Croatia. Survey data and field observations were collected to identify reasons for risky behaviour. Behaviour was observed under normal conditions and in the presence of variou...

Building safe and effective roundabouts requires optimizing traffic (operational) efficiency (TE) and traffic safety (TS) while taking into account geometric factors, traffic characteristics and local constraints. Most existing simulation-based optimization models do not simultaneously optimize all these factors. To capture the relationship among g...

Level crossing (LC) accidents are a significant safety challenge worldwide and for that reason they have been subject of numerous research activities. Joint conclusion is that human behaviour is the main cause of accidents. This study examines how and to which extent certain influential parameters cause accident mechanisms on level crossings. To ga...

Sa stajališta sigurnosti željezničko-cestovni prijelaz (ŽCP) kao mjesto neposrednog sučeljavanja željezničkog i cestovnog prometa točka je visokog rizika. Namjerno ili nenamjerno rizično ponašanje korisnika ŽCP-a glavni je uzrok izvanrednih događaja. Cilj ovoga rada jest utvrditi uzroke nepropisnog prelaženja pješaka i biciklista preko ŽCP-a te pre...

From the safety point of view, level crossings (LCs) are critical points in the safe conduct of rail and road traffic. Due to the different characteristics of rail and road vehicles (size, speed, stopping distance, maneuvering capabilities etc.) level crossings are often places with frequent accidents which and in most cases result in human fatalit...

The traffic system is as essential to modern society as the circulatory system to the human body. Road section design is therefore a key infrastructure activity for economic development, and multi-criteria decision-making can provide an interdisciplinary approach that moves beyond purely economic optimisation to include technological, technical and...

This paper presents the analysis of the implementation of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in solving problems in the area of transport. The transport sector is currently one of the most important sectors, and an efficient transport system requires continuous planning. Investments in transport infrastructure are projects that have specific char...

Traffic intersections are considered to be the most complex and the most demanding points where several traffic streams intersect. The paper presents the reconstruction analysis of the large urban three-lane roundabout Jadranska Avenue-Dubrovnik Avenue located in the City of Zagreb (Croatia). The goal of this study is to find the optimal traffic-te...

On the Croatian Railways network in the total length of 2, 968 km, there is a total of 1, 514 LCs. Out of the total number of LCs 68.4% are protected only by road traffic signs and visibility triangle and 31.6% of LCs are protected by devices. The safety condition at level crossings in the Republic of Croatia is best reflected in the data on the nu...

Level crossings (LCs) are points of conflict between rail and road traffic. Therefore, from the aspect of safety they are potentially high-risk traffic points. Traffic participants at LCs are pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, car drivers and locomotive drivers. The behaviour of traffic participants represents the main cause of traffic accidents...

Safety is one of the most important subjects for any transport mode where the key objective is the transportation of people and products. There are a number of measures to increase traffic safety, and in recent years social networks have become an important factor in prevention of accidents. Social media, also called social networking or Web 2.0, a...

From the aspect of safety the level railway-road crossings represent one of the most critical points on the railway network. This is confirmed by the fact that they are often places where traffic incidents and accidents frequently occur, with consequences in human victims and great material damages. These facts represent an actual problem of traffi...

Noise, as one of negative effects of increased motorisation in the world, is increasingly becoming an important parameter in determining the location and in the reconstruction of the traffic facilities. In the European Union the directives related to the permissible noise emission of motor vehicles have been adopted already in 1970s. Also, states h...

Sustainable mobility is the basic and long-term goal of the traffic policy. Eco-driving represents one of 40 measures that should by 2050 contribute to 60% of traffic-generated emission reduction. The paper presents the significance of educating the drivers about eco-driving as well as eco-drive training with the aim of reducing fuel consumption an...

The CiViTAS Initiative is the EU response to the growing problems caused by traffic in European urban centres such as traffic congestion, noise, exhaust gases and difficult access to the city centre. The CiViTAS Initiative helps cities to test and develop an integrated set of measures for sustainable urban mobility. One of the projects is CiViTAS E...

The main network of traffic infrastructure in the Republic of Croatia consists of: roads, railways, sea ports of national importance, ports of inland navigable waterways, airports and terminals for combined transport. Investment in new traffic infrastructure is one of the prerequisites for continuous sustainable development. Over the past ten years...

Level crossings (LCs ) represent a direct conflict between rail and road traffic. From the aspect of safety, LCs are traffic points of high risk. This is confirmed by the fact that they are often places where traffic incidents and accidents frequently occur, with consequences in human victims and great material damage. Those represent an actual pro...

The quality of public urban transit organization depends to a great extent also on the organization and the quality of on-trip and pre-trip information services. The aim of this service is to provide relevant, accurate and usable traffic and transport information to current users of the public urban transit, as well as to attract new users, allevia...

One of the basic problems of all the mid-size and bigger European cities is not only the permanent increase in the demand for passenger transport services, but also the increase in individual automobile traffic. Apart from environmental pollution such urban mobility results in constant road congestion in urban areas, also endangering the safety of...

The assessment of investment traffic-technological projects means a set of activities whose basic aim is to determine the justification and feasibility of the projects. The decision-making process, including the decision-making on investments is an extremely complex process, and the decision-maker has to have a vision of the future and make decisio...