The 19th Biennial TRB Visibility Symposium
The 19th Biennial TRB Visibility Symposium was hosted by VTTI and held at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center on May 12 – 14, 2009. Seventeen presenters were selected based on abstract submission. Experts from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and France held sessions dealing with roadway lighting, pedestrian visibility, retroreflectivity, measurement and analysis methods, and driver visibility behaviors. Symposium attendees also participated in research demos conducted on Virginia's Smart Road.
Symposium presentations
Keynote address
Carl Andersen, Team Leader, Turner–Fairbank Highway Research Center, Federal Highway Administration
Visibility Research and the Human Factors Guidelines for Road SystemsChristian M. Richard, Principle Research Scientist,
Center for Human Performance and Safety, Battelle Seattle Research Center
Update on the Application of LED Lighting for Site and Roadway Lighting
Shirley Coyle, LC, Ruud Lighting/BetaLED
Visibility Performance of New Lighting Technologies
Ron Gibbons, VTTI
| Moderator — Ron Gibbons, VTTI Retroreflectivity Measurement and Analysis Methods |
Moderator — Darrell Bowman • VTTI Pedestrian Visibility Driver Visibility Behavior |
Visibility Modeling Workshop
"Exo" Perspective — Roadway Visibility Modeling
Ron Gibbons, VTTI
"Endo" Perspective — Visibility Modeling from a Heavy–Vehicle OEM's Perspective
Andrew Krum, Sr. Ergonomics Analyst,
Human Factors and Ergonomics, Navistar, Inc.
Improving Visibility Performance from both Perspectives — Setting a Research Agenda
Moderators — Ron Gibbons, Darrell Bowman, VTTIVisit the 18th Biennial TRB Visibility Symposium Website.