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  • Traffic Safety
  • Urban Planning
  • Transportation Engineering

Background:

  • Urban tunnels present unique driving challenges due to complex environments.
  • Driving safety is influenced by dynamic factors like adjacent vehicles and road conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore evolving driving safety laws in urban tunnels.
  • To analyze the formation of driving danger zones.
  • To understand risk evolution from vehicle interactions and environmental changes.

Main Methods:

  • Constructed kinetic, behavioral, and potential field models based on APF theory.
  • Analyzed driving safety risks from surrounding vehicles, driver behavior, and tunnel environment changes.
  • Examined risks from open sections to tunnel exits.

Main Results:

  • Risk field force is inversely proportional to vehicle spacing and tunnel width.
  • Risk field force is proportional to relative speed and longitudinal slope.
  • Vehicles at tunnel entrances/exits experience greater risk than those inside; speed impacts risk more than distance.

Conclusions:

  • The developed model accurately reflects driving risk trends in urban tunnels.
  • Findings support theoretical frameworks for urban tunnel design and traffic management.