STUDY OF PERCEPTIONS OF HAWAIʻI RESIDENTS ON RURAL ROAD TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND BEHAVIORS

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2020
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Rajaure, Tribikram
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Prevedouros, Panos D.
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Civil Engineering
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The collaboration of four universities – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Alaska, University of Washington and University of Idaho established the Center for Safety Equity in Transportation (CSET) to leverage research, education and outreach efforts to discuss and act on the safety needs of rural, isolated, tribal and indigenous (RITI) communities. A large portion of a minority group of people including native Hawaiian, part Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders, who are referred to as the CSET minorities in this work, live mainly in rural parts of Hawaiʻi (e.g., Waianae, Waimanalo, and the Big Island of Hawaiʻi). This study investigated rural road transportation conditions along with the behaviors in rural roads. Various studies done previously in different parts of the world have shown that the driving behaviors like speeding, distracted driving, impaired driving, and no seat-belt usage are the major causes for the crashes that lead to the serious injuries and fatalities. Many surveys have been conducted to analyze the self-reported perceptions of drivers and study the attitudes of people towards risks so that appropriate enforcements and interventions can be recommended to the concerned authorities. The questionnaire survey was prepared to collect the responses of the residents of Hawaiʻi to understand the various forms of rural travel conditions and behavioral characteristics in rural roads along with their socio-demographic characteristics and their own driving behaviors. Data analysis of the survey showed that people perceive the overall conditions of rural roads with faded and worn out lane markings and distracted driving as the biggest problems in Hawaiʻi. However, the farm driveways, animal crossings, and the behaviors of motorcyclists are perceived to be the least dangerous in respondents’ view. The analysis also showed that males perceive the risky behaviors on the rural roads less problematic than females do. CSET minorities compared to all other races and old age people (65 years and above) reported to perceive the risky behaviors of drivers and non-car users more problematic on the roads of rural Hawaiʻi. Keywords: CSET, minorities, RITI, rural transportation, regression, behavioral practices
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