University of Central Florida STARS Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 2012 Multi-level Safety Performance Functions For High Speed Facilities Mohamed Ahmed University of Central Florida Part of the Civil Engineering Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access) is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. STARS Citation Ahmed, Mohamed, "Multi-level Safety Performance Functions For High Speed Facilities" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019. 2488. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/2488 MULTI-LEVEL SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS FOR HIGH SPEED FACILITIES by MOHAMED MOSTAFA ABDUL-RAHMAN AHMED B.Sc. Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, 2001 M.Sc. University of Central Florida, USA, 2009 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Spring Term 2012 Major Professor: Mohamed A. Abdel-Aty © 2012 Mohamed M. Ahmed i ABSTRACT High speed facilities are considered the backbone of any successful transportation system; Interstates, freeways, and expressways carry the majority of daily trips on the transportation network. Although these types of roads are relatively considered the safest among other types of roads, they still experience many crashes, many of which are severe, which not only affect human lives but also can have tremendous economical and social impacts.