title: Drivers׳ merging behavior data in highway work zones.
abstract: There have been growing research interests in finding a suitable work zone layout to improve work zone safety and traffic efficiency. This paper contains data supporting the research article entitled: Effects of work zone configurations and traffic density on performance variables and subjective workload (Shakouri et al., 2014 [1]). A full factorial experiment was conducted to compare the efficiency of two work zone configurations by using a driving simulator with two levels of work zone configuration, two levels of traffic density and three levels of sign placement as fixed factors. Seven female and 23 male participants completed the experiment. In this paper we present the data relating to demographic information of participants, driving simulator data and subjective workload evaluation of participants for each work zone.
authors.affiliation: School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shakouri
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
authors.forename: Laura H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Ikuma
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
authors.forename: Fereydoun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aghazadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
authors.forename: Sherif
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishak
keywords: Merging behavior; Safety; Subjective workload; Work zone