Publications

PEER REVIEW JOURNAL PUBLICATION

29. Chimba, D., Masindoki, E., Li, X., and Langford, C.  Safety Evaluation of Freight Intermodal Connectors in Tennessee. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR), 2673(3), 237–246, 2019.

28. Emmanuel Kidando, Angela Kitali, Sia Lyimo, Thobias Sando, Ren Moses, Valerian Kwigizile, and Deo Chimba. Applying Probabilistic Model to Quantify Influence of Rainy Weather on Stochastic and Dynamic Transition of Traffic Conditions. J. Transp. Eng., Part A: Systems, 2019, 145(5): 04019017.

27. Wali, B., Khattak, A. J., Waters, J., Chimba, D., & Li, X. (2018). Development of Safety Performance Functions: Incorporating Unobserved Heterogeneity and Functional Form Analysis. Transportation Research Record, 0361198118767409.

26. Chimba, D., Musinguzi, A., and Kidando, E. Associating pedestrian crashes with demographic and socioeconomic factors. Journal of Case Studies on Transport Policy. Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 11-16, 2018.

25. Chimba, D., Kidando, E., and Onyango, M. Evaluating the Service Life of Thermoplastic Pavement Markings, a Stochastic Approach. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B Pavements, Vol. 144, Issue 3, 2018.

24. Mulokozi, E., Teng, H., Kwigizile, V., and Chimba, D. Modeling Dynamics of Vehicle-Based Performance Measures of High-Occupancy Vehicle and General-Purpose Traffic Systems. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems; Volume 144 Issue 2 – 2018.23.

23. Chimba, D., Ruhazwe, E., Allen, S., and Waters, J. "Digesting the Safety Effectiveness of Cable Barrier Systems by   Numbers". Journal of Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice Volume 95, January 2017, pp 227–237

22. Chimba D. Proactive Approaches to Audit Pedestrian Safety Locations, A Model for Developing Countries. Pan African Conference on Science, Computing and Telecommunications (PACT). IEEE Xplore, pp 160-165; 2014. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7055123.  

21. Mbakisya, O., Malyuta, D., Owino, J., and Chimba D. Verification of Pavement Marking Degradation Models using Eastern Tennessee Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity Data. Pan African Conference on Science, Computing and Telecommunications (PACT). IEEE Xplore, pp 56-61; 2014. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7055137.

20. Angel, M., Sando T., Chimba D., and Kwigizile V. Effect of Rain on Traffic Operations on Florida Freeways. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR), No 2440, 2014, pp 51-59

19. Kwigizile V., Sando T., and Chimba D. Understanding the role of Alcohol and Drugs on Bicyclists Injury Severity. Advances in Transportation Studies Journal. Section A 34, 2014, pp 43-54

18. Chimba D., and Kutela, B. Scanning secondary derived crashes from disabled and abandoned vehicle incidents on uninterrupted flow highways. Journal of Safety Research (ELSEVIER), Vol 50, pp 109–116, 2014.

17. Chimba D., Kutela, B., Ogletree, G., Horne, F., and Tugwell, M.  The Impact of Abandoned and Disabled Vehicles to Freeway Incident Durations. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol 140 Issue 3, 2014, 04013013.

16. Chimba D., Sando T., Kwigizile V., and Kutela B. “Modeling School Bus Crashes Using Zero Inflated Model”. Journal of Transportation Statistics V10, N1 2014, ISSN 1094-8848.

15. Chimba D., Emaasit, D., Allen, S., Hurst, B., and Nelson, M.  Factors affecting Median Cable Barrier Crash Frequency: New Insights. Journal of Transportation Safety and Security (Taylor and Francis),Vol. 6, 2014, pp 62-77.

14. Mergia, W, Y., Eustace, D., Chimba, D., and Qumsiyeh, M. “Exploring Factors Contributing to Injury Severity at Freeway Merging and Diverging Locations in Ohio”. Accident Analysis & Prevention (ELSEVIER), Volume 55, 2013, pp 202-210

13. Chimba, D., Emaasit D., and Kutela, B. Likelihood Parameterization of Bicycle Crash Injury Severities. Journal of Transportation Technologies, Vol. 2 No. 3, 2012, pp 213-219.

12. Chimba, D., Emaasit D., and Kutela, B. Integrating Origin-Destination Survey and Stochastic User Equilibrium: A Case Study for Route Relocation. Journal of Transportation Technologies, Vol. 2 No. 4, 2012, pp 297-304.

11. Chimba, D and Mbakisye, O. “Optimization of Short-Term “On-Street Park-Pay License Plate Surveying”, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure System, 18(3), 2012; pp 194-201.

10. Kwigizile V., Sando T., and Chimba D.  Inconsistencies of Ordered and Unordered Probability Models for Pedestrian Injury Severity. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR), No 2264, 2011, pp 110-118

9. Chimba, D and Lan, C-J. Capacity-constrained traffic forecasting model. Journal of Transportation Planning and Technology (Taylor Francis), Vol 34 (6), 2011, pp 529-545

8. Chimba, D. Fee Model for Offsetting Impact of Land Use Developments to Travel Delay. Advances in Transportation Studies an international Journal. Section A 24, 2011, pp 45-57

7. Sando, T., Chimba, D., Kwigizile, V, and Walker H. “Safety Analysis of Continuous Green through Lane Intersections. Journal of Transportation Research Forum, Vol50 (1), 2011, pp 5-17

6. Kwigizile V., Chimba D., and Sando T. A Cross-Nested Logit Model for Trip Type-Mode Choice: Application. Advances in Transportation Studies Journal. Section A 23, 2011, pp 29-40

5. Chimba D., Sando T., and Kwigizile V. “Effect of Bus Sizes and Operations to Crash Occurrences”. Accident Analysis & Prevention (ELSEVIER) Vol 42, Issue 6, 2010, pp 2063-2067

4. Chimba, D., and Sando, T. “Multinomial Probability Assessment of Motorcycle Injury Severities", Advances in Transportation Studies Journal Section B 21, 2010, pp 73-81

3. Chimba, D., and Sando T. “The prediction of highway traffic accident injury severity with neuromorphic techniques”. Advances in Transportation Studies an international Journal, Section A 19, 2009, pp. 17-26.

2. Chimba, D., Vargas, F., and Penn, M. “Multinomial Modeling of Purpose Driven Trips,” Transportation Land Use, Planning and Air Quality. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2007, pp 64-78.

1. Mussa, R., and Chimba, D. “Analysis of Crashes Occurring on Florida Six-Lane Roadways”, Advances in Transportation Studies an international Journal Section B 8, 2006, pp 43-56.

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING PAPERS

1. Portillo J., and Chimba, D. Patterning Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics Affecting Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Frequency. Published in the Proceedings of 100th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2022. TRBAM-22-00319

2. Mbabazi, J., and Chimba, D. Alternative Truck Routing in Freight Intermodal Connectors Case of Tennessee. Published in the Proceedings of 101st Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2022. TRBAM-22-01021

3. Mayes, M., and Chimba, D. Safety Analysis of Near Intersections Parking. Published in the Proceedings of 101st Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2022. TRBAM-22-00957

4. MacDoo, N., and Chimba, D. Traffic Correlation of Incident Duration to Highway Crashes. Published in the Proceedings of 101st Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2022. TRBAM-21-00845

5. Robinson, J., and Chimba, D. Freight Segment Crashes and HAZMAT Evaluation. Published in the Proceedings of 101st Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2022. TRBAM-22-00844

6. Darrell, J., and Chimba, D. Prediction Model for Paint Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity Deterioration Rate. Published in the Proceedings of 100th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2021. TRBAM-21-00331

7. Swai, S., and Chimba, D. Traffic operational fluidity Evaluation of Freight Intermodal Connectors. Published in the Proceedings of 100th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2021. TRBAM-21-00314

8. Morgan, C., Beatrice, C., Cherop., and Chimba, D. The Impact of COVID-19 on Traffic Crash trends in Tennessee. Published in the Proceedings of 100th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2021. TRBAM-21-00273

9. Suhad, A., and Chimba, D. Calibrating and Developing SPFs for FT& INCA and PDO Crashes at Urban and Suburban Intersections in Tennessee. Published in the Proceedings of 100th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Virtual Annual Meeting, 2021. TRBAM-21-00319.

10. Swai, S., Chimba, D., and Jonga, T. Reliability Measures in Bottlenecks Identification along Freight Arterial Segments. Published in the Proceedings of 99th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2020. # 20-03934.  

11. Jonga, T., Chimba, D., Swai, S and Kosanovic, A. Emissions estimations along first or last mile Freight Connectors. Published in the Proceedings of 99th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2020. # 20-03608.  

12. Andrews, K., Chimba, D., and Swai, S. Statistical Screening of Rail Crossing Related Crashes and Injury Severities in Tennessee. Published in the Proceedings of 99th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2020. # 20-00283.  

13. Dakwa, K., Messimore, E., Chimba, D., and Swai, S. Analyzing the Traffic Circles as they Pertain to Crash Severity. Published in the Proceedings of 99th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2020. # 20-00957.

14. Wallace, D., Jonga, T., Chimba , D. , and Swai, S. Rural Intersection-Related Crashes and Injury Severities in Tennessee. Published in the Proceedings of 99th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2020. # 20-00955.

15. McKinney, C., Mbuya, C., Chimba , D. , and Swai, S. Analysis and Modelling of Ramp Related Crashes in Tennessee. Published in the Proceedings of 99th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2020. # 20-00951.

16. Chimba, D. Use of Cable Barriers in Prevention of Median Crossover Crashes. Smart Transport Infrastructures Summit (STIS) 2019. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July 24-25, 2019

17. Chimba, D. Sensitivity Quantification of the Impact of Access Management Features on Traffic Operations. Smart Transport Infrastructures Summit (STIS) 2019. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July, 2019

18. Chimba, D. Review of policies and incident duration associated with disabled and abandoned vehicles. Elsevier World Conference on Transport Research - WCTR 2019 Mumbai 26-31 May 2019

19. Chimba, D and Mbatta, G. Countering negative impacts of traffic congestion and safety to future land use planning. Elsevier Urban Transitions 2018 Conference, November 25-27, 2018, Barcelona, Spain.

20. Chimba, D. Identification of factors associated with pedestrian hot crash spots – spatial and statistical analysis approach. 18th International Conference Road Safety on Five Continents, Jeju, South Korea, May 16-18, 2018.

21. Darren, E., Chimba, D and Ikiriko, S. Analyzing Factors Impacting Transit Bus Travel Time. Published in the Proceedings of 98th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2019. # 19-00065.

22. Dante, F., Chimba, D and Ruhazwe, E. Evaluating the Impact Responses of Median Cable Barriers. Published in the Proceedings of 98th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, 2019. # 19-00130.

23. Jonga, T., Chimba, D. Vehicle Emissions on Intersections along first-last mile Freight Intermodal Connectors. Published in the Proceedings of 98th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2019. # 19-00283.

24. Brionne, H., Chimba, D. Clustering the Effects of Traffic Control type, functional class and spatial distributions to intersection traffic safety. Published in the Proceedings of 98th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2019. # 19-00124.

25. Mbuya, C., Chimba, D and Ikiriko, S. Capacity Impact Assessment of Traffic Calming Measures on Residential Roads. Published in the Proceedings of 98th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2019. # 19-00222.

26. Ikiriko, S., Chimba, D and Mbuya, C. Impact of Transit Signal Priority on Isolated Intersection Operations: A Microscopic Simulation Evaluation. Published in the Proceedings of 98th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2019. # 19-02415.

27. Chimba, D., Masindoki, E., and Langford, C. Safety Evaluation of Freight Intermodal Connectors in Tennessee. Published in the Proceedings of 98th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2019. # 19-00083.

28. Chimba, D., Soloka, K., Camp, J., Freeze, B., and Oldham, J. Assessing HOV Lanes Utilization and Occupancy Rates. Published in the Proceedings of 98th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2019. # 19-00077.

29. Chimba, D., Wambura, C., Khattak, A., Wali, B and Waters, J. Comparing HSM Calibrated and Local Developed SPFs for Rural Two Way Intersections. Published in the Proceedings of 98th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 2019. # 19-00228.

30. Xiaoming Li., Chimba, D and Emmanuel Masindoki. The Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes on Freight Intermodal Connectors in Tennessee: A Risk Management Approach. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, # 17-00881

31. Kidando, E., and Chimba, D. Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity Service life: Comparing Regression and Artificial Neural Networks Predictions. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, # 17-04181

32. Behram Wali, Asad J. Khattak, Jim Waters, Deo Chimba and Xiaobing Li. Development of Safety Performance Functions for Tennessee: Unobserved Heterogeneity & Functional Form Analysis. Published in the Proceedings of TRB Annual Meeting, # 17-00065.

33. Alexis Walton., Henry Ajieh and Chimba, D. Correlating Access Management Features to Pedestrian Crashes. Published in the Proceedings of TRB Annual Meeting, # 17-00222.

34. Amber Bryant and Chimba, D. Crash Modification Factors for Median Cable Barriers in Tennessee . Published in the Proceedings of TRB Annual Meeting, # 17-00225.

35. Dewayne Danner and Chimba, D. Microsimulation of University Campus Evacuation Challenges: A Case Study. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, # 17-00226.

36. Kidando, E., Ren Moses, Angela E Kitali, Thobias Sando and Chimba, D. Exploring the Influence of Rainfall on a Stochastic Evolution of Traffic Conditions. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, # 17-06187

37. Chimba, D., Guifeng, S., Kidando, E., Hager, K., and Patel S. Funding Allocation Criteria for Local Traffic Safety Enforcement Agencies. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, # 17-00493.

38. Kidando, E., Chimba, D., and Onyango, M. A Stochastic Model to Evaluate Service Life of Thermoplastic Pavement Markings. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, # 17-00409

39. Burks, R., Soloka, E., and Chimba, D. Digesting Factors Influencing Construction, Maintenance and Utility Work Zone Traffic Injury Severities. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, # 17-01449

40. Machumu, K., Sando, T., Mtoi, E., Chimba, D., and Kwigizile, V. Effect of Managed Lanes Route Decision Distance to Traffic Flow. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, # 17-00178.

41. Chimba, D., and Musinguzi, A. Development of Decision Support Tools to Assess Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety: Focus on Population, Demographic and Socio-economic Spectra. Presented at the TRB 10th University Transportation Centers Spotlight Conference is Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety in Washington DC, December 2016.

42. Chimba, D. Proportionate Share to Counter the Transportation Impacts of Land Use Developments. Presented at the 17th International Academy of African Business and Development Conference (IAABD).

43. Kidando, E., and Chimba, D. Probabilistic Forecasting of Service Life of Thermoplastic Pavement Markings. Published in the Proceedings of TRB Meeting, Paper # 16-2167.

44. Walter, N., Jiles, S., Kidando, E., and Chimba, D. Survival analysis and Modeling of Debris Related Incidents. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, Paper # 16-1951.

45. Robinson, T., Chimba D., and Kidando, E. Utilizing Bicycle Level of Service and Latent Demand Score for Small-City Bicycle Route Planning. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, Paper # 15-2174.

46. Chimba D., Emaasit, D., Cherry, C., and Pannell, Z. Patterning Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics Affecting Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, # 14-0600

47. Chimba D., Kutela, B., Ogletree, G., Horne, F., and Tugwell, M. Disabled and Abandoned Vehicle Incidents Governing Laws, Literature and Survey from Different States. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Paper # 14-0023

48. Browder, K., Chimba D., and Boykin, A. A Case Study of Near Downtown University Campus Parking Problems. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, Paper # 14-0146

49. Angel, M., Sando T., Chimba D., and Kwigizile V. Effect of Rain on Traffic Operations on Florida Freeways. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, Paper # 14-5258

50. Chimba D., Emaasit, D., Allen, S., Hurst, B., and Nelson, M. Safety Effectiveness Evaluation of the Cable Rail Systems In Tennessee. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, Paper # 13-0528

51. Chimba D., Kutela, B., Ogletree, G., Horne, F., and Hallavant, R. The Impact of Abandoned and Disabled Vehicles to Freeway Incident Durations. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, Paper # 13-1065

52. Emaasit, D., Chimba D., Cherry, C., and Wilson, J. A Methodology to Identify Factors associated with Pedestrian High Crash Clusters Using GIS Local Spatial Autocorrelation. in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, # 13-0634

53. Chimba D., and Kutela, B., Sando T., and Kwigizile V. Paralleling the Influence of Unscheduled and Scheduled Roadwork Characteristics to Traffic Incident Durations. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, Paper # 13-0637

54. Kiara, M., and Chimba D. Comparative Analysis of Factors Affecting Transit Bus Crashes and General Traffic Crashes. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, Paper # 13-0109

55. Sando T., Angel, M., Wesley, M., Chimba D., and Kwigizile V. Operational Analysis of “Sharrows” on Roadways with Narrow Lane Widths. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, Paper # 13-2507

56. Kwigizile V., Sando T., and Chimba D. Modeling Bicyclist Injury Severity: A Focus on the Impact of Alcohol and Drug Use. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, Paper # 12-0057

57. Heather Housel., Chimba, D. Emergency Response Template Generation Utilizing SUMMIT. Sandia National Laboratories Research Symposium. US Department of Energy. August, 2012.

58. Sando T., Chimba D., and Kwigizile V. Operational analysis of interaction between vehicles and bicyclists on wide curb lane facilities. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) annual Meeting, 2011. Paper # 11-0087

59. Kwigizile V., Sando T., and Chimba D. Implications of the Approaches for Modeling Pedestrian Injury Severity. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, Paper # 11-0038

60. Chimba, D. “Special Safety Mitigation Fee for Land Use Growth Management". In the Proceedings of 2010 ITE Technical Conference, Section Savannah, GA, March 2010.

61. Chimba D., Sando T., and Kwigizile V. “Synchronizing Roadway and Traffic Operations Influencing Bus Crashes”. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, 2010. Paper # 10-0527

62. Sando T., Chimba D., and Moses R. “The Influence of Narrower Lanes on Bus Sideswipe Crashes”, In the Proceedings of TRB, Annual Meeting, 2010. Paper # 10-1577

63. Sando T., Chimba D., and Kwigizile V. “Safety Analysis of Continuous Green through Lane Intersections”. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) , Annual Meeting, 2010. Paper # 10-1567

64. Chimba, D., Lan C., and Freddie V. “Traffic Growth Projection for Traffic Impact Studies", In the Proceedings of TRB, Annual Meeting, 2009. Paper # 09-0843

65. Chimba, D., and Freddie V. Simplified Approach for Small Scale Traffic Projection. Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board , 2008. Paper # 08-0536

66. Chimba, D., and Lan C. “Evaluation of Motorcycle Crash Injury Severities by using Multinomial Models,” Published in the Proceedings of Transportation Research Board ( TRB) Annual Meeting, 2006, Washington DC. Paper # 06-1194

67. Jibing, L., and Chimba D. "A Supplement to Advance Guide Sign Placement Guideline in MUTCD," In the Proceedings of TRB Annual Meeting, 2006. Paper #06-2885

68. Chimba D. "Sensitivity Analysis on Traffic Crash Prediction Models by Using STATA". In Proceedings of North American Stata Conference, Boston, MA, 2004

68. Sando, T., Chimba, D. and Mussa, R.  Macro Analysis of Statewide Interstate System Crash Data - GIS Approach.  Paper presented at the 30th International Traffic Records Forum. Nashville, Tennessee, July 2004.





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