Zsuzsanna Toth-Szabo

Senior Lecturer
PhD Engineering

+46 46 222 91 43
zsuzsanna.toth-szabo@tft.lth.se


Forskning
Traffic safety: Road Safety Audits, evaluation of safety measurements
Traffic safety modeling: how to involve human factor into modeling traffic

Ongoing projects
Development of sustainability indicators (HASTA project)
The speed problem in Swedish municipalities (HASTA project)

Previous projects

Szechenyi Istvan University, Hungary
Involving the human mistake into the traffic simulation (2006-2008)
The arrangement of roads and its environments and their impact on the driver behaviour (2007)
The inspection of the  signalized roundabouts in Gyoer  (2004-2006)

International projects
Trainers International Network Safe Roads (TIN) 2006-2008
EU-Asia Network In Competence Enhancement on Road Safety  (NICE on RoadS) 2005-2008
Urban development towards appropriate structures for sustainable transport (ECOCITY) 2002-2004

Publications

Monographs

Tóth Zs. (2003): Study of the levels of service on low and medium traffic roads, based on the method of their determination and duration. PhD dissertation, Technical University of Budapest, Department of Highway and Railway engineering.

Scientific articles

Kovács K., Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2007): Formal and semi-formal models for describing traffic systems. SELFBIS Journal No. 3, GIKOF journal No. III/4, 2007.

Bényei A., Tóth Zs. (2002): Problems of Reliability and Exactitude of Traffic Surveys Data. Periodica Polytechnica, No 46/1, 2002, p. 71.

Conference proceedings, papers

Tóth-Szabó Zs., Koren Cs. (2008): The first experiences with signalised roundabouts in Hungary. Transport Research Arena Europe, 2008 April 21-25 (accepted)

Tóth-Szabó Zs., Kovács K. (2007): Do we have to take into account the human mistakes during traffic simulation? INES, Budapest, 2007 June 29, 6 p - CD

Tóth-Szabó Zs., Kovács K., Horváth R. (2006): Modelling of transportation system using UML. International Conference - MVT 2006 Motor vehicle & sustainable transportation, Timisoara, 2006 Nov 15-17

Tóth-Szabó Zs., Kovács K., Horváth R. (2006):  Human factor in traffic models. IEEE-ICCC, Tallin, 2006 Aug 20-22, p. 227

Tóth-Szabó Zs, Koren Cs. (2006): Traffic flow analysis on a saturated, signalised junction. IX. International Road Conference, Budapest, 2006 Apr 23-25. CD

Tóth Zs. (2004): Estimating car-following behaviour using artificial intelligence. 9th International Scientific Conference MOBILITA ‘04, Bratislava, 2004 May 6-7.

Tóth Zs. (2002): New method to determine the level of service, based on the demand for and opportunity of overtaking. 1. CIVILEXPO. Budapest, 2002 Nov. 21-22. CD

Tóth Zs. (2002): The level of service’s role in the roads design standards. ÉPKO Csíksomlyó, 2002 Jun 6-9. CD

Tóth Zs. (2001): Comparing the French and Hungarian road design standards” Conference of Road and Bridges, Budapest, 2001 May 20-23. CD

Tóth Zs. (2000): Comparison of standards regarding highway design between Hungary and France. 3rd International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering Vienna, 2000 Okt 5-7. p. 122

Lectures and presentations

Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2007): Analysis on road accident causalities based on contributory factors. University College London, London, 13 Dec 2007.

Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2007): The signalised roundabout and safety. 34. Days for Roads Conference, Debrecen, 12-14 Sep 2007.

Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2007): A case study of two signalized roundabouts. NICE on RoadS project workshop IV, Gyor, 6 Sep 2007.

Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2007): Safety inspection of  signalised roundabouts. Self explaining roads workshop, Gyor, 20 April 2007.

Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2007): Road Safety inspection on the road No. 44. NICE on RoadS project workshop III, HatYai (Thailand), 14 Feb, 2007.

Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2006): Human behaviour effects is traffic models. NICE on RoadS project workshop II, Beijing, 16 Sep 2006.

Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2006): Traffic flow analysis on a saturated, signalised junction. NICE on RoadS project workshop I, Gyor, 27 March 2006.

Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2005): CITYTRAM-focus on rail bound urban transport. HUNPOL Polish-Hungarian researcher conference, Budapest, 20 May 2005.

Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2004): Estimating car-following behaviour using artificial intelligence. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Transport Sciences Committee Session, 17 Nov 2004. (in Hungarian)

Tóth Zs. (2003): Defining the Level of Service - based on the human parameter. Course of the Hungarian Scientific Association for Transport, Budapest, 24 Apr 2003. (in Hungarian)

Tóth Zs. (2000): The new technical specification of traffic count. National traffic count meeting, Balatonfoldvar, 31 May 2000. (in Hungarian)

Handbooks

Koren Cs., Tóth-Szabó Zs., Prileszki I., Horváth B. (2007): Traffic planning. ISBN: 978-963-9819-07-8, 196 pp

Koren Cs., Kálmán L.,Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2007): Traffic management 2007 - official electronically lecture note, 271 pp

Koren Cs., Makó E., Tóth-Szabó Zs., Jankó D., Hóz E., Mocsári T., Nagy Z., Tóthné Temesi K. (2005): Road Safety Audit - Manual. ISBN: 963 7175 28 8 2005, 40 pp (in Hungarian)

Articles in Hungarian

Koren Cs.,Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2007): State of the art and actual research needs in the field of correlation of road layout and road safety. Revue of roads and civil engineering, No 57/10, Oct 2007, p. 19.

Koren Cs.,Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2007): Grouping of roads according to their traffic patterns using cluster analysis. Revue of roads and civil engineering, No 57/3, March 2007, p. 22.

Bogár Zs.,Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2006): Planning and authorisation process of the first Hungarian signalized roundabout. Revue of roads and civil engineering, No 56/3, March 2006, p. 34.

Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2005): Estimating car-following behaviour using artificial intelligence. Revue of roads and civil engineering, No 55/1, Jan 2005, p. 30.

Tóth Zs. (2003): Definition of Level of Service on the basis of overtaking demand and opportunity. Revue of roads and civil engineering, No 53/7, July 2003, p. 9.

Tóth Zs. (2002): The Level of Service on rods of outside built-up areas. Revue of roads and civil engineering, No 52/10, Oct 2002, p. 394.

Tóth Zs. (2000): Testing the automatic ring road - planned around Paris - with modelling the traffic demand on the horizon 2020. Urban Trafic. No XL/5, May 2000, p. 278.

Informative articles in Hungarian

Tóth-Szabó Zs. (2005): Is a new Babylon building? Weekly Gyoer I/14, 24 Nov 2005.

Tóth Zs. (2004): Game? Reality? Playful reality - real play. Paper of engineers XI/3, March 2004.

Tóth Zs. (2004): The winner was that who had the best arguments. Paper of engineers XI/7. July 2004.