We present a novel Dynamic Bayesian Network for pedestrian path prediction in the intelligent vehicle domain. The model incorporates the pedestrian situational awareness, situation criticality and spatial layout of the environment as latent states on top of a Switching Linear Dynamical System (SLDS) to anticipate changes in the pedestrian dynamics. Using computer vision, situational awareness i...

The effect of elevation and rooftop configuration on local air quality was investigated at the Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm during a short-term observational campaign. Using multiple particle counters and sonic anemometers deployed along vertical gradients, we found that PM2.5 concentration decayed with height above the street. Samples adjacent to the street had the highest average PM2.5 concen...

This study examines the pricing strategy of a parking sharing platform that rents daytime-usage rights private spaces from owners and sells them to users. In an urban area with both shared curbside parking, choice equilibrium model is proposed predict number users under any given platform. We analytically analyze how (price charged on rent paid or sharers) would affect several system efficiency...

Intention recognition of pedestrians is crucial to safe and reliable working of autonomous vehicles, when serving as, for instance, indoor service robots or self-driving cars in busy urban scenes. Previously, Chen et al. [2016] combined Markovian-based and clustering-based approaches to learn motion primitives and subsequently predict pedestrian trajectories by modeling the transition between l...

This paper examines the impact of two popular solid waste programs on the percent recycled of several different materials found in the residential solid waste stream. We examine a unique, national, household-level data set containing information on the percent recycled of five different materials: glass bottles, plastic bottles, aluminum, newspaper, and yard waste. We find that access to curbsi...

There are over 7.5 billion needles and syringes used outside of the health care system each year by individuals with diabetes, migraines, allergies, infertility, arthritis, HIV, hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, psoriasis, or other conditions. Disposal of needles, syringes, lancets, and other medical products are not regulated in the home, while these same products used in health car...

Loose particles on impervious surfaces are an important carrier to transfer pesticides into residential runoff water and subsequently contribute to contamination of urban streams and estuaries by urban-use pesticides. However, data regarding levels of pesticide contamination in the runoff-transferable dusts are scarce and their runoff potential and toxicity impacts to urban watersheds still rem...

Intention recognition of pedestrians is crucial to safe and reliable working of 1 autonomous vehicles, when serving as, for instance, indoor service robots or 2 self-driving cars in busy urban scenes. Previously, Chen et al. [2016] combined 3 Markovian-based and clustering-based approaches to learn motion primitives and 4 subsequently predict pedestrian trajectories by modeling the transition b...