Civil Engineering Department

Driver Behavior Modeling
Traffic Flow Modelling
Safety Evaluation
Motorized two-wheeler safety
Traffic Operations and Planning

Driver Behavior Modeling

Traffic Flow Modelling

Safety Evaluation

Motorized two-wheeler safety

Traffic Operations and Planning

Award	Awarding Organisation	Year
Best Doctoral Thesis Award	Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	2021
Travel Grant	CSIR-HRDG	2020
International Travel Support Grant	DST, New Delhi	2019
Assam Government Scholarship	Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of Assam	2014
Arundoram Borooah Award	Planning and Development Department, Govt. of Assam	2006

From	To	Designation	Organisation
Feb 2021	Continuing	Assistant Professor	Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Degree	Subject	University	Year
Ph.D.	Transportation Engineering	Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati	2020
M. Tech.	Transportation Systems Engineering	Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati	2015
B. Tech.	Civil Engineering	National Institute of Technology, Silchar	2012

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Maurya, A. K., Dey, S. and Das, S. (2015). Speed and time headway distribution under mixed traffic condition. Journal of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies. DOI: 10.11175/easts.11.1774

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Das, S. and Maurya, A. K. (2017). Time headway analysis for Four-Lane and Two-Lane Roads.. Transportation in Developing Economies. DOI: 10.1007/s40890-017-0039-8

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Das, S., Maurya, A. K. and Budhkar, A. K. (2017). Determinants of time headway in staggered car-following conditions. Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research. DOI: 10.1080/19427867.2017.1386872

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Das, S. and Maurya, A. K. (2018). Bivariate modeling of time headways in mixed traffic streams: a copula approach.. Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research. DOI: 10.1080/19427867.2018.1537209

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Das, S. and Maurya, A. K. (2018). Multivariate analysis of microscopic traffic variables using copulas in staggered car-following conditions. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science. DOI: 10.1080/23249935.2018.1441200

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Das, S. and Maurya, A. K. (2018). Modelling of motorised two-wheelers: a review of the literature. Transport Reviews. DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2017.1317049

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Das, S. and Maurya, A. K. (2019). Defining Time-to-Collision Thresholds by the Type of Lead Vehicle in Non-Lane Based Traffic Environments. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2019.2946001

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Das, S., and Maurya, A. K. (2019). Modelling maneuverability of motorised two-wheelers during filtering in urban roads. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. DOI: 10.1177/0361198119842818

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Das, S., Budhkar, A., Maurya, A. K. and Maji, A. (2019). Multivariate Analysis on Dynamic Car-Following Data of Non-lane-Based Traffic Environments.. Transportation in Developing Economies. DOI: 10.1007/s40890-019-0085-5

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Das, S., Raju, N., Maurya, A. K. and Arkatkar, S. (2020). Evaluating lateral interactions of motorized two-wheelers using multi-gene symbolic genetic programming. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. DOI: 10.1177/0361198120934476

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Das, S. and Maurya, A. K. (2020). Pore acceptance predictions of motorized two-wheelers at urban mid-block sections. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning and Operations. DOI: 10.1080/15472450.2020.1735385

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Mahapatra, G., Das, S. and Maurya, A. K. (2021). Joint distribution modelling of vehicle dynamic parameters using copula. Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research. DOI: 10.1080/19427867.2021.1897936

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Mishra, A., Das, S., Singh, D. and Maurya, A. K. (2021). Effect of COVID-19 lockdown on noise pollution levels in an Indian city: a case study of Kanpur. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13872-z

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Das, S., Boruah, A., Banerjee, A., Raoniar, R., Nama, S., and Maurya, A. K. (2021). Impact of COVID-19: A Radical Modal Shift from Public to Private Transport Mode.. Transport Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.05.005

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Das, S., and Maurya, A.K. (2022). A car-following model considering driver’s instantaneous reaction delay in non-lane-based traffic environments. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems. DOI: 10.1061/JTEPBS.0000709

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Das, S., Maurya, A. K., and Dey, A. (2023). A recurrent neural network model for predicting two-leader car-following behavior. Transportation Letters. DOI: 10.1080/19427867.2023.2205190

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Dey, A. and Das, S. (2023). Model for Predicting Lateral Shifts and Driving Style of Motorized Two-Wheelers. Transportation Research Record. DOI: 10.1177/03611981231203

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Banerjee, A., Das, S. and Maurya, A. K. (2024). Behavioural characteristics influencing walking speed of pedestrians over elevated facilities: A case study of India. Transport Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2024.01.002

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1. Title:- Driver behavior modelling considering human factors in disordered traffic systems
Sponsor: FIG, IIT Roorkee	Sanctioned Year: 2021-22	Amount: ₹ 20.00 Lakhs	Role: PI

Designation	Organisation	From Period	To Period
Member	Ranking Analytics Committee	July 2021	Contd.
Faculty Representative	Placement and Internship Committee, CED	August, 2022	Contd.
Member	Time Table Committee	August, 2022	Contd.
Member	Anti-Ragging Committee, CED	August 2022	Contd.
Member	Department Safety Committee	June 2021	July 2022

S. No.	Membership
1.	Life Member of Indian Road Congress (IRC)
2.	Life Member of Transportation Research Group of India (TRG)
3.	Member of World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS)

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Das, S., Chilukuri, B. R., Arkatkar, S. S. and Maurya, A. K. (2022). Driving Behavior Modeling in Mixed Traffic Conditions: Developments and Future Directions. Springer

2.

Dey, A., and Das, S. (2023). Influence of Time Pressure on Driver’s Response Time Under Stressed Conditions. 2771-0718

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S. No.	Project Title	Student Name	Co-Supervisor	Degree	Year
1.	Evaluating the Influence of Bus stops on Traffic Flow Characteristics of Disordered Systems	Niraj Kurmi		PG	2023

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S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Registration Year	Co-Supervisor
1.	An Integrated Driving Behaviour Model for Disorderly Traffic Combining Drivers’ Physiological Features	Arka Dey	2021
2.	Design standards to prioritize motorized two-wheelers on urban roads	Aditya Dhiman	2022	Satish Chandra
3.	To be decided.	Anik Barat	2022

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S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Status	Awarded Year
1.	Planning and Design of Park &-Ride Facilities around Metro Stations	Manaswinee Kar	Awarded	2024

S. No.	Course Name	Course Code	Class Name	Semester & Year
1.	Airport Planning and Design	CEN-566	B. Tech. & M. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2023-24

S. No.	Title	Organisation	Date
1.	Filtering behavior of vehicles in Indian traffic streams	Reva University Bangalore	01-Mar-2021
2.	Vehicle-Following and Filtering Behavior of Vehicles in Disordered Traffic Environments	QIP ATIE at IIT Indore	04-May-2022

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Das, S., Mahapatra, G. and Maurya, A.K. (2015). An empirical study of vehicle time headways for different roadway facilities. 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India. Place: Kolkata

2.

Maurya, A.K., Das, S., Dey, S. and Nama, S. (2016). Study on speed and time-headway distributions on two-lane bidirectional road in heterogeneous traffic condition. 11th Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, TPMDC 2014. DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2016.11.084 Page No: 428-437

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Mahapatra, G., Das, S. and Maurya, A.K. (2016). Effect of Sample size and Bin size on Heterogeneous Traffic Stream Speed and Time Headway Distributions. 14th World Conference on Transport Research Society. Place: Shanghai, China

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Budhkar, A. and Das, S. (2017). Finding Trend of advanced ticket booking in Indian railways. World Conference on Transport Research-WCTR 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2017.05.492 Place: Shanghai Page No: 4822-4831

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Das, S., Budhkar, A.K., Maurya, A.K. and Maji, A. (2018). Multivariate analysis on dynamic car-following data of non-lane based traffic environments. Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering. DOI: 10.1007/s40890-019-0085-5 Place: SVNIT, Surat

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Das, S. (2019). Modelling filtering behavior of motorized two-wheelers and cars in disordered traffic systems using decision trees. World Conference on Transport Research - WCTR-Y 2019. Place: Mumbai

7.

Das, S. and Maurya, A. K. (2019). Modeling Maneuverability of Motorized Two-Wheelers during Filtering in Urban Roads. 98th Annual meeting of Transportation Research Board. DOI: 10.1177/0361198119842818 Place: Washington D.C.

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Das, S. and Maurya, A. K. (2019). Pore acceptance predictions of motorized two-wheelers at urban mid-block sections. 98th Annual meeting of Transportation Research Board. DOI: 10.1080/15472450.2020.1735385 Place: Washington D.C

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Das, S., Raju, N., Maurya, A.K. and Arkarkar, S. (2020). Evaluating lateral interactions of motorized two-wheelers using multi-gene symbolic genetic programming. 99th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board. DOI: 10.1177/0361198120934476 Place: Washington D.C.

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Singh, A. and Das, S. (2022). Group riding behavior of motorized two-wheelers in disordered traffic environments. Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering (RATE 22). Place: Surat, India

11.

Dey, A. and Das, S. (2023). Influence of Time Pressure on Driver’s Response Time under Stressed Conditions. International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2023). Place: California, USA

12.

Dey, A. and Das, S. (2023). Driving Behavior and Attitude of Car Drivers under Stressful Conditions: A Questionnaire-based Approach. 7th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India. Place: Surat, India

13.

Kurmi, N. and Das, S. (2023). Evaluating the Impact of Curbside Bus Stop on Lateral Characteristics and Speed of Vehicles in Mixed Traffic. 7th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India. Place: Surat, India

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Kar, M., Sadhukhan, S., Parida, M. and Das, S. (2023). Estimating Willingness-to-pay of Two-wheeler Drive-alone Users toward Shifting to Park-and-Ride. 7th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India. Place: Surat, India

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