Using piezoelectric technology to harvest energy from pavement: A review
February 2025
A key point in building a contemporary energy system is the search for sustainable and green energy. Many green energy sources exist in the road or pavement domain, such as solar, thermal, wind, and...
A review of China's automotive industry policy: Recent developments and future trends
October 2024
To promote the improvement and development of China's automotive industry policy, this study conducts a systematic review and hierarchical analysis of both domestic and international automotive industry...
Causes and statistical characteristics of bridge failures: A review
June 2022
Bridge failure, which is generally associated with serious economic and life losses, is defined as the incapacity of a constructed bridge or its components to perform as specified in the design and...
Transportation carbon reduction technologies: A review of fundamentals, application, and performance
December 2024
Transportation is one of the main sources of carbon emissions that cause climate change. The reduction of traffic carbon emissions is urgently needed. With advancements in technology, significant progress...
Systematic literature review on the applications, impacts, and public perceptions of autonomous vehicles in road transportation system
December 2023
As the advancement of driverless technology, together with information and communication technology moved at a fast pace, autonomous vehicles have attracted great attention from both industries and...
Public transport inclusion and active aging: A systematic review on elderly mobility
April 2024
Global aging has brought attention to addressing the elderly mobility dilemma, and a commitment to address inclusive transport in aging. Transport inclusion for older adults aims at establishing an...
Small-scale self-driving cars: A systematic literature review
April 2024
The autonomous vehicle (AV) technology has the potential to significantly improve safety and efficiency of the transportation and logistics industry. Full-scale AV testing is limited by time, space,...
Advances in geopolymer materials: A comprehensive review
June 2021
Geopolymer is a new environment-friendly cementitious material, and the development of geopolymer can reduce the carbon dioxide emission caused by the development of cement industry. Geopolymer materials...
A review of research on vehicle detection in adverse weather environments
October 2025
Real-time vehicle detection in adverse weather environments is highly important for improving the level of vehicle intelligence and reducing the occurrence of traffic accidents. Multi-sensor fusion...
Study on demand and characteristics of parking system in urban areas: A review
February 2020
The increasing rate of private car usage in the urban areas as a result of fast-growing economy, derelict policies and subsidies are the main causes making car parking one of the main concerns for transport...
Road life-cycle carbon dioxide emissions and emission reduction technologies: A review
August 2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the road sector have attracted increasing attention in current years. This paper attempted to provide a systematic review of the existing research efforts on road...
Review on degradation mechanism and health state estimation methods of lithium-ion batteries
August 2023
State of health (SOH) estimation is important for a lithium-ion battery (LIB) health state management system, and accurate estimation of SOH is influenced by the degree of degradation of the LIB. However,...
Review of recycling waste plastics in asphalt paving materials
October 2022
An ever-growing demand for depleted natural resources is one of the significant challenges facing the global asphalt pavement industry in building and maintaining global asphalt pavements. Because plastics...
Asphalt pavement water film thickness detection and prediction model: A review
June 2023
Over the course of storm or rainfall event, water thickness builds up on road surface resulting in a loss of contact between vehicle tires and road surface and puts drivers into immediate danger especially...
A review of transportation carbon emissions research using bibliometric analyses
October 2023
The transportation sector is one of the major sources of global carbon emissions. In this study, a bibliometric analysis was conducted using CiteSpace and VOSviewer for articles published in the field...
Smart mobility and public transport: Opportunities and challenges in rural and urban areas
February 2020
Demographic changes in peripheral areas are pressuring the regional public transport systems to adopt innovative strategies. The employment of internet of things (IoT) technologies has proven to be...
Thermal performance of cooling strategies for asphalt pavement: A state-of-the-art review
June 2021
Asphalt pavements absorb and store more heat than natural surfaces. Thus, high temperatures are emitted from conventional asphalt pavements, subsequently releasing heat into the atmosphere and contributing...
Evolution of suspension bridge structural systems, design theories, and shape-finding methods: A literature survey
April 2024
Modern suspension bridges exhibit a trend of lighter structures, more diversified structural forms, and longer spans, the latter already exceeding two kilometers. Bridge performance under dead and live...
Technical review of electric vehicle charging distribution models with considering driver behaviors impacts
August 2024
A massive market penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) associated with nonnegligible energy consumption and environmental issues has imposed a big challenge on evaluating electrical power distribution...
Methodologies for highway maintenance cost-effectiveness: A review
October 2025
Highway maintenance cost-effectiveness analysis is critical in highway maintenance management. It provides the methodologies for highway managers to make decisions on the time, location, actions, and...
Correlation between carbon emissions, fuel consumption of vehicles and speed limit on expressway
August 2024
This paper aimed to investigate the correlation between carbon emissions, fuel consumption, and speed limit. A theoretical model was derived based on the energy conservation law, which expresses the...
A comprehensive review of bio-oil, bio-binder and bio-asphalt materials: Their source, composition, preparation and performance
April 2022
To promote the application of bio-materials and provide a direction for their further researches, this paper comprehensively summarizes the research progress of biomaterials in recent years. The review...
A systematic review of digital twins for electric vehicles
October 2024
The transport sector emits 18% of global CO2. Industry and consumers must adopt green mobility to reduce emissions and climate change. This will help achieve sustainability by improving efficiency and...
Spray, droplet evaporation, combustion, and emission characteristics of future transport fuels for compression-ignition engines: A review
August 2024
This review examines the potential of hydrogen, ammonia, and biodiesel as alternative fuels, focusing on spray dynamics, droplet evaporation, combustion, and emissions. Hydrogen offers superior combustion...
Transformer in civil engineering defect detection: A survey
October 2025
Detecting structural and functional defects in large-scale civil infrastructure during operation is of paramount importance, and employing intelligent algorithms for detection holds significant value....