A systematic literature review of defect detection in railways using machine vision-based inspection methods
June 2025
Train rolling stock and track inspections are necessary for the safe operation of the train. For this reason, a regular inspection of defects is required for the train rolling stock. The conventional...
The economic burden of road traffic accidents and injuries: A small island perspective
March 2025
The existing evidence on the economic burden of road accidents on gross domestic product (GDP) focused mainly on developed countries. This paper addresses an important gap in the literature by investigating...
Indian traffic sign detection and recognition using deep learning
September 2023
•Deep learning based model named Refined Mask R-CNN (RMR-CNN).•Customized Indian Traffic sign dataset with 6480 images.•Pre-processing methods included to increase the efficiency of the model.•Accuracy...
Estimation of Passenger Car Unit on urban roads: A literature review
September 2021
•This paper provides an idea of the status of PCU related research.•It also extends a collective knowledge of how PCU varies with the change in traffic and other conditions.•The present paper helps...
Effective lane width for cars considering lateral oscillation characteristics based on high-precision field data
December 2024
The cross-sectional width of highways is a major factor that affects the construction cost of engineering projects. With the increasing demand for intensive highway construction, research on dedicated...
Understanding the effects of structural factors and traffic loading on flexible pavement performance
March 2023
Pavement damage increases rapidly with vehicle loads. The deterioration in pavements over time is caused by various factors but traffic loading plays a significant role in the consumption of pavement...
Simulation study on effect of permeable pavement on reducing flood risk of urban runoff
December 2019
Permeable pavement is part of the low impact development (LID) measurement, which can decrease urban surface runoff coefficient and flood peak flow. In this paper, a two-way, six-lane road in Nanjing...
In-situ resources for infrastructure construction on Mars: A review
March 2022
•Possible in-situ resources for infrastructure construction on Mars were proposed.•Feasibility of in-situ energy exploitation and intelligent construction was proposed.•The Martian soil, basalt and...
Graph neural networks for travel distance estimation and route recommendation under probabilistic hazards
Available online 26 February 2025
Estimating the shortest travel time and providing route recommendations between different locations in a city or region can quantitatively measure the conditions of the transportation network during...
Application of permeable pavements in highways for stormwater runoff management and pollution prevention: California research experiences
December 2019
In the future, permeable pavements including the full depth permeable pavement (FDPP) will be part of an integrated sustainable transportation program. When designed properly, FDPP can be used as an...
Origin-destination inference in public transportation systems: A comprehensive review
March 2023
Origin-destination (OD) modeling facilitates effective demand-responsive public transportation planning in order to meet emergent needs. Given recent advances in transit information and personal communications...
Real-time traffic conflict prediction at signalized intersections using vehicle trajectory data and deep learning
December 2025
•Uses real-time video data and deep learning for traffic conflict prediction.•Proposes a deep and cross network (DCN) model with lane-level traffic parameters.•Uses SHAP to explain the impact of dynamic...
A two-stage stochastic model for road-rail intermodal freight transportation under demand and capacity uncertainty
Available online 30 August 2025
•Development of a two-stage stochastic optimization model for intermodal freight transport.•Focus on road-rail integration with fixed train schedules under stochastic demand and capacity constraints.•Incorporation...
Classification of traffic accidents’ factors using TrafficRiskClassifier
March 2025
The TrafficRiskClassifier model proposed in this study adopts an innovative approach integrating migration learning, image classification, and self-supervised learning, with the goal of significantly...
Truck acceleration behavior study and acceleration lane length recommendations for metered on-ramps
October 2016
This paper investigated the actual truck acceleration capability at metered on-ramps. Truck acceleration performance data were collected through a video-based data collection method. A piecewise constant...
Smartphone sensing for understanding driving behavior: Current practice and challenges
September 2021
•Understanding of driving behavior based on smartphone data is the core of the paper.•An inclusive 4-step methodological framework is established for driving analytics.•The 4 steps are: Data collection,...
Transport accessibility for wheelchair users: A qualitative analysis of inclusion and health
June 2019
Using the case of wheelchair users who choose to use public transport in London, this paper highlights the experiences of a marginalized group within infrastructure to investigate how transport impacts...
Advancements, prospects, and impacts of automated driving systems
September 2017
Over the last decade, significant progress has been made in automated driving systems (ADS). Given the current momentum and progress, ADS can be expected to continue to advance and a variety of ADS...
Factors and incentives that affect electric vehicle adoption in Greece
December 2023
•Consumer intentions to purchase and also pay extra for an EV were analyzed.•Discrete choice models are developed to examine the factors that affect the adoption of EVs.•Provision of financial incentives...
Airline efficiency and environmental impacts – Data envelopment analysis
June 2023
Airline efficiency has been a research interest for decades. While early airline efficiency research focused primarily on revenue generation and profitability, growing airline social responsibility...
When segment anything model meets inventorying of roadway assets
December 2025
Automating the identification, localization, and monitoring of roadway assets distributed widely in the roadway network is critical for the traffic management system. It can efficiently provide up-to-date...
State of the art in work zone safety: A systematic review
March 2024
The ever-increasing number of accidents is detrimental to the sustainable objectives of work zones. Exploring the causes for work zone safety (WZS) issues, countermeasures, and effectiveness is significant...
Evaluating the role of AI and empirical models for predicting regional economic growth and transportation dynamics: an application of advanced AI approaches
September 2025
The advent of the artificial intelligence (AI) age offers substantial potentials for predicting regional gross domestic product (GDP) growth and transportation dynamics. This article presents an in-depth...
Adaptive emergency evacuation routing: a graph-based approach
December 2025
Emergency evacuation plays a vital role in disaster management operations. The existing solutions for planning and routing emergency evacuations rely on preplanning based on prior information and lack...
Unmanned Aircraft System traffic management: Concept of operation and system architecture
October 2016
Within the past few years, civilian demand for small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), commonly referred to as drones, has skyrocketed. The passage of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Modernization...