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ISSN: 2046-0430
CN: CN31-2204/U
e-ISSN: 2046-0449

Indian traffic sign detection and recognition using deep learning

•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...

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The economic burden of road traffic accidents and injuries: A small island perspective

The existing evidence on the economic burden of road accidents on GDP focused mainly on developed countries. This paper addresses an important gap in the literature by investigating into the impact...

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Estimation of Passenger Car Unit on urban roads: A literature review

•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...

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In-situ resources for infrastructure construction on Mars: A review

•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...

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A systematic literature review of defect detection in railways using machine vision-based inspection methods

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...

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Origin-destination inference in public transportation systems: A comprehensive review

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...

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Understanding the effects of structural factors and traffic loading on flexible pavement performance

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...

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Factors and incentives that affect electric vehicle adoption in Greece

•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...

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Truck acceleration behavior study and acceleration lane length recommendations for metered on-ramps

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...

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Application of permeable pavements in highways for stormwater runoff management and pollution prevention: California research experiences

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...

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Transport accessibility for wheelchair users: A qualitative analysis of inclusion and health

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...

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Airline efficiency and environmental impacts – Data envelopment analysis

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...

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Investigating e-grocery shopping behavior and its travel effect

Since the adoption rate of e-grocery skyrocketed in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic due to the influx of first-time e-grocery shoppers, grocery shopping behavior has been evolving and the travel effects...

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Dynamic adaptive vehicle re-routing strategy for traffic congestion mitigation of grid network

•A kSP-inspired re-routing algorithm is proposed to mitigate traffic congestion.•A grid traffic network model is developed imitating actual traffic events.•This re-routing algorithm is simulated and...

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Measurement model of passengers’ expectations of airport service quality

•This empirical study of airport quality factors was conducted in Thailand.•Confirmatory factor analysis was used to develop a model of passengers’ service quality expectations.•The analysis identified...

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A study on airlines’ responses and customer satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak has significantly impacted the airline industry worldwide. However, limited studies have systematically investigated the airlines' responses and customer...

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Investigation of factors affecting crash severity of rear-end crashes with high collision speeds in work zones: A South Carolina case study

The aim of this study is to identify factors that affect injury severity levels of work zone rear-end crashes with high collision speeds (⩾35 mi/hr). Using statewide crash data provided by the South...

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An integrated approach for optimizing location-inventory and location-inventory-routing problem for perishable products

The grocery market, especially the perishable product market is under amazing developments in China, accounting for half of overall food expenditure. However, the supply chain of perishable products...

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Classification of traffic accidents’ factors using TrafficRiskClassifier

The TrafficRiskClassifier model introduced in this study adopts an innovative approach that incorporates migration learning, image classification, and self-supervised learning, aiming to significantly...

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Advancements, prospects, and impacts of automated driving systems

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...

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Optimizing roads for sustainability: Inverted pavement design with life cycle cost analysis and carbon footprint estimation

Inverted pavements have proven performance across the world and there is a need to optimize the layer thickness and material properties of the pavement addressing the critical failures in the Mechanistic-Empirical...

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Smartphone sensing for understanding driving behavior: Current practice and challenges

•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,...

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Impacts of COVID-19 on public transit ridership

In this paper, a national-wide study is conducted to investigate the impacts of COVID-19 on the public transit ridership in the top twenty metropolitan areas in the U.S. At first, COVID-19 composite...

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Carbon-emission calculation method during operation period based on asphalt pavement performance

Current vehicle carbon emission models tend to ignore the influence of road roughness on driving speed selection, which may damage the carbon emission evaluation accuracy. In this study, first, based...

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A state-of-the-art survey of deep learning models for automated pavement crack segmentation

Survey of road cracks in a timely, complete, and accurate way is pivotal to pavement maintenance planning. Motivated by the increasingly heavy task of identifying cracks, researchers have developed...

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