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

Where to Plug In? Assessing the Users’ Preferences for EV Charging Location

This study investigates individuals’ electric vehicle (EV) charging location preferences in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. Data comes from the British Columbia Activity Time Use Survey conducted...

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A Robust Deep Learning-Based System for Pedestrian-Aware Collision Prevention in Autonomous Vehicles

Pedestrian collisions remain a critical concern in road safety research due to pedestrians’ heightened vulnerability and the substantial impact on road networks and public healthcare systems. These...

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Genetic Algorithm Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis of bicycle characteristics for vibration monitoring

It is essential for sustainable cities to promote cycling as one of the modes of urban transport. One significant obstacle to this is the discomfort and safety risks caused by direct impacts of inadequate...

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Characterization of binder and asphalt mixture modified with waste toner

Incorporating waste materials as additives in road and highway construction offers significant economic and environmental advantages. This study utilizes waste toner (WT) as an additive in binder and...

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Selecting and optimizing distress feature descriptors from multi-source images for pavement distress classification

Accurate and efficient early detection of pavement distress is crucial, as it prevents further deterioration, reduces repair costs, and enhances driving safety by mitigating hazards like potholes and...

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Enhancing the abrasion resistance of cement concrete pavement through in-situ precipitation of hydroxyapatite

•A bio-inspired method using diammonium phosphate (DAP) solution induces in-situ precipitation of hydroxyapatite (HAP) on Portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements, significantly improving abrasion resistance.•The...

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Who took my right-of-way? Human decision-driven modeling of bus lane mixed flow under roadside access interference

•Establishing a three-lane mixed traffic flow model including bus lanes and social lanes under roadside access interference.•Exploring how key factors affect the operation of bus lanes from the perspective...

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Erosion-Enhanced Rain Optimization Algorithm for efficient blood bag transport in multimodal healthcare logistics

•The Erosion-Enhanced Rain Optimization Algorithm (ROA) dynamically adapts to route degradation, optimizing logistics for blood bag transport using trucks and drones in multimodal networks.•The algorithm...

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Intelligent vehicle routing for stochastic service times: a grouping evolution strategy approach

After-sales service companies often need to transport and distribute their products, as well as provide services like installation and setup. In this paper, we study a vehicle routing problem (VRP)...

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Socially responsible pay for priority traffic control system for e-commerce delivery vehicles

This research proposes a socially responsible pay-for-priority traffic control system for e-commerce delivery vehicles (EDVs). The system aims to maximize revenue collection while preserving existing...

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Adaptive federated learning framework for predicting EV charging stations occupancy

Forecasting the occupancy of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations is crucial for addressing key challenges in e-mobility, including charging inefficiency, traffic congestion, and drivers’ difficulty...

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Investigating safety implications of median U-turn (MUT) intersections based on dilemma zone and critical gap analysis

Median U-turn (MUT) intersections present a distinctive configuration where certain vehicular movements, such as right-turns and crossings from the primary road or secondary crossroads, are achieved...

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HCT-LSTM: Integrating habit, current situation, and tendency for driving safety state prediction in adverse weather conditions

•An HCT driving behavior evaluation system was established, encompassing driving habits, current situations, and tendency.•K-means algorithm was utilized to classify driving safety status and driving...

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The cooperative inspection routing problem for urban environmental management

Urban environmental management against air pollution is of critical importance to public health. Despite the proliferation of ubiquitous air quality sensors and advancement of information systems, an...

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Understanding the influence of affective and restorative potential of built environments on intention and walking behavior

•A theory of planned behavior to determine factors influencing school walking trips.•Gender-based analysis of walking for school trips.•Environmental concerns and artificial environments have different...

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COM-Roundabout: The first smart commutable and self-regulating roundabout for HDVs and CAVs

In the last decades, many new types of roundabouts and traffic regulation systems have been introduced in several countries. However, some issues related to their performance and safety remain. This...

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Optimized deep learning for pedestrian safety in autonomous vehicles

This study focuses on enhancing pedestrian detection for autonomous driving and intelligent surveillance systems, where challenges like complex backgrounds, obstructions, and small target sizes can...

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Intermediate-temperature cracking performance evaluation of asphalt mixtures

This study examines the influence of specimen thickness and air void content on asphalt cracking performance using the Multi-Stage Semi-Circular Bending Dynamic (MSSD) test and the Indirect Tensile...

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Investigating influential factors on railway passenger flow utilizing multi-source data fusion and flow space theory: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta megalopolis, China

Employing flow space theory and multi-source data, this study examines the spatial network structure and factors influencing railway passenger flow, which is crucial for rail planning in densely populated...

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Unravelling route choices of large trucks using trajectory clustering and conditional Logit models

The mobility of sizable trucks is often limited by their large size. They thus may have additional requirements on road types, road widths, and the turning radius at the intersection when travelling....

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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 miles per hour (mph, 1 mph equals about 1.609 344 km/h))....

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Exploring unobserved heterogeneity in ICT usage and travel pattern changes as the pandemic subsides: A quasi-longitudinal analysis in Florida

This paper presents a study that explored the behavioral heterogeneity of changes in people's information and communications technology (ICT) usage and travel patterns at the end of the pandemic. A...

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Mechanical response and numerical simulation of liquid soil abutment backfill

•It is proposed to backfill the abutment back of the underpass of the airport with liquid soil, and its specific mix proportion is given.•The three-dimensional finite element model of the underpass...

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Efficient implementation of a wavelet neural network model for short-term traffic flow prediction: Sensitivity analysis

•Prediction of traffic flow under weekdays and weekends.•Wavelet neural networks are found to provide the best fit.•DWT provides greater flexibility to understand the behavior of traffic in the time-frequency...

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Measurement of public acceptance of TDM policies using public policy acceptance (PPA) and value belief norm (VBN) combination approach

One strategy to overcome the problem of imbalance between the demand and supply of road transportation that causes congestion is to apply transport demand management (TDM). TDM is a series of transportation...

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