Examining causal factors of traffic conflicts at intersections using vehicle trajectory data
Available online 29 February 2024
Conflict severity is the outcome of complex interactions between roadway and environmental characteristics, and vehicle motion. Understanding how and to what extent a vehicle is influenced by roadway...
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Discovering latent themes in aviation safety reports using text mining and network analytics
Available online 27 February 2024
Aviation accidents, referring to unexpected and undesirable events involving aircraft, often cause great damage to property and human life. Learning from historical accidents is pivotal for improving...
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An empirical study on the stochastic long-term travel demands of a large-scale metro network
Available online 21 February 2024
The widely-existed uncertainty of origin–destination (OD) demand in transportation networks has attracted extensive attention. Most characterizations or modeling of stochastic OD demands in networks...
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Data-driven statewide prioritization of corridors for signal retiming projects
Available online 21 February 2024
While the introduction of emerging technologies has substantially improved the way traffic signals are operated, most agencies still rely on the traditional approach of retiming, which is typically...
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Quantifying the impacts of right-turn-on-red, exclusive turn lanes and pedestrian movements on the efficiency of urban transportation networks
Available online 15 February 2024
Previous studies demonstrated that restricting left turning movements can enhance transportation network efficiency. However, this strategy can lead to significant increases in the volume of right-turn...
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Predictive models for road traffic sign: Retroreflectivity status, retroreflectivity coefficient, and lifespan
Available online 15 February 2024
This study addresses the critical safety issue of declining retroreflectivity values of road traffic signs, which can lead to unsafe driving conditions, especially at night. The paper aims to predict...
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Measurement of public acceptance of TDM policies using combination of public policy acceptance (PPA) and value belief norm (VBN) approach
Available online 14 February 2024
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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Efficient implementation of a wavelet neural network model for short-term traffic flow prediction: Sensitivity analysis
Available online 9 February 2024
•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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Vehicle carbon emission estimation for urban traffic based on sparse trajectory data
Available online 9 February 2024
•Proposed a vehicle carbon emission estimation method for sparse trajectory data.•Sparse trajectory data includes data with different sampling frequencies.•Proposed a trajectory reconstruction method...
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Neural network surrogate models for aerodynamic analysis in truck platoons: Implications on autonomous freight delivery
Available online 9 February 2024
•Proposed a generalized surrogate model for different truck platoon configurations.•Fuel saving is up to 10% autonomous truck platooning.•Compared autonomous truck delivery vs. conventional trucking...
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Mechanical response and numerical simulation of liquid soil abutment backfill
Available online 7 February 2024
•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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Impacts of characteristics of service facilities in metro station area on housing prices
Available online 1 February 2024
•The development of metro stations stimulates the growth of housing prices.•Service facilities have a nonlinear threshold effect on housing prices.•The gradient boosting decision tree model can better...
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Mixing temperature optimization and modification mechanism of medical masks modified asphalt: Insights from computational chemistry
Available online 1 February 2024
Masks modified asphalt (MMA) offers a solution to pollution caused by discarded medical masks. Mixing temperature plays a crucial role in storage stability and even rheological performance of MMA. Traditional...
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Temporal assessment of emission inventory model for Indian heavy commercial vehicle segment – A top-down approach
Available online 30 January 2024
Heavy commercial vehicles (HCVs) are pivotal to India's economy but are also significant sources of air pollution. To address this issue, the Indian government implemented Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI) emission...
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Investigating the contributory factors influencing speeding behavior among long-haul truck drivers traveling across India: Insights from binary logit and machine learning techniques
Available online 30 January 2024
Speeding is one of the most common aberrant driving behaviors among the driving population. Although research on speeding behavior among drivers has been increased over the decades, little is known...
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Analysis on the synergistic variation of soil freezing and pile foundation bearing capacity in permafrost regions
Available online 24 January 2024
The construction of bored piles in permafrost regions disturbs the thermal stability of frozen soil, leading to decreased early bearing capacity of the pile foundation. As the permafrost ground temperature...
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Automatically detect crosswalks from satellite view images – A deep learning approach with ground truth verification
Available online 24 January 2024
Like roadway information is to motor vehicle safety, pedestrian facility information (e.g., sidewalk presence) is crucial towards improving the safety of these vulnerable road users. Yet unlike widely...
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Lane numbers and their impact on commercial motor vehicle crash safety: An econometric perspective
Available online 9 January 2024
This research investigates the intricate relationship between the number of lanes on highways and injury severities sustained by commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers. Many studies have addressed crash...
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Exploring the operational benefits of transit signal priority: A microsimulation-based analysis
December 2023
This study evaluated the operational performance of Transit Signal Priority (TSP) using a microscopic simulation approach. The analysis was based on a 10-mile study corridor in South Florida. Two microscopic...
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A new model of friction brake efficiency of urban vehicles on unpaved roads using an analytical and numerical approach
December 2023
•The approach estimates the efficiency of disc braking systems of urban vehicles.•The proposed approach takes into account the irregularities of the road surface.•In addition to the surface irregularities,...
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The impact of the combination equilibrium of horizontal and sag-vertical curves on safety
December 2023
Safe and aesthetic interaction between horizontal and vertical alignment may significantly occur when they are combined or closed to each other resulting in safety problems. Previous researches have...
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Analysis of pedestrian-related crossing behavior at intersections: A Latent Dirichlet Allocation approach
December 2023
To study the intention behind pedestrian crossing behavior, this study extracts the trajectory data of vehicles and pedestrians from intersection videos. Based on the classic traffic conflict theory,...
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The potential of changing habitual car user travel modes: The case of Czech towns
December 2023
•The purpose of the research is to learn how to change car users’ behavior.•Using logistic regression and PCA, factors and attitudes affecting the travel mode choice were identified.•Case study of four...
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Exploring the need to model severity of single- and multi-occupant vehicles crashes separately: A case of crashes at highway-rail grade crossings
December 2023
In recent years, traffic safety researchers have attempted to separate single-vehicle and multi-vehicle crashes when analyzing crash severity, considering the significant differences in the mechanism...
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Influence of the human development index, motorcycle growth and policy intervention on road traffic fatalities – A case study of Vietnam
December 2023
Motorcycle ownership in Vietnam has increased exponentially during the last two decades. As a result, traffic congestion, emissions, and traffic safety have been on the rise. Of particular concern is...
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