Integrating urban air mobility, unmanned aerial systems, and eVTOL in the low-altitude economy: Bibliometric analysis of research hotspots and development trends
Available online 9 October 2026
The low-altitude economy (LAE) has rapidly developed in recent years, driven by technological innovation, policy support, and market demand, offering a transformative solution to urban traffic congestion...
A review of berthing technology for intelligent ships
Available online 25 September 2026
With the continuous development of the global shipping industry, port waters have become increasingly busy and congested due to the growing number of ships, intensive traffic interactions, and the spatial...
Towards development-oriented testing and evaluation of ADS: A review of current practices and future trends
Available online 25 September 2026
As autonomous driving systems (ADS) evolve, safety of the intended functionality (SOTIF) has become an increasingly critical concern. Testing and evaluation play a fundamental role in the process, primarily...
Pedal power vs. battery boost: An in-depth analysis of the dichotomy and symbiosis between traditional and electric bike-sharing
Available online 25 September 2026
People are increasingly utilizing electric bike-sharing (EBS) for travel as a new mode of shared mobility comparable to traditional bike-sharing (TBS). However, few studies have focused on what is the...
Risk identification, assessment, and management of maritime autonomous surface ships: A literature review from 2018 to 2024
Available online 25 September 2026
The accelerated advancement of maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) has introduced complex and multifaceted risks that challenge traditional maritime safety frameworks. Given the current state of...
Elderly pedestrian safety in silver zones: A temporal instability analysis of injury severity determinants
Available online 25 September 2026
Elderly pedestrians are particularly vulnerable on the road, facing disproportionately higher fatality rates in traffic crashes compared to younger individuals. Countries like South Korea have responded...
A hierarchical digital twin adoption framework for the electric mobility ecosystem: Enablers, challenges and opportunities
Available online 25 September 2026
The growing interest in green and sustainable transportation motivates large scale adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). Accurate modeling of the energy demands and traffic flows of the growing volumes...
A method to improve the street-crossing risk perception ability of hearing-impaired teenagers based on constructivist teaching theory
Available online 25 September 2026
Due to the particularity of their hearing impairments, hearing-impaired teenagers are particularly vulnerable to road traffic injuries as pedestrians. They have a higher risk of participating in traffic,...
Metaheuristic and reinforcement learning techniques for solving the vehicle routing problem: A literature review
Available online 25 September 2026
The vehicle routing problem (VRP) remains a pivotal challenge in combinatorial optimization, where the objective is to determine optimal routes for a fleet of vehicles serving geographically distributed...
A survey on driving scenario video generation for autonomous vehicle testing: Methodology, datasets, and future prospects
Available online 25 September 2026
Autonomous vehicle (AV) training and testing require diverse, high-quality driving scenarios. However, real-world datasets are costly, cover safety-critical events sparsely, and require extensive data...
A blended approach to predict the noise impact by air traffic operations in realistic weather conditions
Available online 24 September 2026
As part of a more global research effort towards greener aviation, the present study focuses on the noise impact of aircraft operations around major airports. To this end, a blended approach for aircraft...
Evaluation of traffic signs and markings considering human drivers and automated vehicles
Available online 24 September 2026
Traffic signs and markings (TSMs) are necessary components of roadway infrastructure. Currently, the design of TSMs primarily caters to the needs of human drivers, without considering the requirements...
A survey of data-driven corner-case generation methods for autonomous vehicle testing
Available online 24 September 2026
Corner cases, characterized by a pronounced long-tail distribution, pose severe challenges to the safe operation of autonomous vehicles. However, the definition of corner cases remains unclear and the...
Research on composite braking control strategy based on driving condition type recognition
Available online 24 September 2026
Vehicle operating environments are complex, and traffic characteristics vary considerably across different driving conditions, resulting in distinct braking control objectives. However, limited research...
Traffic accident severity prediction on rural two-lane highways using machine learning: A case study in China
Available online 24 September 2026
The use of machine learning models for analyzing traffic accident severity (TAS) is increasingly common in safety assessment and traffic accident prevention. However, many existing studies have not...
Application of physics-informed deep learning in transportation: A review
Available online 24 September 2026
A framework that integrates the advantages of machine learning (ML) with insights from governing physical equations is called physics-informed deep learning (PIDL). This paper comprehensively examines...
Optimal control method for on-ramp merging on highways considering fairness and safety
Available online 24 September 2026
On-ramp merging can generate a traffic bottleneck due to predictability and coordination issues between vehicles on the main road and those from the ramp, which may result in traffic congestion and...
Large language model based interactive decision-making for autonomous driving
Available online 24 September 2026
In high-conflict mixed-traffic scenarios involving human-driven and autonomous vehicles, most existing autonomous driving systems default to overly conservative behaviors, lack proactive interaction,...
Vehicle drivable area detection based on multi-modal fusion under the constraint of lane rules
August 2026
Drivable area detection is a critical task for autonomous vehicle navigation, as it involves pixel-level classification of the environment into drivable and non-drivable regions. This fine-grained segmentation...
GPU-enabled evolutionary dynamic programming for rapid route and rescue planning for first responders
August 2026
Rapid and reliable route planning is of paramount significance for first responders to respond to emergent situations promptly, hence minimizing damages and casualties. This paper presents a new graphics...
A novel methodology for measuring individual-level travel regularity: A joint time-space-frequency perspective
August 2026
Individual travel behaviors demonstrate a degree of regularity, particularly concerning time, space, and frequency repetition. Measuring the regularity of individual travel behavior contributes to understanding...
Safety impacts of road weather information systems: A state-wide cost effectiveness case study
August 2026
Road weather information systems (RWIS) have long been favoured by many North American and European highway authorities as they provide real-time and near-future road condition information during the...
Moisture effects on asphalt pavement performance: A review of asphalt deterioration, damage mechanisms, and mitigation strategies
August 2026
Under moisture exposure, asphalt road surfaces are susceptible to multiple deterioration mechanisms, which diminish their service performance and considerably reduce their service life. To address the...
Investigation on the contact stress distribution of innovative self-propelled saddle in long-span suspension bridge
August 2026
To address the large unbalanced cable forces in conventional saddle-pylon systems of long-span suspension bridges, a main-cable-force self-propelled system and an innovative self-propelled saddle equipped...
Development of a high-precision vehicle-mounted laser scanning system and study on photosensitive parameters
August 2026
Pavement texture detection is an important means of evaluating road safety performance. Compared with static scanners, vehicle-mounted scanners are widely used because of their high inspection efficiency....