A detailed review on license plate detection and recognition methods
Available online 5 June 2026
License plate detection and recognition (LPDR) is crucial for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) to ensure traffic safety and control. LPDR systems are widely used in traffic monitoring, vehicle...
A state-of-the-art review on warm mix asphalt with recycled asphalt: Sustainable approach to utilize high RAP contents
Available online 4 June 2026
This review article explores the synergistic benefits and challenges of incorporating warm mix asphalt (WMA) with reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in asphalt pavements. WMA’s lower production temperature...
Design of high mechanical-electrical performance piezoelectric energy harvester for road applications: Modeling, theory, and experiment
Available online 4 June 2026
The application of renewable energy contributes to the sustainable development of road infrastructure. Aiming at the inadequate mechanical-electrical performance of the cantilever piezoelectric energy...
How to avoid free-riding in traffic emission control under regional heterogeneity: A game perspective
Available online 4 June 2026
Road traffic emissions, characterized by cross-regional mobility, require collaborative inter-regional reduction efforts for sustainable transportation development. However, certain regions reduce their...
Environment perception for intelligent vehicles: A review
Available online 4 June 2026
In recent years, environment perception technology for intelligent vehicles has made significant progress, providing robust support for the intelligent level, safety, and efficiency of vehicles. However,...
A comprehensive review of the utilisation of artificial intelligence in the maintenance of railway infrastructure
Available online 4 June 2026
The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has seen an excessive utility across several industrial domains including railways. In general, railway infrastructure is composed of various...
Research on driving path planning: A review and bibliometric analysis
Available online 4 June 2026
Driving path planning is of great significance to improve driving safety and traffic efficiency. To comprehensively understand the research progress in the field of driving path planning, based on the...
State of the art of railway onboard systems for driver-machine cooperation
Available online 4 June 2026
This research presents a comprehensive review of existing literature on train driver assistance systems and associated technologies suitable for onboard railway implementation. The primary objective...
Decoding the safety matrix: A conceptualisation of safety indicator-based variables for highway prediction models
Available online 4 June 2026
Despite the success of machine learning (ML) in safety risk prediction across various industries, there is scant evidence to prove that variables used are reliable indicators of safety performance....
A metadata-based smart parking system using ensemble learning mechanisms for intelligent transportation
Available online 4 June 2026
In today’s world, urban planning requires intelligent parking management for dealing with congestion and providing convenience to users. Efficient allocation of parking slots is one of the key challenges...
Main components and emission characteristics of environmentally hazardous substances from road asphalt
Available online 4 June 2026
Road asphalt produces hazardous substances that pollute the environment and significantly endanger human health. To clarify complex emission characteristics of these asphalt hazardous substances (AHS),...
A bibliometric review of research on driver fatigue under conditional automated driving
Available online 4 June 2026
In order to comprehend the research hotspots and development trends in the field of driver fatigue on conditional automated driving, from the perspective of driver fatigue state and automated driving...
Reimagining road pavements: Visionary approaches to future functionality and design
Available online 4 June 2026
This review article presents a comprehensive overview of the evolving landscape of road pavements, focusing on the critical need to improve existing practices in response to modern transportation demands....
Explore the lane change trajectory pattern driven by full-time domain trajectory data
Available online 4 June 2026
Due to the increasing density and complexity of the highway network, a deep understanding of the characteristics of lane changing (LC) behavior is crucial for road refinement design. The emergence of...
Quantifying light penetration in short tunnels: Development and validation of a numerical model
Available online 4 June 2026
Light penetration into a tunnel varies considerably with the site conditions as well as tunnel geometry. Short tunnels, defined as those less than 125 m (410 ft) in length, receive insufficient attention...
Spray and combustion characteristics of F-T diesel blending oxygenated fuel based on constant volume combustion chamber
April 2026
In this work, 20% of polymethoxy dimethyl ether (PODE) and n-butanol are blended with F-T diesel by volume, respectively, referred to as FP20 and FBU20. Based on the constant volume combustion chamber...
Analysis of different road network safety analysis procedures
April 2026
In 2019 the European Parliament updated Directive 2008/96/EC on road safety management. In the updated Directive, they introduced the concept of network-wide road safety assessment (NWRSA), which is...
Microsimulation and extreme value theory to assess the effect of varying levels of automated vehicles on crash risk
April 2026
Per the society of automotive engineers (SAE), automated vehicles (AVs) are likely to penetrate the system via five levels of automation. This implies that AVs and human-driven vehicles (HDVs) will...
Hydrothermal liquefaction of algae: A possible green alternative to petroleum-based bitumen-A review on wholly bio-based binders
April 2026
This literature review examines 100% bio-based binders (bio-binder) derived from algal biomass as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based bitumen in the pavement construction industry. The traditional...
Factors associated with travel speeds of young novice drivers: A systematic review
April 2026
Young drivers are over-represented in crashes involving excess speed, with driving inexperience a known contributing factor, but not always accounted for in research investigations. This project aimed...
Model and algorithm for the quantity adjustment user equilibrium traffic assignment problem with link capacity constraints
April 2026
This research investigates the model and solution techniques of the quantity adjustment user equilibrium link capacitated traffic assignment problem (QUE-CTAP) to provide more realistic traffic assignment...
A review of key technologies for integration of electric vehicle-charging station-transportation network-grid based on bibliometric analysis
April 2026
Electric vehicles (EVs) are instrumental in balancing the operation of the transportation networks and grids for the dual attribute of power and traffic load. Current research community has gained significant...
A novel approach for accelerated and accurate spatial conflation of connected vehicle data on GPUs and its application to real-time statewide traffic state estimation
April 2026
There is a growing desire among transportation agencies to consider augmenting traditional traffic data collection with high-resolution data streaming directly from vehicles connected to the internet....
Crystallization-induced clogging in tunnel drainage systems: Mechanisms, prevention, treatment, and case studies
April 2026
Extensive studies have been conducted worldwide on crystallization clogging in tunnel drainage systems, yielding a series of important findings. This paper systematically reviews the research progress...
Experimental investigation on characterization of solid soot particle emissions using in-situ developed thermal desorption system from reactivity-controlled compression ignition engine
April 2026
This study experimentally investigates the solid soot particle number emissions from the gasoline-diesel (GD) and CNG-diesel reactivity-controlled compression ignition (RCCI) engines. The volatile organic...