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Conceição, Lígia (author), Correia, Gonçalo (author), van Arem, B. (author), Tavares, José Pedro (author)Once trusted, automated vehicles (AVs) will gradually appear in urban areas. Such a transition is an opportunity in transport planning to control undesired impacts and possibly mitigate congestion at a time when both conventional vehicles (CVs) and AVs coexist. This paper deals with the complex transport decision problem of designing part of the...journal article 2024
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Koerten, K.O. (author), Abbink, D.A. (author), Zgonnikov, A. (author)Traffic jams occurring on highways cause increased travel time as well as increased fuel consumption and collisions. So-called phantom traffic jams are traffic jams that do not have a clear cause, such as a merging on-ramp or an accident. Phantom traffic jams make up 50% of all traffic jams and result from instabilities in the traffic flow...journal article 2024
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Mahajan, N. (author), Hegyi, A. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author), van Arem, B. (author)Drivers initiate a discretionary lane change when they perceive an anticipated improvement in their own driving condition from moving to another lane. However, such a lane change can slow down other vehicles on the target lane, and even worse initiate a disturbance. In this work, we argue that the blocking effect triggered by individual lane...journal article 2024
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Middela, Mounisai Siddartha (author), Mahesh, S. (author), McNabola, Aonghus (author), Smith, William (author), Timoney, David (author), Ekhtiari, Ali (author), Fowler, Ben (author), Willis, Paul (author), Rose, Rebecca (author)Assessing real-world emissions from buses and taxis is vital to comprehend their impact on urban air quality. Such vehicles differ significantly from the majority of the fleet owing to their higher mileage rates. However, few studies have focused on specifically assessing the emissions from this segment of the vehicle fleet. In this context,...journal article 2024
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Useche, Sergio A. (author), Alonso, Francisco (author), Faus, Mireia (author), Trejo, Arturo Cervantes (author), Castaneda, Isaac (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)Introduction. Technological advancements have the potential to enhance people’s quality of life, but their misuse can have a detrimental impact on safety. A notable example is the escalating issue of distracted driving resulting from the use of mobile phones behind the wheel, leading to severe crashes and injuries. Despite these concerns,...journal article 2024
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Liao, X. (author), Saeednia, M. (author), Nogal Macho, M. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author)Large-scale electrification of heavy-duty road freight faces challenges including scarcity of charging infrastructure and high battery costs. Dynamic charging could help overcome these challenges by enabling trucks to charge while driving. Important additional benefits for carriers related to lower required sizes and longer lifetimes of...journal article 2024
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Casali, Y. (author), Aydin, N.Y. (author), Comes, M. (author)Urban areas are dynamic systems, in which different infrastructural, social and economic subsystems continuously co-evolve. As such, disruptions in one system can propagate to another. However, open challenges remain in (i) assessing the long-term implications of change for resilience and (ii) understanding how resilience propagates...journal article 2024
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Al Haddad, Christelle (author), Alam, Md Rakibul (author), Papadimitriou, E. (author), Brijs, Tom (author), Antoniou, Constantinos (author)Naturalistic driving studies (NDS) have recently gained attention as a way of instrumenting vehicles in an unobtrusive way and collecting driving data over long periods of time. Aiming at eventually modeling driving behavior, NDS are often a part of larger scale studies. These studies involve several stakeholders who are responsible for...journal article 2024
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Jiang, Xi (author), Zhu, Hehua (author), Yan, Zhiguo (author), Zhang, Fengshou (author), Huang, Xinyan (author), Leng, Zhen (author), Yan, Chuanqi (author), Hua, Nan (author), Zhang, X. (author)With the rapid urbanization and development of metropolises, urban road tunnels have been constructed at an increasing rate, significantly alleviating urban traffic pressure, and improving urban resilience. Fire hazards have become a major threat to modern road tunnels due to the growing popularity of electric vehicles and high-density...journal article 2024
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Berge, S.H. (author), de Winter, J.C.F. (author), Cleij, Diane (author), Hagenzieker, Marjan (author)Automated vehicles pose a unique challenge to the safety of vulnerable road users. Research on cyclist-automated vehicle interaction has received relatively little attention compared to pedestrian safety. This exploratory study aims to bridge this gap by identifying cyclist-automated vehicle scenarios and providing recommendations for future...journal article 2024
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Kazemzadeh, Khashayar (author), Afghari, A.P. (author)Shared spaces for active mobility aim to offer safe and comfortable mobility for vulnerable road users by separating them from motorised vehicles. However, the distinct navigation characteristics of these users may increase the complexity of their interactions. The emergence of e-bikes which are faster and heavier than regular bikes has...journal article 2024
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Rejali, Sina (author), Watson-Brown, Natalie (author), Kaye, Sherrie Anne (author), Senserrick, Teresa (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)Empirical data demonstrates that distracted driving is a leading cause of crashes even in countries with sophisticated road safety systems. As such, a paradigm shift is needed to prevent driver distraction. This study aims to contribute to this paradigm shift by critically investigating the official distraction-related information and road...journal article 2024
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Kashifi, M.T.K. (author)Road traffic crash is a global tragedy that leads to economic loss, injury, and fatalities. Understanding the severity of a road crash at the early stages is vital to timely providing emergency medical services to crash victims. This study developed a crash emergency response management framework that requires basic crash information for...journal article 2024
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Zhao, Lin (author), Nybacka, Mikael (author), Rothhamel, Malte (author), Habibovic, Azra (author), Papaioannou, G. (author), Drugge, Lars (author)Remote driving plays an essential role in coordinating automated vehicles in some challenging situations. Due to the changed driving environment, the experiences and behaviors of remote drivers would undergo some changes compared to conventional drivers. To study this, a continuous real-life and remote driving experiment is conducted under...journal article 2024
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Bouwmeester, W. (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Yarovoy, Alexander (author)A novel approach based on the entropy-alpha-anisotropy decomposition, also known as the $H\alpha A$ decomposition, for the recognition of road surface conditions using automotive radar is presented. To apply the $H\alpha A$ decomposition to automotive radar data, a dedicated signal processing pipeline has been developed. To investigate its...journal article 2023
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Khan, Shinthia Azmeri (author), Afghari, A.P. (author), Yasmin, Shamsunnahar (author), Haque, Md Mazharul (author)Run-off-road crashes are one of the most common crash types, especially in rural roadway environments contributing significantly to fatalities and severe injuries. These crashes are complex and multi-dimensional events, and factors like road geometry, driver behaviour, traffic characteristics and roadside features contribute to their occurrence,...journal article 2023
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Lu, Jing (author), Zhang, Min (author), Feng, Jianlin (author), Gao, Y. (author), Yang, Ye (author), Li, Yuanyuan (author), Li, Linglin (author)The special environment conditions in high altitude areas leads to serious cracking and peeling of road hot-melt marking coatings. In order to improve the durability of marking paint, a durable hot-melt marking paint was designed by modifying the paint with toughening-agent, rheological agent, and anti-aging agent. The modification mechanism...journal article 2023
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Madadi, B. (author), Correia, Gonçalo (author)This study proposes a hybrid deep-learning-metaheuristic framework with a bi-level architecture for road network design problems (NDPs). We train a graph neural network (GNN) to approximate the solution of the user equilibrium (UE) traffic assignment problem and use inferences made by the trained model to calculate fitness function...journal article 2023
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Tu, Botao (author), Yang, Xinkui (author), Xu, S. (author), Zhao, Zenggang (author), Zhou, Yuheng (author), Jiang, Jian (author), Fan, Lulu (author), Tu, Liangliang (author)As a kind of solid waste, using Prestressed High-Strength Concrete Pile Waste Concrete (PPWC) as the replacement for limestone filler in asphalt concrete can not only reduce the accumulation of PPWC and increase its utilization but also avoid the increased road construction costs and environmental degradation associated with limestone mining....journal article 2023
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Anna, V. A.Bharat Kumar (author), Mr. Bisht, L.S.B. (author), Chand, Sai (author)A road network aims to facilitate the movement of commuters and goods in a safe, economical, and efficient way that contributes to growth in the economy. Road traffic incidents (RTIs), such as crashes, vehicle breakdowns, hazards, etc., are unexpected events that cause severe traffic congestion, unreliability, and pollution. The existing open...journal article 2023