Pavement design procedures used in road design is either empirical or mechanistic. In Sri-Lanka most of the road pavements have been designed based on the empirical design methodologies. A guide to the structural design ...

Vehicle kilometers traveled is the total kilometers traveled by motor vehicles on the highway system during a given period of time. Vehicle kilometers traveled by passenger automobile is an important variable in the analysis ...

In the recent years Sri Lanka has experienced a massive evocation in highway construction than any other period in the history. This leads to enhance the quality of ride and minimize the cost and time incur with transportation ...

The first ever expressway in Sri Lanka has already been declared open at the end of 2012 and authorities are planning for township developments at three of the expressway interchanges closer to the City of Colombo. A number ...

Involvement of motorcycle crashes as a motorcycle occupant is the most common cause of serious head injuries among children. Use of motorcycle safety helmets has been found to be effective in reducing injuries in crashes. ...

Road Maintenance Management System (RMMS) was implemented to assist the decision making of the Eastern and North Central Provincial Road Management Agencies of Sri Lanka with funding from the ADB. The road network of ...

Efficiency, public acceptance and user satisfaction of bus service is largely dependent on the behavior of bus crew. Hence, it is the responsibility of the authorities to identify deficiencies and take necessary action to ...

Natural hazards, such as landslides, floods, cyclones, storms, coastal erosion & tsunami etc; bring catastrophic outcome on transportation infra-structure. Inundation, embankment damages, washed off, structure damages, ...