In Sri Lanka, rural roads are not specifically designed on technical requirements. Most of the rural roads (C and D classes) have historical backgrounds as being tracks and trails coming even beyond the colonial times. ...

Pedestrians need to experience safety, comfort, accessibility, and efficient mobility. Walkways are often needed in rural and suburban areas to provide access to schools, parks, community centres, local businesses, employment ...

Pavement management system is a decision support system that is used by road development agencies to maintain its road networks, extending their useful life within the available budget and resource constraints. The methodology ...

The purpose of rehabilitating the existing roads is to increase the level of service for the users. In that case increasing the level of safety of the road is a main concern. However, with the improvements, the resulting ...

Passenger Car Unit (PCU) or Passenger Car Equivalent (PCE) is defined as the number of passenger cars displaced in the traffic flow by any other vehicle mode under the existing roadway and traffic conditions. PCU value ...

Driving an automobile is primarily a visual task, and vision contributes as much as 90% of the information required to drive (Alexander and Lunenfeld 1990). At night time, the required visibility level of roadway is created ...

Sri Lankan road network is consisting with a high number of rural roads and the Governments over the past decade or so have invested a substantial amount on rural road upgrading and expansion. A large portion of them was ...

Motorcycles comprise nearly 30% of the traffic flow on most highways in Sri Lanka. It is a popular mode of transport of the lower middle-income families as well as the youth due to lower transportation costs. However, the ...

Urbanization can be recognized as one of the major concerns when considering sustainable development of Sri Lanka after the end of civil war. Some of the issues that take place due to urbanization are a commuter rush, over ...