Traffic performance of a road section is expressed in terms of Level of Service (LOS). The Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) developed by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Science in the United ...

Speed is one of the well-known causes for crash. Radius of horizontal curve significantly affects vehicle speed. Drivers unable to manage speed within a curve can get into accident. The fatal crash rate in horizontal ...

With the ever-increasing traffic congestion, it is needed to initiate sustainable traffic management solutions. There is a need to establish signal design standards taking in to account the latest trends in traffic signal ...

Pavement maintenance management systems are to be developed for the urban road networks for low to medium size cities in India. The study shows the results of progression of roughness of a major secondary road of a Patiala ...

Social force model (SFM), a microscopic model, is an effective method in modeling pedestrian walking behavior. Social force model assumes that the walking behavior of pedestrian is influenced by a series of forces. ...

Road user charging (RUC) has a long history as a mechanism to recover infrastructure maintenance and capital costs. The range of fees and charges include: import taxes, fees, registration, stamp duty, direct toll charges, ...

Hot mix asphalt concrete (HMA) is being widely used to construct flexible pavements. The HMA technology requires temperature in range of 150 to 190"C, which could cause many environmental and health issues. Moreover, ...

When signal changes from green to yellow at a signalized intersection, often drivers are caught in two minds, whether to cross the intersection or stop at the stop line. Which might lead to right angle collision or rear ...

Pavement distress information is needed to assess maintenance requirements. Many traditional systems adopted time consuming manual operations to evaluate pavement surface distresses. To improve this method, a small network ...