Pedestrian fatalities in Sri Lanka account for 40% of all road deaths. In Colombo district this is as high as 70%. Of all casualties of road accidents, pedestrians constitute 39%. The majority of the victims are in their ...

Over three thousand people die annually on the roads of Sri Lanka due to traffic crashes. This is a massive socio and economic problem faced by the country. Road crashes globally cause more than 1.3 million fatalities ...

Sri Lanka has a public transport system that dates back to the 1860s. Buses entered the service in 1907 and have become the most widely used mode of transport. The penetration level of buses is 1 bus per 1000 population. ...

This research mainly focuses to come up with a suitable model which will support the sustainable implementation of “Driver Improvement Points System (DIPS)” for Sri Lankans- as per the regulations published under the Motor ...

Vehicle ownership is a chief determining factor in many country’s economy. In the Sri Lankancontext, the vehicle ownership rate is expressively increased, over the last decade. The roadcongestion in urban and suburban areas ...

Colombo, the Capital of Sri Lanka, being the hub of commercial activities with the Port and other key business establishments, the vehicle fleet entering the city has increased steadily over the past decade. As a result ...

Currently, many urban roadways in Sri Lanka are being rehabilitated and improved to multi-lane facilities with introducing raised road centre medians. Therefore, the provision of centre median openings for right turns, ...

A flight is said to be delayed when an airline flight takes off and/or lands later than its scheduled time. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) considers a flight to be delayed when it is 15 minutes later than its ...

Cities are areas where hazards are more likely to escalate into disasters due to the large and highly concentrated populations and infrastructure that are likely to be affected. The complex layout of urban transportation ...

The bus transport industry in Sri Lanka has an important role to play as public transport. It’s performance affects the economic activity in various ways. Therefore an efficient public transport system is considered a ...