The nature and the effects of improving road traffic safety by infrastructure redesign and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) are different. This makes comparison of such measures difficult, especially because relevant effect data for ADAS are not yet available. To address this issue, a conceptual model is presented for the effects of road traffic safety measures, based on a breakdown in...

This paper aims to evaluate and compare the effects of different methods of ramp metering on the operational conditions of traffic flow at three levels: the network level (including the freeway and its connected ramps), the entrance ramp, and the upstream segment of the entrance. To achieve this aim, one of the most important urban freeways in the metropolis of Isfahan was selected. The traffic...

Road traffic and the loss of forests are both known to have negative effects on anurans. However, the relative importance of these two predictors is poorly understood because forest cover in the landscape is usually negatively correlated with the density of roads and traffic. To evaluate the independent effects of traffic and forest cover, we selected 36 ponds near Ottawa, Canada, at the center...

Efforts to mitigate road effects are now common in new highway construction projects. For effective mitigation of road effects it is important to identify the species whose populations are reduced by roads, so that mitigation efforts can be tailored to those species. We conducted a meta-analysis using data from 75 studies that quantified the relationship between roads and/or traffic and populat...

Consumer buzz in the form of user-generated reviews, recommendations and blogs signals consumer attitude and advocacy can influence firm value. Web traffic also affects brand awareness and customer acquisition, and is a predictor of the performance of a firm’s stock in the market. The information systems (IS) and accounting literature have treated buzz and traffic separately in studying their r...

In recent years, a number of studies had been done on the issues of fastest navigation path planning due to wide applications. Most of previous studies focused on the fastest path planning by mining historical traffic logs. However, the real time traffic situations in the road network always vary continuously due to the occurrences of traffic events. Therefore, a better planning strategy should...

Traffic calming is introduced to minimise the negative results of motor vehicle use, for example, low safety level or quality life, high noise and pollution. It can be implemented through introduction road infrastructure reducing velocity traffic volume. In this paper, we studied how traffic-calming influences assignment. For research, a measure speed cushions on Stachiewicza street in Krakow w...