This report provides interim results on the design of interfaces between automated highways and conventional street systems. The purpose here is to identify the strategic issues in interface design, and to provide preliminary analysis on just one of these issues (separation between highway entrance and exits). Future research will explore a full set of strategic issues in greater depth. The cen...

Further research has been done in order to reduce the energy consumption of the mine roadway wireless sensor nodes and prolong the lifetime of the network. On the basis of analysis and study on the existing linear wireless sensor network nodes deployment, the node distance optimization deployment scheme with sinks in the center is proposed. The calculation method for optimized distance between ...

BACKGROUND Road traffic crashes are the third highest cause of mortality in Iran. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of roadway environmental factors on traffic crash. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in Iran between March 21, 2010 and December 30, 2010. The data on road traffic crashes were obtained from the Traffic Police Department records. These records were...

Abstract Roadway sanding is a common practice in cold regions because sand increases the roadway friction when mixing with snow. However, after snow melt, sand imposes potential hazards to the traffic. Recovery of sand from highways has become an increasing concern not only for the reason of traffic safety, but also for being nonpoint pollution sources to nearby wetlands and streams. In this st...

4 Abstract: This paper describes the development of a systematic methodology for identifying and ranking bottlenecks using probe data 5 collected by commercial global positioning system fleet management devices mounted on trucks. These data are processed in a geographic 6 information system and assigned to a roadway network to provide performance measures for individual segments. The authors hy...

A novel system has been developed that can link the evidence shown on a roadway to vehicle performance using an electronic paintball marking system. The field of traffic crash reconstruction uses roadway evidence to infer the dynamics of a vehicle. However, no inexpensive technique exists to verify that the evidence left on the roadway corresponds to particular levels of force or acceleration. ...

The environmental determinants of pediatric embryonal tumors remain unclear. Because of the growing concern over the impact of exposures to traffic-related air pollution on pediatric cancer, we conducted a population-based study evaluating the impact of maternal residential proximity to major roadways on the risk of pediatric embryonal tumors in offspring. We identified children diagnosed with ...

In the U.S., the rise in motorized vehicle travel has contributed to serious societal, environmental, economic, and public health problems. These problems have increased the interest in encouraging non-motorized modes of travel (walking and bicycling). The current study contributes toward this objective by identifying and evaluating the importance of attributes influencing bicyclists’ route cho...