Original scientific paper Planning of road transport infrastructure is a complex process. One of the major issues is determining the design elements of road infrastructure (road type and number of traffic lanes, cross-sectional profile, etc.). When designing roads, parameters from the international literature are used, containing values derived empirically from local data on traffic flow (mostl...

Purpose The main purpose was to integrate two strategies for road safety analyses (qualitative: audits, inspections; and quantitative: accident predictions) and develop a possible protocol for the safety interventions on existing two-lane rural road segments. Those road sections do not typically belong to the TEN-network, to which the 2008/96/EC Directive is mainly oriented. Hence, they could l...

In this paper, in order to describe complex network systems, we firstly propose a general modeling framework by combining a dynamic graph with hybrid automata and thus name it Dynamic Graph Hybrid Automata (DGHA). Then we apply this framework to model traffic flow over an urban freeway network by embedding the Cell Transmission Model (CTM) into the DGHA. With a modeling procedure, we adopt a du...

Superpave is an acronym for Superior Performing Asphalt Pavements. It is the product of the Strategic Highway Research Program. Superpave includes a new mixture design and analysis system based on performance characteristics of the pavement. It is a multi-faceted system with a tiered approach to designing asphalt mixtures based on desired performance. There is a great deal of work underway to r...

The unique and little practiced characteristics of mobile as a marketing medium create a need to set up an action and research agenda regularly to foster the development of the mobile marketing value system. Numerous stakeholders take part in the network to deliver the mobile services. Strengthening their inter-organizational relationships is critical for the emerging value system to evolve. Ou...

Switching attention and concentration, 2 skills expected to be used by skillful pedestrians, were studied. A sample of 160 children (aged 4 years 3 months-10 years) played a computer game involving attention switching. To examine concentration, a subset of the children was distracted with a cartoon video while they attempted a difficult task that required matching familiar figures. The same sub...

Due to the desire for constant improvement of the quality of passenger traffic vibration comfort has become a very important parameter when designing vehicles. Occupants are constantly exposed to vibration caused by interaction between vehicle and road vibration and whose source is in the vehicle, such as motor cars. This work is focused on the measurement of vibration due to interaction with a...

BACKGROUND The recognition of road traffic noise as one of the main sources of environmental pollution has led to develop models that enable to predict noise level from fundamental variables. Traffic noise prediction models are required as aids for designing roads and highways. In addition, sometimes are used in the assessment of existing or envisaged changes in traffic noise conditions. In thi...

This papers aims to establish a road traffic management system for Dalian based on GIS and WebGIS technologies. First, based on the map of Dalian, digital road network database is constructed within GIS, and visualized database management programs are developed to realize a Graphic Use Interface (GUI) style query and maintenance of road and traffic information. Further, in order do network anal...