Browsing Transportation by Publisher "Elsevier"
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Assessment of different pedestrian communication strategies for improving driver behavior at marked crosswalks on free channelized right turns
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Introduction: Previous studies have indicated low driver yielding rates to pedestrians in various countries. This study analyzed four different strategies to improve driver yielding rates at marked crosswalks on channelized ... -
Autonomous electric vehicles can reduce carbon emissions and air pollution in cities
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Heavy dependence on personal vehicle usage made the transportation sector a major contributor to global climate change and air pollution in cities. In this study, we analyzed autonomous electric vehicles and compared their ... -
Blue collar laborers’ travel pattern recognition: Machine learning classifier approach
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This paper proposes a pattern recognition model to develop clusters of homogenous activities for blue-collar workers in the State of Qatar. The activity-based data from the travel diary of 1051 blue-collar workers collected ... -
Carbon footprint of construction industry: A global review and supply chain analysis
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)This paper conducts a global review and a macro-level supply chain analysis focusing on carbon footprint of construction industry worldwide for the period between 2009 and 2020 using the Scopus database. A total of 1833 ... -
Does Pedestrian Penalty Affect Pedestrian Behavior? A Case of State of Qatar
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Crashes involving pedestrians are a major concern for authorities in many developed and developing countries. To refrain pedestrians from illegal or unsafe road behavior, authorities introduced three pedestrian penalties ... -
Eco-efficiency of electric vehicles in the United States: A life cycle assessment based principal component analysis
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)This research presents an integrated sustainability assessment framework applied to electric vehicle technologies in the United States of America. Two methods; principal component analysis and life cycle assessment are ... -
Environmental impacts of COVID-19 responses on passenger vehicle transport scenarios: A life cycle approach
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)COVID-19 has disrupted human life considerably since the beginning of 2020. The transport sector is one of the most affected sector due to restrictions imposed to curb COVID-19 pandemic. This paper evaluates the environmental ... -
Exploring home-to-school trip mode choices in Kandy, Sri Lanka
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Schools are major trip generators in urban areas and school trips may largely contribute to the congestion, particularly during morning peak hours. This study investigates the home-to-school trip mode choices in Kandy city, ... -
How circular economy can reduce scope 3 carbon footprints: Lessons learned from FIFA world cup Qatar 2022
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Mega sporting events (MSEs) such as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics always attract people around the world to visit the hosting country, boosting its tourism and business, and leaving a positive legacy. However, such ... -
How sustainable is electric mobility? A comprehensive sustainability assessment approach for the case of Qatar
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)Electric mobility is a trending topic around the world, and many countries are supporting electric vehicle technologies to reduce environmental impacts from transportation such as greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution ... -
How sustainable is liquefied natural gas supply chain? An integrated life cycle sustainability assessment model
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Integrating sustainability into the distribution network process is a significant problem for any industry hoping to prosper or survive in today's fast-paced environment. Since gas is one of the world's most important fuel ... -
Innovative countermeasures for red light running prevention at signalized intersections: A driving simulator study
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)The change interval, which includes the yellow and all-red times, plays a crucial role in the safety and operation of signalized intersections. During this interval, drivers not only need to decide to stop or go but also ... -
Integrated modelling for sustainability assessment and decision making of alternative fuel buses
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)In this paper, a hybrid life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) model integrating multi region input–output analysis with novel multi-criteria decision-making techniques is proposed to assess three different fuel ... -
An integrated urban-transport smart growth model around metro stations: A case of Qatar
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Urban growth strategies are incorporated for land-use planning and transportation to facilitate people's movement towards a mass transit system. This requires transport demand analysis of a particular area so that, if ... -
Leveraging Stakeholder Meeting and Stated Preferences to Design Optimal Mobility-as-a-Service Subscription Bundles
( Elsevier , 2024 , Conference Paper)MaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service) emerges as an innovative solution to urban transport challenges, offering a unified, user-focused platform that combines various modes of transport. Implementing TDM (Travel Demand Management) ... -
Material footprint of electric vehicles: A multiregional life cycle assessment
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)Most of the global multiregional studies have looked at material footprint (MF) of either a nation or a region. A product-specific MF analysis, particularly when it comes to Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs), carried out ... -
Prediction of Traffic Conflicts at Signalized Intersections using SSAM
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)The use of microsimulation to model the vehicles movement and pedestrian movements within a traffic network is widely undertaken to test and evaluate operational performance of a traffic network under different traffic ... -
Quantifying the impact of COVID–19 preventive measures on traffic in the State of Qatar
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Ever since the beginning of 2020, the mobility of people and goods all over the world has been extremely limited as a result of movement restrictions imposed by local authorities as part of several other efforts to stop ... -
Rethinking mobility strategies for mega-sporting events: A global multiregional input-output-based hybrid life cycle sustainability assessment of alternative fuel bus technologies
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Sustainability has been enshrined in the official claims of mega sporting events, and scholarly debates persist on how to achieve environmental stewardship and a prolonged legacy. Revitalizing the public transportation ... -
Sustainability assessment and modeling based on supervised machine learning techniques: The case for food consumption
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Sustainability of food consumption requires the understanding of multi-dimensional environmental, economic and social impacts using a holistic and integrated sustainability assessment and modeling framework. This article ...
