Transportation: Recent submissions
Now showing items 21-40 of 89
-
GIS-based spatiotemporal analysis for road traffic crashes; in support of sustainable transportation Planning
( Elsevier Ltd , 2023 , Article)Road traffic crashes pose a significant challenge worldwide, necessitating increased efforts to reduce them and promote sustainable transport systems. This study aimed to investigate spatiotemporal road traffic crashes and ... -
Transforming Challenges into Opportunities for Qatar’s Food Industry: Self-Sufficiency, Sustainability, and Global Food Trade Diversification
( MDPI , 2023 , Article)Food trade restrictions pose a serious risk for countries that are heavily reliant on food imports, potentially leading to food crises, inequality, and geopolitical conflicts on a global scale. However, such restrictions ... -
Comprehensive Total Cost of Ownership Framework for Alternative Fuel Public Transportation Buses
( SAGE , 2023 , Article)Sustainable fleet management seeks to deliver the best service with a standard of service defined by state regulatory bodies by utilizing and managing large fleets of vehicles in the most efficient, productive, and ... -
Measuring sustainability, resilience and livability performance of European smart cities: A novel fuzzy expert-based multi-criteria decision support model
( Elsevier Ltd , 2023 , Article)Cities of the 21st century are buffeted with challenges, leaving potentially serious consequences on the future of urban living. Smartening development in cities has reinvented hopes of melting down predicaments in the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
A mini review on percent time-spent-following (PTSF) as the service measure for two-lane highways
( Komunitas Ilmuwan dan Profesional Muslim Indonesia , 2018 , Article)Percent Time Spent Following (PTSF) is used by the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) as one of the service measures to assess the level-of-service of two-lane highways since the 2000 edition. But, the problem facing to estimate ... -
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 ... -
Autism-friendly public bus transport: A personal experience–based perspective
( SAGE , 2022 , Article)Community participation and the formation of social networks are crucial for a qualitative life. To this end, transportation plays an essential role. Many autistic people rely on public transportation for their mobility ... -
Crowd Evacuation through Crossing Configurations: Effect of Crossing Angles and Walking Speeds on Speed Variation and Evacuation Time
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2022 , Article)The design of safe and efficient pedestrian facilities necessitates the knowledge of complex human movements, such as intersecting pedestrian streams, under different conditions. This study aims to experimentally investigate ... -
A Simulated Annealing for Optimizing Assignment of E-Scooters to Freelance Chargers
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)First- and last-mile trips are becoming increasingly expensive and detrimental to the environment, especially within dense cities. Thus, new micro-mobility transportation modes such as e-scooter sharing systems have been ... -
Integrated Multi-Criteria Model for Long-Term Placement of Electric Vehicle Chargers
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , 2022 , Article)Based on the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets, governments all over the world are speeding up the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). However, one of the key challenges in designing the novel EV system is to ... -
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 ... -
Pedestrians’ Microscopic Walking Dynamics in Single-File Movement: The Influence of Gender
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)Demographics of individuals could largely influence their behaviors and interactions with surrounding pedestrians. This study investigates the influence of pedestrians’ gender on microscopic walking dynamics of single-file ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Exploratory study on self-awareness and self-preparedness of Malaysian rail passengers for emergency evacuations
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)This study explores the self-awareness and self-preparedness among Malaysian rail passengers during potential emergency evacuations. A questionnaire survey was carried out at a major rail transit terminal in Kuala Lumpur, ... -
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, ... -
A systematic review on sustainability assessment of electric vehicles: Knowledge gaps and future perspectives
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Electric mobility is emerging all around the world to minimize environmental impacts, reduce dependency on petroleum, and diversify energy sources for transportation. Any emerging technology comes with uncertainties in ... -
Assessment of turn signal use at two-lane roundabouts in Doha city
( Elsevier B.V , 2022 , Conference Paper)Turn signal and lane change indicators can be identified as an effective way for drivers to communicate with each other. Additionally, the use of turn signals has significant safety implications. This study explored the ...
