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Experimental Investigation into Driver Behavior along Curved and Parallel Diverging Terminals of Exit Interchange Ramps Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-03-04 Alberto Portera; Marco Bassani
Current design manuals provide guidance on how to design exit ramps to facilitate driving operations and minimize the incidence of crashes. They also suggest that interchanges should be built along straight roadway sections. These criteria may prove ineffective in situations where there is no alternative to terminals being located along curved motorway segments. The paper investigates driving behavior
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Levels of Uncertainty in Infrastructure Asset Management Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-03-03 Amir R. Hessami; Stuart D. Anderson; Roger E. Smith
The management of infrastructure assets is often challenged by uncertain factors such as changing weather trends and usage patterns. To reliably maintain the assets above a specified level of service, the extent of this uncertainty should be identified, and adequate methods for analyzing the risk factors should be implemented. The analysis of risk is well-defined in the field of strategic management
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Cross-National Focus Group Response to Autonomous Vehicles Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-03-03 Thomas A. Norton; Melissa Ruhl; Tim Armitage; Brian Matthews; John Miles
The development of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is advancing quickly in some enclaves around the world. Consequently, AVs exist in the public consciousness, featuring regularly in mainstream media. As the form and function of AVs emerge, the attitudes of potential users become more important. The extent to which the public trusts AV technology and anticipates benefits, will drive consumer willingness
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Establishing and Satisfying Thermal Requirements for Drilled Shaft Concrete Based on Durability Considerations Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Andrew Z. Boeckmann; Zakaria El-tayash; J. Erik Loehr
Some U.S. transportation agencies have recently applied mass concrete provisions to drilled shafts, imposing limits on maximum temperatures and maximum temperature differentials. On one hand, temperatures commonly observed in large-diameter drilled shafts have been observed to cause delayed ettringite formation (DEF) and thermal cracking in above-ground concrete elements. On the other, the reinforcement
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Continuous Approximation Model for Hybrid Flexible Transit Systems with Low Demand Density Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Charalampos Sipetas; Eric J. Gonzales
Flexible transit systems are a way to address challenges associated with conventional fixed route and fully demand responsive systems. Existing studies indicate that such systems are often planned and designed without established guidelines, and optimization techniques are rarely implemented on actual flexible systems. This study presents a hybrid transit system where the degree of flexibility can
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Recursive Bivariate Probit Analysis of Injury Severity and Non-Truck Improper Actions in Large Truck-Related Crashes on Florida Suburban Roads Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Zhenyu Wang; Abhijit Vasili; Runan Yang; Pei-Sung Lin
This study investigated the hierarchical connection among injury severity, non-truck improper actions, and contributing factors in large-truck-involved crashes. Data for 4 years (2011–2014) of crashes that involved a large truck (≥ 10,000 lb) and a non-truck vehicle were collected from suburban roads in Florida, U.S. A recursive bivariate probit model was fitted with collected data to identify the
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Methodology to Increase Flexibility in Inter-Region Flow Control for Urban Traffic Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Sunghoon Kim; Monica Menendez; Hwasoo Yeo
Perimeter control is used to regulate transfer flows between urban regions. The greedy control (GC) method takes either the minimum or the maximum for the control inputs. Although it has the advantage of simplicity for real-time feasibility, a few existing studies have shown that it can sometimes have negative impacts because of unnecessary transfer flow restrictions. To reduce unnecessary restrictions
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Development and Evaluation of Cooperative Intersection Management Algorithm under Connected and Automated Vehicles Environment Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Slobodan Gutesa; Joyoung Lee; Dejan Besenski
Recent technological advancements in the automotive and transportation industry established a firm foundation for development and implementation of various connected and automated vehicle solutions around the globe. Wireless communication technologies such as the dedicated short-range communication protocol are enabling information exchange between vehicles and infrastructure. This research paper introduces
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Autonomous Vehicles’ Car-Following Drivability Evaluation Based on Driving Behavior Spectrum Reference Model Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Xiao Qi; Ying Ni; Yiming Xu; Ye Tian; Junhua Wang; Jian Sun
A large portion of the accidents involving autonomous vehicles (AVs) are not caused by the functionality of AV, but rather because of human intervention, since AVs’ driving behavior was not properly understood by human drivers. Such misunderstanding leads to dangerous situations during interaction between AV and human-driven vehicle (HV). However, few researches considered HV-AV interaction safety
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Development of North Carolina Department of Transportation’s CLEAR Program for Enhanced Project Performance Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Clare E. Fullerton; Alyson W. Tamer; Siddharth Banerjee; Abdullah F. Alsharef; Edward J. Jaselskis
Valuable lessons learned and best practices gleaned from construction projects often do not transfer to future generations because of the lack of a formalized process. This ongoing issue gives rise to the need to impart fresh training to new North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) employees once the aging workforce retires or in the event of turnover. In addition, a platform for personnel
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Toward A Framework for Assessing the Fair Distribution of Space in Urban Streets Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Gabriel Lefebvre-Ropars; Catherine Morency; Paula Negron-Poblete
The increasing popularity of street redesigns highlights the intense competition for street space between their different users. More and more cities around the world mention in their planning documents their intention to rebalance streets in favor of active transportation, transit, and green infrastructure. However, few efforts have managed to formalize quantifiable measurements of the balance between
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Neighborhood Effects of Safe Routes to School Programs on the Likelihood of Active Travel to School Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Carole T. Voulgaris; Reyhane Hosseinzade; Anurag Pande; Serena E. Alexander
Safe routes to school (SRTS) programs aim to increase the share of students commuting to school by active modes (e.g., walking and cycling). This study measures the relationship between the presence of SRTS programs in a neighborhood and children’s journey-to-school mode choice. Children were identified from households in the 2012 California Household Travel Survey and they were classified based on
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Mining Vehicle Trajectories to Discover Individual Significant Places: Case Study using Floating Car Data in the Paris Region Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Danyang Sun; Fabien Leurent; Xiaoyan Xie
In this study we discovered significant places in individual mobility by exploring vehicle trajectories from floating car data. The objective was to detect the geo-locations of significant places and further identify their functional types. Vehicle trajectories were first segmented into meaningful trips to recover corresponding stay points. A customized density-based clustering approach was implemented
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Retrospective Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Truck Weight Regulatory Changes on Operating Gross Vehicle Weights Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Amanda Pushka; Jonathan D. Regehr
Three primary policy changes on truck size and weight occurred in Canada over the past five decades: the 1974 Western Canadian Highway Strengthening Program, the 1988 Roads and Transportation Association of Canada Memorandum of Understanding on Heavy Vehicle Weights and Dimensions, and ongoing special permitting of longer combination vehicles. These regulatory changes influenced the gross vehicle weight
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Geofencing to Enable Differentiated Road User Charging Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Petter Arnesen; Hanne Seter; Ørjan Tveit; Mats Myhrvold Bjerke
Tolling normally has a dual purpose in Norway. Its first goal is to finance a project or an improvment in the transport services offered in an area, for instance extend public transport services. The second goal is to change travel behavior, encouraging drivers of private cars to use other more environmentally friendly modes. Today, this tolling system is based on fixed points on the road network which
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Automatic Generation of Customized Checklists for Digital Construction Inspection Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Xin Xu; JungHo Jeon; Yuxi Zhang; Liu Yang; Hubo Cai
Construction inspection plays a critical role to ensure the quality and long-term performance of infrastructure. The current construction inspection practice at state transportation agencies (STAs) in the United States, which requires inspectors to manually gather and personally interpret the construction requirements from standard specifications, is subjective, error-prone, and time-consuming. This
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Laboratory Evaluation of Electrically Conductive Asphalt Mixtures for Snow and Ice Removal Applications Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Rahaf Hasan; Ayman Ali; Christopher Decarlo; Mohamed Elshaer; Yusuf Mehta
The study evaluates the electrical conductivity and mechanical performance of graphite modified asphalt mixtures. The effects of air voids, carbon fiber, and binder performance grade (PG) on the electrical resistivity of graphite modified asphalt mixtures are also assessed. Three graphite grades, two asphalt binders (polymer-modified PG 76-22 and neat PG 64-22), one aggregate type, and one carbon fiber
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Longitudinal Analysis of Transit-Integrated Ridesourcing Users and Their Trips Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Emma Swarney; Jacob Terry; Devin Feng; Chris Bachmann
Several municipal transit agencies have partnered with transportation network companies to provide a range of services, but data restrictions have limited research on trip-level observations of transit-integrated ridesourcing users. The goal of this study was to understand how users’ trip-making behaviors adapted to a transit-integrated ridesourcing pilot in Waterloo, Ontario. This research conducted
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Advantages of Geophysics to Improve Site Characterization and Reliability for Transportation Projects Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Salman Rahimi; Clinton M. Wood; Panagiota (Yota) Kokkali; Benjamin Rivers
Under the Federal Highway Administration’s innovation development program “Every Day Counts” (EDC-5), the initiative on Advanced Geotechnical Methods in Exploration (A-GaME) aims to improve the knowledge in U.S. practice on existing but underutilized subsurface exploration methods. The A-GaME suite of technologies is a group of proven and effective exploration technologies and practices that, in conjunction
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Determination of Dynamic Modulus Master Curve of Damaged Asphalt Pavements for Mechanistic–Empirical Pavement Rehabilitation Design Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Zhe “Alan” Zeng; Kangjin “Caleb” Lee; Youngsoo Richard Kim
For pavement rehabilitation design, the current mechanistic–empirical (ME) pavement design guide provides three levels of analysis methodology to determine dynamic modulus master curves for existing asphalt pavements. First, the ME pavement design guide recommends that Witczak’s predictive equation is employed to obtain the “undamaged” modulus master curve. Depending on the chosen level of analysis
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Effect of Taper on Shear Stiffness of Steel-Reinforced Neoprene Bearing Pads Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Satyajeet R. Patil; Gary R. Consolazio; H. R. Hamilton
Steel-reinforced elastomeric bearing pads are widely used in bridge construction to vertically support girders on piers while also accommodating translational and rotational girder deformations caused by live loads and temperature changes. To support sloped girders, flat bearing pads of uniform thicknesses are typically used with either tapered steel shim plates or an inclined concrete bearing seat
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Using OpenStreetMap as a Data Source for Attractiveness in Travel Demand Models Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Christian Klinkhardt; Tim Woerle; Lars Briem; Michael Heilig; Martin Kagerbauer; Peter Vortisch
We present a methodology to extract points of interest (POIs) data from OpenStreetMap (OSM) for application in travel demand models. We use custom taglists to identify and assign POI elements to typical activities used in travel demand models. We then compare the extracted OSM data with official sources and point out that the OSM data quality depends on the type of POI and that it generally matches
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Use of Blended Binder Tests to Estimate Performance of Mixtures with High Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement/Recycled Asphalt Shingles Content Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Yuan Zhang; Daniel Swiertz; Hussain U. Bahia
The purpose of this study is to assess the use of blended binder tests to estimate mixture performance properties of high reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP)/recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) mixtures utilizing recycling agents as a means to evaluate different recycling agents and estimate their doses for a given mixture. Blended binder properties are measured by using standard performance grading (PG)
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Evaluation of a Transportation Incentive Program for Affordable Housing Residents Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Huijun Tan; Nathan McNeil; John MacArthur; Kelly Rodgers
This study looks at initial results from the Transportation Wallet for Residents of Affordable Housing pilot program launched by the City of Portland’s Bureau of Transportation. The program provides a set of transportation incentives for low-income participants, including a US$308 prepaid Visa card that could be applied to public transit or other transportation services, a free bike share membership
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Jointed Plain Concrete (JPC) Pavement Variability and Method to Complement JPC Design with 3D Pavement Data Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-28 Georgene Malone Geary; Yichang (James) Tsai
3D pavement data are increasing in use and availability and open up new opportunities to evaluate variability in pavements. The majority of information we currently have on existing pavements is the result of the Long Term Pavement Performance Program (LTPP). While the program is comprehensive and the data are immense, the study sections are typically only 500 ft in length, which limits the ability
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Acoustic Modeling of Meteorological Effects on Roadway Noise Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Roger L. Wayson; Kenneth Kaliski
Modeling road traffic noise levels without including the effects of meteorology may lead to substantial errors. In the United States, the required model is the Traffic Noise Model which does not include meteorology effects caused by refraction. In response, the Transportation Research Board sponsored NCHRP 25-52, Meteorological Effects on Roadway Noise, to collect highway noise data under different
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Detailing an Improved Heat Transfer Model for Pavements Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 James Bryce; Arka Chattopadhyay; Mehdi Esmaeilpour; Zack E. Ihnat
Temperature profiles are a fundamental input into mechanistic-empirical pavement analysis and design, and the enhanced integrated climatic model (EICM) is the state-of-the-practice for calculating those profiles. The EICM has also been used in other applications, such as analysis to evaluate the effects of climate change on pavements and to estimate the effects of pavements on urban heat islands. The
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Exploring the Factors that Affect the Frequency of Use of Ridehailing and the Adoption of Shared Ridehailing in California Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 Jai Malik; Farzad Alemi; Giovanni Circella
This study explores the factors that affect the use of ridehailing services (Uber, Lyft) as well as the adoption of shared (pooled) ridehailing (UberPool, Lyft Share) using data collected in California in fall 2018 using a cross-sectional travel survey. A semi-ordered bivariate probit model is estimated using this dataset. Among other findings, the model results show that better-educated, younger individuals
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Understanding the Role of Online Media Platforms in Airport Capital Projects and Community Outreach Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 Max Z. Li; Megan S. Ryerson
Community outreach and engagement efforts are critical to an airport’s role as an ever-evolving transportation infrastructure and regional economic driver. As online social media platforms continue to grow in both popularity and influence, a new engagement channel between airports and the public is emerging. However, the motivations behind and effectiveness of these social media channels remain unclear
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Classifying Car Owners in Latent Psychographic Profiles Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 Sascha von Behren; Lisa Bönisch; Jan Vallée; Peter Vortisch
Policy makers in urban areas are subjected to increasing pressure to find sustainable solutions to congestion and transportation. A detailed understanding of the motivations of car owners is required to enable the development of policies that are both socially fair and take effective measures. The objective of this study is to provide a more granular differentiation of car owners using psychographic
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Design and Implementation of Zone-to-Zone Demand Responsive Transportation Systems Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 Shiyu Shen; Yanfeng Ouyang; Shuai Ren; Mengke Chen; Luyun Zhao
Conventional fixed-structure transit service is unable to satisfy the increasingly personalized passenger demand. Shared mobility companies enable the transformation of conventional transit with advanced technology. This paper proposes a framework to design an application-based demand responsive transit (DRT) system to serve zone-to-zone passenger requests. The proposed DRT service operates between
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Use of Resampling Method to Construct Variance Index and Repeatability Limit of Damage Characteristic Curve Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 Jing Ding; Kangjin Caleb Lee; Cassie Castorena; Youngsoo Richard Kim; B. Shane Underwood
The simplified viscoelastic continuum damage model has been widely accepted as a tool to predict fatigue performance of asphalt concrete. One key component in the model is the damage characteristic curve that results from a cyclic fatigue test. This curve characterizes the relationship between material integrity (stiffness) and the level of damage in the material. As with any experimental measurement
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Arterial-Friendly Local Ramp Metering Control Strategy Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-20 Yao Cheng; Gang-Len Chang
To prevent local streets being blocked by overflowing on-ramp queues, a standard practice of ramp metering control is to restrain its function when a series of preset conditions are identified by on-ramp queue detectors. Such a trade-off between potential ramp queue spillback and the restraint resulting from the operation of metering control may often fail to either effectively mitigate bottlenecks
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Long Short-Term Memory-Based Human-Driven Vehicle Longitudinal Trajectory Prediction in a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Environment Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Lei Lin; Siyuan Gong; Srinivas Peeta; Xia Wu
The advent of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) will change driving behavior and travel environment, and provide opportunities for safer, smoother, and smarter road transportation. During the transition from the current human-driven vehicles (HDVs) to a fully CAV traffic environment, the road traffic will consist of a “mixed” traffic flow of HDVs and CAVs. Equipped with multiple sensors and
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Bayesian Nonparametric Approach to Average Annual Daily Traffic Estimation for Bridges Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Grace Ashley; Nii Attoh-Okine
Every year, the U.S. government provides several billions of dollars in the form of federal funding for transportation services in the U.S.A. Decision making with regard to the use of these funds largely depends on performance indicators like average annual daily traffic (AADT). In this paper, Bayesian nonparametric models are developed through machine learning for the estimation of AADT on bridges
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Performance Evaluation of Basic Turbo Roundabouts as an Alternative to Conventional Double-Lane Roundabouts Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Zuhair Elhassy; Hatem Abou-Senna; Essam Radwan
Since their introduction in the late 1990s, basic turbo roundabouts have made a great success in several European countries. Researchers, however, have been unable to reach a general consensus on the operational performance advantages and benefits derived from such a novel design of multi-lane roundabouts, as compared with conventional double-lane roundabouts. Those contradictory results could be mostly
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State of the Practice for High Polymer-Modified Asphalt Binders and Mixtures Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Jhony Habbouche; Ilker Boz; Brian K. Diefenderfer; Bryan C. Smith; Sayed Hamidullah Adel
The objective of this paper was to provide information on the state of the practice for using high polymer-modified (HP) asphalt concrete (AC) mixtures in the United States (U.S.) and Canada. This information was collected through a survey of U.S. and Canadian provincial agencies combined with a search of HP-related specifications, special provisions, and field trials or pilot projects previously constructed
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State-of-the-Practice Review on the Use of Flocculants for Construction Stormwater Management in the United States Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Billur Kazaz; Michael A. Perez; Wesley N. Donald
Construction stormwater practices have a vital role in protecting downstream water bodies from runoff that is typically characterized with large amounts of sediment and suspended solids. Most sediment control practices lack the capability to capture fine-sized soil particles that are responsible for causing elevated turbidity. Flocculation is a form of chemical treatment that uses flocculant particles
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Autonomous Vehicle Safe Operating Speeds on the Automated Skyway Express in Jacksonville, Florida Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Andrew E. Loken; Joshua S. Steelman; Scott K. Rosenbaugh; Ronald K. Faller
Autonomous vehicles (AV) differ significantly from traditional passenger vehicles in both their behavior and physical characteristics. As such, the validity of the guidance provided in the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware, Second Edition (MASH 2016) is questionable in AV applications. Impact angles, speeds, and vehicle weights specified in MASH 2016 are inextricably linked to the traditional vehicles
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Simple Methodology for the Development and Analysis of Local Driving Cycles Applied in the Study of Cars and Motorcycles in Recife, Brazil Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Guilherme Medeiros Soares de Andrade; Fernando Wesley Cavalcanti de Araújo; Maurício Pereira Magalhães de Novaes Santos; Silvio Jacks dos Anjos Garnés; Fábio Santana Magnani
Standard driving cycles are usually used to compare vehicles from distinct regions, and local driving cycles reproduce more realistic conditions in specific regions. In this article, we employed a simple methodology for developing local driving cycles and subsequently performed a kinematic and energy analysis. As an application, we employed the methodology for cars and motorcycles in Recife, Brazil
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Characteristics of Non-Punitive Employee Safety Reporting Systems for Public Transportation as Abridged from TCRP Report 218 Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Lisa Staes; Jodi Godfrey
The objective of this research is to produce a compilation of best practices used in non-punitive employee safety reporting (ESR) systems at transit agencies, including examples of how ESR systems benefit transit agencies and their employees. This report will support the public transportation industry’s efforts to institute non-punitive ESR as a critical element in safety management systems implementation
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Development and Validation of a Seven-County Regional Pedestrian Volume Model Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Robert J. Schneider; Andrew Schmitz; Xiao Qin
This study describes the development and validation of pedestrian intersection crossing volume models for the seven-county Milwaukee metropolitan region. The set of three models, among the first developed at a multi-county scale, can be used to estimate the total number of pedestrian crossings per year at four-leg intersections along state highways and other major thoroughfares. Outputs are appropriate
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Using Real-Time Data to Detect Delays and Improve Customer Communications at New York City Transit Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Adam Caspari; Daniel Wood; Angel Campbell; Darian Jefferson; Tuan Huynh; Alla Reddy
New York City Transit operates one of the world’s largest transit systems, and it can be difficult for the agency’s communications team to keep track of the numerous service disruptions that need to be communicated to customers. This paper introduces the Transit Visualization tool, which processes real-time train location data to automatically identify areas of the system where service may not be living
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Performance Evaluation of Studded Tire Ruts for Asphalt Mix Designs in a Cold Region Environment Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Osama A. Abaza; Daniel Dahms
Studded tire wear is one of the most important contributing factors that govern pavement life on high traffic volume roads in south-central Alaska. It has been estimated that the annual cost to repair damage caused by studded tires in Alaska is approximately $13.7 million. Polymer modified asphalt binders and hard aggregate are commonly used in mix designs in the State of Alaska Department of Transportation
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Study on Risks and Countermeasures of Shallow Biogas during Construction of Metro Tunnels by Shield Boring Machine Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Xi Jiang; Yuxin Zhang; Zhuanzhuan Zhang; Yun Bai
With the intensive development of cities, the utilization of underground space has attracted more and more attention from industry and academia. Underground rail (metro) in cities has become an imperative mode for people in their daily lives. Meanwhile, the safety of rail tunnel construction has constantly been a challenging issue because of the presence of complex strata containing shallow biogas
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Who’s on Board? Examining the Changing Characteristics of Transit Riders using Latent Profile Analysis Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Andrew Schouten; Brian D. Taylor; Evelyn Blumenberg
Subsidies of public transit have more than doubled since the late 1980s, with a disproportionate share of funds going to rail services. These investments have important implications, including how they affect both the composition of transit users and their travel behavior. To investigate how transit users and use are changing, we use Latent Profile Analysis and data from the 2009 and 2017 National
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Robust Hazardous Materials Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network Design with Emergency Response Teams Location Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Nasrin Mohabbati-Kalejahi; Alexander Vinel
Hazardous materials (hazmat) storage and transportation pose threats to people’s safety and the environment, which creates a need for governments and local authorities to regulate such shipments. This paper proposes a novel mathematical model for what is termed the hazmat closed-loop supply chain network design problem. The model, which can be viewed as a way to combine several directions previously
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Contrasting Perspectives on the Comfort and Safety of Pedestrians Interacting with Other Road Users Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Alexander Bigazzi; Gurdiljot Gill; Meghan Winters
Assessments of interactions between road users are crucial to understanding comfort and safety. However, observers may vary in their perceptions and ratings of road user interactions. The objective of this paper is to examine how perceptions of yielding, comfort, and safety for pedestrian interactions vary among observers, ranging from members of the public to road safety experts. Video clips of pedestrian
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Assessment of Discretionary Lane-Changing Decisions using a Random Parameters Approach with Heterogeneity in Means and Variances Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Qianwen Li; Xiaopeng Li; Fred Mannering
Lane-changing maneuvers on highways may cause capacity drops, create shock waves, and potentially increase collision risks. Properly managing lane-changing behavior to reduce these adverse impacts requires an understanding of their determinants. This paper investigates the determinants of lane changing in congested traffic using a next generation simulation dataset. A random parameters binary logit
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Experimental Study on the Design and Behavior of Concrete Pavement Joint Sealants Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Jinho Kim; Dan Zollinger; Seunghyun Lee
Joints in concrete pavement are intended to provide freedom of movement in a concrete slab relative to the volumetric effects. Changes such as this can occur owing to drying shrinkage, temperature changes, and moisture differences that develop within the slab. A key reason to seal the rigid pavement joints is to prevent, or at least reduce, the amount of water from rainfall events infiltrating the
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Introducing a New Apparatus for Designating Two-Lane Highway Passing and No-Passing Zones Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Ahmed Farid; Zephaniah Connell; James Mock; Suresh Muknahallipatna; Khaled Ksaibati
Two-lane highways constitute a large proportion of the U.S. highways. An essential component needed in the design of safe two-lane highways is the passing sight distance (PSD). Otherwise, insufficient PSDs lead to passing-related crashes and, therefore, no-passing zones ought to be marked. This research involves the development of a new apparatus of the two-vehicle method, which is used for measuring
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COVID-19 Impact on Transport: A Paper from the Railways’ Systems Research Perspective Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Alessio Tardivo; Armando Carrillo Zanuy; Celestino Sánchez Martín
This paper analyzes the possible impacts of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the transport sector and specifically on the railways. It aims at investigating how the sector should approach the “new normal.” The pandemic had repercussions not only on the interaction between producers and consumers but also on the environment, therefore changing the supply chain. The health crisis halted passengers’
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Gravity Model of Passenger and Mobility Fleet Origin–Destination Patterns with Partially Observed Service Data Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Brian Yueshuai He; Joseph Y. J. Chow
Mobility-as-a-service systems are becoming increasingly important in the context of smart cities, with challenges arising for public agencies to obtain data from private operators. Only limited mobility data are typically provided to city agencies, which are not enough to support their decision-making. This study proposed an entropy-maximizing gravity model to predict origin–destination patterns of
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Real-Time Vehicle Trajectory Estimation Based on Lane Change Detection using Smartphone Sensors Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Zubayer Islam; Mohamed Abdel-Aty
As technology is moving rapidly toward automation and connectivity, it is of paramount importance to predict vehicle trajectories ahead of time. This not only enhances safety but also ensures mobility in a connected and automated environment. Previous studies have shown that, given the previous trajectory, the future trajectory can be estimated. But this method suffers from considerable drawbacks in
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Evaluating the Interoperability of Urban Air Mobility Systems and Airports Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Parker D. Vascik; R. John Hansman
This paper investigates how existing arrival and departure procedures can be directly used or adapted to enable high-volume instrument and visual urban air mobility (UAM) flight operations at major airports in the United States. Viable procedures are restricted to those that enable simultaneous and non-interfering UAM flights with conventional aircraft operations. Air traffic controller workload is
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Approach for Predicting Cracking Deterioration in Sprayed Seals from Subjective Condition Ratings Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Khulood Hwayyis; Rayya Hassan; Michael T. Fahey
Cracking is the most influential distress on the performance of bituminous surfaces of granular pavements and ultimately that of underlying layers. The purpose of the study reported here is to describe the modeling approach adopted in developing cracking deterioration models of bituminous sprayed seals from historical time series subjective condition ratings. In this approach, a multilevel analysis
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Sidewalk Static Obstructions and Their Impact on Clear Width Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Nicholas A. Coppola; Wesley E. Marshall
Data on sidewalks have long been deficient. But advances in remote sensing are beginning to increase data prevalence and accuracy. These sidewalk datasets rarely, if ever, account for static obstructions in the sidewalk such as signs, street furniture, or trees. This paper seeks to determine how much of a difference accounting for static obstructions will make when measuring the clear width of sidewalks
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Spatio-Temporal Crash Prediction: Effects of Negative Sampling on Understanding Network-Level Crash Occurrence Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Peter Way; Jeremiah Roland; Mina Sartipi; Osama Osman
In projects centered around rare event case data, the challenge of data comprehension is greatly increased because of insufficient data for deriving insight and analysis. This is particularly the case with traffic crash occurrence, where positive events (crashes) are rare and, in most cases, no data set exists for negative events (non-crashes). One method to increase available data is negative sampling
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Assessing the Effects of Limited Curbside Pickup Capacity in Meal Delivery Operations for Increased Safety during a Pandemic Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Hossein Fotouhi; Nicholas Mori; Elise Miller-Hooks; Vadim Sokolov; Sagar Sahasrabudhe
Meal delivery has become increasingly popular in past years and of great importance in past months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sustaining such services depends on maintaining provider profitability and reduced cost to consumers while continuing to support autonomy and independence for customers, restaurants, and delivery drivers (here crowdsourced drivers). This paper investigates the possible enactment
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Do Larger Sample Sizes Increase the Reliability of Traffic Incident Duration Models? A Case Study of East Tennessee Incidents Transp. Res. Rec. J. Transp. Res. Board (IF 1.029) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Zihe Zhang; Jun Liu; Xiaobing Li; Asad J. Khattak
Incident duration models are often developed to assist incident management and traveler information dissemination. With recent advances in data collection and management, enormous achieved incident data are now available for incident model development. However, a large volume of data may present challenges to practitioners, such as data processing and computation. Besides, data that span multiple years