Abstract: The use of electronic bills of lading (B/Ls) is a rapidly evolving area that faces much uncertainty. The intent of this paper is to provide a brief review of the history of motor carrier B/L legislation and to summarize ...

Abstract: Travel time is the reciprocal of speed and is a useful measure of road congestion and traffic system performance. Travel time is also a basic traffic variable that is used in many intelligent transportation system strategies ...

Abstract: Signage plays an important role in work zones to provide guidance to drivers under changed conditions. This study investigated the safety effect of an alternative merge sign configuration in a freeway work zone. In this ...

Abstract: Signage plays an important role in work zones to provide guidance to drivers under changed conditions. This study investigated the safety effect of an alternative merge sign configuration in a freeway work zone. In this ...

Abstract: Work zone capacity is a key variable in scheduling construction activity on roadways. Understanding the effect of different definitions of capacity on the values computed from field data will result in better planning and ...

Abstract: Incentive/disincentive clauses (I/D) are designed to award payments to contractors if they complete work ahead of schedule and to deduct payments if they exceed the completion time. A previously unanswered question is, ...

Abstract: Incentive/disincentive (I/D) clauses are designed to award payments to contractors if they complete work ahead of schedule and to deduct payments if they overrun the completion time. The use of incentive/disincentive clauses ...

Abstract: The evaluation of dynamic message signs (DMSs) has been challenging to undertake because of the difficulty of identifying the effects of DMSs from traffic patterns. The primary contribution of this study is the comprehensive ...