Abstract: The ongoing climate of fiscal limitations coupled with increased infrastructure demand poses significant challenges for state DOTs. Most face continuing pressure to meet the increasing infrastructure demands of their state ...

Abstract: Over the past few decades, the design capacity and service condition of many bridges, which are vital components of the surface transportation infrastructure reliability and functionality, have been challenged by rapid ...

Abstract: The rapid growth of freight traffic is now taxing a significant number of the U.S. national freight corridors. Additional demand accompanied by trucks over legal weight limits has been accelerating pavement and bridge ...

Abstract: Public agencies have been increasing their use of freeway service patrols (FSPs) to help with incident detection, verification, response, and motorist support. Using the microscopic simulation software PARAMICS, this study ...

Abstract: In recent years, there has been major interest in “access management” as a new response to the ubiquitous traffic congestion problem. Among the different access management strategies is the idea of prohibiting left-turn ...

Abstract: Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views ...

Abstract: The current wireless technological advancements in video surveillance are bound to shape the future of online traffic monitoring applications for intelligent transportation systems. The authors present the effect of using