Abstract: The authors present a procedure for allocating resources for implementing safety improvement alternatives at urban intersections over a multiyear planning horizon. The procedure, on the basis of optimization techniques, ...

Abstract: Measures of exposure used in accident analysis are complex and have been a topic of continuing research. There is a lack of agreement among traffic researchers as to what constitutes exposure to accident. Exposure, in its ...

Abstract: The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is a multicriteria decision‐making approach that can be used to allocate scarce resources. Although there has been an extensive application of AHP in many disciplines, very little is ...

Abstract: The purpose of evaluating mutually exclusive alternatives is to select the one with the most benefits for implementation. A number of analytic techniques are available for such evaluation purposes. This paper discusses ...

Abstract: The effect of recent deregulation of the transportation industry has been to increase the relative costs of small shipments in low‐volume traffic lanes. Freight consolidation has been suggested as an effective way to reduce ...

Abstract: A two-stage procedure to optimally allocate limited resources for the dual purpose of purchasing new transit buses and rebuilding existing buses is presented in this paper. In stage 1, estimates are derived for the maximum ...

Abstract: The writers present a procedure for resource allocation among transit agencies for transit fleet management, specifically focusing on the purchase of new buses and rebuilding of existing buses. The model is formulated as ...

Abstract: Public transit agencies in the United States have been under mounting pressure to reduce operating costs and subsidies and to improve productivity, ridership, and service levels. Given the growing emphasis on quality and ...

Abstract: Preemption techniques are designed to provide preferential treatments to buses at signalized intersections. A preemption strategy, if properly designed, can provide continuous green phases to buses at successive intersections, ...

Abstract: The objectives of this engineering investigation were to determine the structural responses of typical transit buses under various combinations of seat-belt use and seat type as well as the changes in these responses from ...