Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems
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EISSN:2473-2893|ISSN:2473-2907|Disc:The Journal of Transportation Engineering contains technical and professional engineering articles on the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of air, highway, rail, and urban transportation systems and infrastructure. Specific topics include management of roads, bridges, and transit systems; traffic management technology and intelligent transportation systems; connected and automated vehicle impacts; highway engineering; railway engineering; and economics, safety, and environmental aspects of transportation|Priority:12|Publisher:American Society of Civil Engineers|
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Naturalistic Experiment for Surface Transportation: A Study of Snowplow Lighting under Winter Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Inclement winter weather poses a safety risk to all road users, primarily due to roads covered with snow or ice and substantially reduced visibility. The winter road maintenance vehicles used are often larger and slower ... -
Design of Flexible Transit with Multitype Stations Considering Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Flexible transit is an alternative to fulfilling personalized and uncertain demand. This paper describes the design of a flexible transit system with multitype stations and a hybrid time window operating pattern to accommodate ... -
Queue Length Estimation on Urban Signalized Intersection Combining Automatic Vehicle Identification and Vehicle Trajectory Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Queue length is one of the indicators of the state of traffic and is often used to measure the operational state of signalized intersections. Many studies have proposed estimating queue length from vehicle trajectory data ... -
A Utility-Based Approach to Modeling Systemic Resilience of Highway Networks with an Application in Utah
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The resilience of transportation networks is an important consideration in policy, management, and planning, but practical techniques to identify systemically critical links are limited. Further, current practical techniques ... -
Dynamic Analysis of Service Level at Signalized Intersections Based on License Plate Recognition Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Accurately analyzing the level of service (LOS) of signalized intersections is vital for evaluating signal control strategies. Currently, most research on LOS focuses on the factors that influence commuters’ perceptions. ... -
Axle-Based Mapping Approach for Vehicle Classification in Heterogeneous Traffic
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Vehicle classification becomes a prerequisite for transportation planning and traffic facility design. Due to the increase in the variety of vehicle classes in heterogeneous traffic, collecting data becomes a tedious task. ... -
Evaluation of a Novel Methodology to Measure Bicycle Network Connectivity
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Bicycling is among the most environmentally sustainable and economically affordable travel modes available. The popularity of bicycling activities strongly depends on the availability of well-connected bicycle networks. ... -
Investigating Risk Factors Affecting Crash Frequency on the Expressways in India: A Random Parameters Negative Binomial Modeling Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Despite the high crash rate and rapid expansion of the Indian expressways network, there is a shortage of studies analyzing the risk factors contributing to traffic crashes on these roads. The current study addresses this ... -
Modeling the Severity of Right-Turn Crossing Conflicts at Unsignalized T-Intersections Using a Random-Parameter Binary Logit Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In India, unsignalized T-intersections are more complex for the right-turn movement of vehicular traffic, which leads to serious crashes. The existing surrogate safety measures are not effective in computing the severity ... -
Advancing Automatic Asset Management: An Edge-Based US-Specific Traffic Sign Detection and Recognition System Based on Image Processing
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Effective asset management is crucial in transportation systems, guaranteeing the optimal use, upkeep, and durability of infrastructure, which in turn boosts the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of travel networks. ... -
Data-Driven Approach for Prediction of Drivers’ Decision in Type-II Dilemma at Signalized Intersection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)During the amber phase at signalized intersections, many drivers often face a dilemma when deciding whether to stop or go. This indecisiveness has significant safety issues; hence, predicting a driver’s decision, evaluating ... -
Vehicle and Pedestrian Detection Algorithm in an Autonomous Driving Scene Based on Improved YOLOv8
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Aiming at the problems of insufficient lightweight and slow running speed of vehicle and pedestrian detection model in autonomous driving scenarios, a vehicle and pedestrian detection algorithm based on improved YOLOv8 ... -
Effect Assessment of a Motorcycle Collision Warning System at Intersections
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)With the advancement of information and communication technologies, specific intelligent transportation systems can now deliver timely warnings to road users before potential traffic conflicts, enhancing drivers’ risk ... -
Network-Wide Evacuation Traffic Prediction in a Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane from Traffic Detectors and Facebook Movement Data: Deep-Learning Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Traffic prediction during hurricane evacuation is essential for optimizing the use of transportation infrastructures. Traffic prediction can reduce evacuation time by providing information in advance on future congestion. ... -
Turning Motion Planning for Connected and Automated Vehicles at Unsignalized Intersections Considering Multiple Left-Turn Exit Lanes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Left-turn maneuvers pose significant challenges for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) regarding both safety and traffic efficiency, particularly at mixed traffic unsignalized intersections. This paper addresses these ... -
Comparative Evaluation of Vehicle Delays at Midblock Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon and Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon Pedestrians’ Crossings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study aims to evaluate and compare vehicle delay at two selected midblock rectangular rapid flashing beacon (RRFB) sites and five selected midblock pedestrian hybrid beacon (PHB) sites in Florida using video data ... -
Spatial Layout Optimization Approach for Highway Variable Speed Limit Zones Based on Improved Q-Learning Algorithm
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Variable speed limit (VSL) is a commonly used traffic control method to optimize the mainstream of highways. In previous studies, the spatial layout design of VSL zones (including quantity, length, and position) was ... -
Connected Traffic Signal Coordination Optimization Framework through Network-Wide Adaptive Linear Quadratic Regulator–Based Control Strategy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Traffic congestion in metropolitan areas causes several significant challenges, such as longer travel times, decreased productivity, increased fuel consumption and vehicle emissions, and even severe injuries during crashes. ... -
MPC-Based Method for Intersection Control in Mixed Traffic Environments with Autonomous Vehicles, Human-Driven Vehicles, and Pedestrians
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Autonomous vehicles (AVs) will inevitably share the road with human-driven vehicles (HDVs) and pedestrians for a long time in the near future. The paper introduces an intersection management method that comprehensively ... -
Crash Injury Severity Analysis of Different Vehicle Types: Day-of-Week Differences
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Using five years of motor vehicle crash data from Shandong Province, China, vehicle types were divided into three categories—passenger cars, trucks, and motorcycles—to study the changes in factors influencing injury severity ...