Journal of Infrastructure Systems
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EISSN:1943-555X|ISSN:1076-034|Disc:The Journal of Infrastructure Systems publishes cross-disciplinary papers about methodologies for monitoring, evaluating, expanding, repairing, replacing, financing, or otherwise sustaining the civil infrastructure. The infrastructure supporting human activities includes complex and interrelated physical, social, ecological, economic, and technological systems such as transportation, energy production and distribution; water resources management; waste management; facilities supporting urban and rural communities; communications; sustainable resources development; and environmental protection. Increasingly, inter- and multidisciplinary expertise is needed not only to design and build these systems, but to manage and sustain them as well. Typical management problems are fraught with uncertain information, multiple and conflicting objectives, and sometimes numerous and conflicting constituencies. Solutions are both complex and cross-disciplinary in nature and require the thoughtful integration of sound engineering judgment, economic flexibility, and institutional forbearance. Papers considered for publication must contain a clear and well-defined engineering component and make a contribution to the art and science related to infrastructure systems|Priority:4|Publisher:American Society of Civil Engineers|
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Identifying Critical Locations for Traffic Monitoring Devices during Hurricane Evacuations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Large-scale evacuations from natural disasters such as hurricanes pose major logistical and operational challenges. There is often insufficient roadway capacity for entire populations to evacuate immediately, causing costly ... -
Application of a Hybrid Approach in Developing Urban Road Livability-Related Indicators for the Sustainable Urban Road Rating System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In light of recent sustainable development goals, there is a growing demand for developing a systematic and quantifiable sustainable roadway assessment, also known as a sustainability rating system, on a global scale. ... -
Efficient Decision Tree-Based Classification Models to Predict Safety Rating for Bridge Maintenance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)To address insufficient costs and manpower available for maintenance of aging bridges, recent research has been examining advanced maintenance technologies that can theoretically predict the condition and performance of ... -
Feasibility Study on Use of Drone-Based Infrared Thermography for Soil Moisture Detection in Highway Embankment and Dam Inspections
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This research explored the capabilities of drone-based infrared thermography technology for soil moisture detection on embankment/dam soils. FLIR Vue Pro R, a radiometric thermal camera, was evaluated in both laboratory ... -
Simulation-Based Evaluation of Resilience-Enhancing Measures for Transportation Systems Subject to Hydrometeorological Hazard Events
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper identifies the essential requirements for simulation-based approaches such that these approaches serve as effective decision support tools for evaluating the effectiveness of climate-adaptation measures that ... -
Multisource Data-Driven Approach for Predicting the Deterioration of High Mast Light Poles along Highways
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Predicting the deterioration of high mast light poles (HMLPs) can support capital planning and asset management for highway agencies, such as inspection and maintenance prioritization decisions. This paper aims to develop ... -
Advanced Deep Learning–Based Hybrid Rail Extraction Algorithm Leveraging LiDAR Technology
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In the United States, around 1/3 of the rail network is operated by short lines. These railroads play an important role in the nation’s transportation system by serving as the feeder and distributor for the rail network, ... -
Resilience Assessment of Urban Water Distribution Networks under Disturbance Influence of Aftershocks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Water distribution networks (WDNs) are essential for urban water supply and postearthquake recovery. Conducting a seismic resilience assessment of a WDN and taking corresponding improvement measures can improve the disaster ... -
Control Rights Incentive Mechanism for PPP Projects Considering Financial Institutions’ Early Intervention
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The unreasonable distribution of control rights delaying project operating income and the extension of debt repayment periods incur the highest economic losses to financial institutions as the primary fund providers of ... -
Pavement Condition Prediction for Communities: A Low-Cost, Ubiquitous, and Network-Wide Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Effective prediction of pavement deterioration is critical to forecast infrastructure performance and make infrastructure investment decisions under escalating environmental and traffic change. However, most communities ... -
Evaluating the Resilience of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems with a Focus on Community Livability
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Infrastructure systems play a critical role in creating a livable environment for human societies. Hence, enhancing the resilience of infrastructure systems against the adverse impacts of disasters has become a prominent ... -
Hands-Free Crowdsensing of Accessibility Barriers in Sidewalk Infrastructure: A Brain–Computer Interface Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Crowdsourced human sensing provides a critical complement to urban physical sensing networks to detect city infrastructure disrepairs and inform strategized maintenance. However, motivating public participation remains ... -
A Comparative Study on Selecting the General Circulation Model for Pavement Design in China: A Case Study of Beijing
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Climate change and extreme weather threaten the global infrastructure. This paper aims to estimate the future temperature rise impact on the asphalt pavement design, especially addressing the performance uncertainty from ... -
Exploring the Adoption of Construction Technologies in Infrastructure Projects: Bridging Perceptions of Experts with Real Project Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Infrastructure projects have progressively adopted construction technologies, yet previous studies have not fully explored technology utilization by comparing the perceptions of experts with actual project data. This ... -
Mechanism of Asset Devaluation in the Planning Stage of Urban Rail Transit PPP Projects in China: A System Dynamics Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Urban rail transit public–private partnership (PPP) projects are characterized by their significant public attributes and strong externalities. They often exhibit low profitability and require substantial capital for ... -
Intelligent Multitasking Framework for Boundary-Preserving Semantic Segmentation, Width Estimation, and Propagation Modeling of Concrete Cracks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Crack detection is crucial for ensuring the durability, safety, and structural integrity of civil infrastructure. Traditionally, this task involves manual inspections and crack width measurements using a crack width ... -
Pavement Defect Detection Based on Ground Penetrating Radar and Deep Active Learning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Deep learning can assist ground penetrating radar (GPR) to accurately identify the internal defects of airport track structure. However, deep learning often requires many annotated samples. For this purpose, a deep active ... -
Cascade Invulnerability of an Urban Agglomeration Highway–Railway Composite Network Considering Node Differences
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Urban agglomeration transport network is affected by risks such as internal failure, natural disasters or deliberate attacks, which can easily lead to functional fragmentation and make it difficult to meet the needs of ... -
Pixel-Level Efficient Detection of Pavement Seal Cracks: Two-Dimensional Image Recognition Based on DLANet
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper introduces DLANet, an algorithm for semantic segmentation designed to enhance the pixel-level detection of sealing cracks. DLANet extends the DeepLabV3+ encoder-decoder architecture by integrating four different ... -
Project-Level Optimization of Repair Activities for the Recovery of Transportation Assets after Inland Flood Events
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Postdisaster reconstruction poses a major challenge as it requires a trade-off between rapid restoration and a more prolonged, cost-conscious approach. Quick restoration reduces community disruptions but comes at a higher ...