Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems: Recent submissions

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    • Planning for Movement of Very Large, Slow‐Moving Vehicles 

      John Morrall; Walid Abdelwahab; Al Werner (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      This paper presents a slow‐moving‐vehicle (SMV) model for estimating vehicular delays and queuing. The model is a simplified version of a shock‐wave model for the case where passing is restricted. The main inputs of the ...

    • Advanced Software Design and Standards for Traffic Signal Control 

      Darcy Bullock; Chris Hendrickson (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      Improved traffic management and control systems are widely reported to be cost‐effective investments. Simply retiming signals can provide significant benefits by reducing vehicle stops, travel times, and fuel consumption. ...

    • Advanced Technology Applications in Chicago‐Area Freeway Traffic Management Program 

      Joseph M. McDermott (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) operates a model freeway traffic management program in the Chicago area. There are three major parts to the IDOT program: (1) The traffic systems center; (2) the communications ...

    • Actuated Traffic Signal Control at Diamond Interchange 

      Kit M. Lum; Clyde E. Lee (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      The traffic experimental and analytical simulation (TEXAS) model for intersection traffic, version 3.0 was used to simulate actuated signal control and traffic response at a diamond interchange with representative geometric ...

    • Dynamic Analysis of Rigid Airport Pavements with Discontinuities 

      Anant R. Kukreti; Mohammad R. Taheri; Ragnar H. Ledesma (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      A finite element procedure for the dynamic analysis of rigid airport pavements with discontinuities is presented. The analysis procedure considers the dynamic interaction between aircraft and a rigid pavement. The rigid ...

    • Reexamination of Directional Distribution of Highway Traffic 

      Satish C. Sharma; Awadhesh K. Singh (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      The investigation presented in this paper considers the temporal and spatial characteristics of directional distribution of traffic on rural highways. A total of 60 highway locations, representing a wide range of traffic‐stream ...

    • Optimal Long‐Term Scheduling of Bridge Deck Replacement and Rehabilitation 

      Timothy L. Jacobs (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      A mixed‐integer mathematical model is presented to optimally schedule long‐term bridge deck rehabilitation and replacement activities. This model is applicable to multiple bridge decks and is driven by overall cost ...

    • Field Instrumentation and Performance Monitoring of Rigid Pavements 

      Raymond S. Rollings; David W. Pittman (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      This paper reviews some of the past instrumentation and performance measuring used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop its rigid‐pavement design procedures, and it will consider two areas where future studies ...

    • Aspects of Road‐Accident Death Analyses 

      John C. Golias; Helen S. Tzivelou (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      The time period between an urban road accident and death due to it, is investigated. Age and sex of injured persons were found to have no significant effect on time till death. The analysis distinguishes between a set of ...

    • Identification of Inappropriate Driving Behaviors 

      John M. Mason, Jr.; Kay Fitzpatrick; Deborah L. Seneca; Thomas B. Davinroy (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      Certain inappropriate driving behaviors (IDBs) can result in unsafe driving conditions and increased accident potential. It is believed that some IDBs may be reduced by educating the general public (specifically, high‐risk ...

    • PMSC: Pavement Management System for Small Communities 

      Amir Tavakoli; Mitchell S. Lapin; J. Ludwig Figueroa (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      City officials must allocate the limited pavement maintenance and repair funds, available among numerous sections of roadways, streets, and highways and determine future pavement maintenance and repair needs. The use of a ...

    • Modeling for Air Travel Demand 

      V. R. Rengaraju; V. Thamizh Arasan (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      Forecasting of air travel demand using demand models enables better planning for infrastructure development for air transportation. Modeling for air travel demand is the process of relating a vector of socioeconomic variables ...

    • Reviewers of the <i>Journal of Transportation Engineering</i> 

      Unknown author (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)

    • Knowledge‐Based System for Design of Signalized Intersections 

      J. S. Linkenheld; R. F. Benekohal; J. H. Garrett, Jr. (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      For an efficient traffic operation in intelligent highway systems, traffic signals need to respond to the changes in roadway and traffic demand. The phasing and timing of traffic signals requires the use of heuristic rules ...

    • The Connecticut Photolog Laser Videodisc‐Based Pavement Rating System 

      Richard C. Hanley; Donald A. Larsen (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      In 1983, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, began developing a pavement management system (PMS) tor use on state‐maintained highways. A major ...

    • Vehicle Classification Using Infrared Image Analysis 

      Yean‐Jye Lu; Yuen‐Hung Hsu; Xavier Maldague (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      This study applies image‐analysis techniques to classify vehicles on highways. The procedure of image analysis includes four stages: image acquisition, data processing, feature extraction, and object classification. An ...

    • Image‐Processing Techniques Applied to Road Problems 

      M. R. Wigan (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      Relevant areas of image‐processing applications were reviewed, and several initial investigations were carried out to assess the potential of applying digital imaging techniques to road problems. The areas chosen were: ...

    • Predicting Vertical Acceleration in Vehicles through Road Roughness 

      Jorge A. Marcondes; Mark B. Snyder; S. Paul Singh (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      This study investigated the use and suitability of the International Roughness Index (IRI) for predicting vertical acceleration in truck shipments at recommended highway speeds. The investigation resulted in the development ...

    • Quantification of Agency and User Values of Pavement Performance 

      T. F. Fwa; K. C. Sinha (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      Studies have shown that there exists a need to include agency and user values for pavement performance in engineering economic analysis of pavement strategies. Very little is known about the magnitudes and characteristics ...

    • Optimum Geometries for Pier‐Type Airport Terminals 

      S. Bandara; S. C. Wirasinghe (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      A quantitative methodology to select a suitable terminal geometry for a pier‐type airport terminal is presented. Given the size of a terminal in terms of aircraft gates, the geometry that minimizes the passenger walking ...