Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems: Recent submissions
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Rapid and Easily Applicable Procedure for Full-Scale Laboratory Tests of Ballastless Slab Tracks
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Increasing demand for high speed railway lines necessitates reducing construction and maintenance costs. Accordingly, RC slab tracks are preferred due to their advantages such as being almost maintenance free and supplying ... -
Traffic-Aware Lane Change Advance Warning System for Delay Reduction at Congested Freeway Diverge Areas
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)This paper presents an on-board advance warning system based on a probabilistic prediction model that advises vehicles approaching a freeway diverge area on when to change lanes to reach an off-ramp, with the goal of ... -
Evaluating and Analyzing the Operation Efficiency of Urban Rail Transit Systems in China Using an Integrated Approach of DEA Model, Malmquist Productivity Index, and Tobit Regression Model
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)With social progress and economic development, urban rail transit systems have been developed to satisfy the growing travel demands in China. Undoubtedly, it is necessary to evaluate the operation efficiency of urban rail ... -
Optimized Restoration Schedule for Disrupted Railroad Network
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)A method is proposed for optimizing the restoration sequence of damaged components in a disrupted rail freight network. Given the network’s demand matrix and capacity settings, a mixed-integer linear program (MILP) model ... -
Effect of Heavy Rainstorm and Rain-Induced Waterlogging on Traffic Flow on Urban Road Sections: Integrated Experiment and Simulation Study
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)As a typical type of adverse weather, heavy rainfall can result in congestion and productivity loss in the urban transportation system, which has been a severe problem for cities and attracted much attention from scholars. ... -
Determining Road Networks’ Platoonability
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)Truck platooning has several benefits over traditional truck mobility. Platooning improves safety and reduces fuel consumption up to 15%, depending on platoon configuration. Although platooning benefits are quantifiable, ... -
Identifying Factors Affecting the Time Taken for Drivers to Complete Freeway Merging Maneuvers under Varying Weather, Traffic, and Geometric Conditions
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)Inadequate understanding of driver heterogeneity and characteristics creates challenges building models in microscopic traffic simulation tools that accurately represent merging behavior in real traffic. To further understand ... -
Road Sign Occlusion under Truck Platooning
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Truck platooning is a truck operation system in which one or more trucks closely follow a lead truck. The system is advantageous for road freight and promises to contribute to developing the next generation of road ... -
Distribution Analysis and Forecast of Traffic Flow of an Expressway Electronic Toll Collection Lane
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)With the rapid increase of vehicle ownership in China, toll collection stations on expressways have become some of the most congested areas. Compared with a manual toll collection system (MTC), the electronic toll collection ... -
Spatial-Dynamic Matching Equilibrium Models of New York City Taxi and Uber Markets
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)With the rapidly changing landscape for taxis, ride-hailing, and ride-sourcing services, public agencies have an urgent need to understand how such new services impact social welfare: impacts of technologies on matching ... -
Average Travel Time, Planning Time Index, and Buffer Time Index Thresholds for Freeway Weaving Sections, Merging Areas, and Diverging Areas
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Efforts were initiated through the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) to quantify level of service (LOS) based on travel time and travel time reliability. To contribute to this goal, this study adopted a microscopic ... -
Empty Car Distribution Considering Timeliness Requirement at Chinese Railways
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)Due to variations in freight traffic arising in daily operations, railways need to develop a distribution plan to determine the actual movements of empty cars every day. This paper investigates the daily empty car distribution ... -
Robust Control and Optimization for Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Platoons with Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Delay
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Recent advances in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technologies enable autonomous vehicle platoons to better utilize the information of other members in the platoon to achieve the desired longitudinal intervehicular ... -
Improved Dynamic Time Warping Algorithm for Bus Route Trajectory Curve Fitting
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Applying the electronic route map is a cornerstone for improving the management and operational efficiency of transportation systems. However, the practice of electronic route map designed specifically for the transit ... -
Preventing Intersection Rear-End Collisions with an Optimized Dynamic Two-Stage Actuated Control
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)To minimize the likelihood of having rear-end collisions at signalized intersections, this study presents two algorithms for use with an actuated signal controller and the wide-ranger sensor, deployed for dynamic all-red ... -
Arterial Roadway Travel Time Reliability and the COVID-19 Pandemic
(ASCE, 7/1/2021)This paper evaluated the effect of the COVID-19 preventive orders on arterial roadway travel time reliability (TTR). A comparative analysis was conducted to examine average travel time distributions (TTD), and their ... -
Fault Diagnosis for Rolling Bearings of a Freight Train under Limited Fault Data: Few-Shot Learning Method
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)In recent years, many machine learning-based methods have emerged to detect faulty bearings. However, most of these methods may not be practical due to the need to collect a large number of fault samples for training. This ... -
String Stability Analysis of Connected Vehicular Systems Based on Car-Following Model
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)String stability analysis is one of key factors to understanding traffic flow dynamics. Cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) vehicles are desired to enhance stability of vehicular flow by monitoring multiple vehicles. ... -
Factors Contributing to Operating Speeds on Arterial Roads by Context Classifications
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)The aim of this study was to evaluate and identify the factors influencing operating speed considering context classification. The study focused on three context classifications: C3R–Suburban Residential, C3C–Suburban ... -
Energy Efficient Metro Train Running Time Rescheduling Model for Fully Automatic Operation Lines
(ASCE, 7/1/2021)Reducing energy consumption without degrading the normal operation of metro trains and service quality has received increasing attention. Besides, fully automatic operation (FAO), for which no drivers and crew attendants ...