YaBeSH Digital Library: Recent submissions
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Developing a Shockwave-Based Queue Estimation Model to Quantify the Disruption Created by Emergency Vehicle Preemption on Arterial Cross Streets
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractEmergency vehicle preemption (EVP) is used in transportation networks to facilitate the movement of emergency vehicles (EVs). Despite reducing EV travel times and saving lives, EVP can highly disrupt general traffic. ... -
Evaluating Semantic Segmentation–Based Scene Descriptions for Multilane Rural Highway Point Clouds against Ground Truth
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThis study investigates the use of two transformer-based models for generating semantic scene descriptions from semantically labeled point clouds of multilane rural highway segments, focusing on automating the ... -
V2X-Based Cooperative On-Ramp Merging Control Strategy with In-Lane and Cross-Lane Platoons
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractHighway on-ramp merging zones constitute critical bottlenecks for traffic flow optimization. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication and connected automated vehicle (CAV) provide new solutions improving merging ... -
Effect of a Vertical Surface Crack on the Stability of a Tunnel Embedded in Spatially Varying Cohesive Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract This study aims to assess the stability of a tunnel of diameter D embedded at different depths H in the presence of a fine or a separated vertical surface crack in spatially varying cohesive soil. The effect of ... -
A Comprehensive Assessment of Energy Efficiency Strategies in Electric Rail Vehicles for Sustainable Transportation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThis study presents a technical approach to evaluating and optimizing traction energy consumption in urban electric rail systems. A custom train motion simulator (TMS) was developed in MATLAB to analyze and compare ... -
Hypergraph-Based High-Speed Rail Hypernetwork Analysis and Node Importance Evaluation Using Operational Data: A Case Study of China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThe high-speed railway (HSR) network is pivotal to transportation infrastructure, yet its resilience and node importance under complex operational dynamics remain to be explored. This study proposes a hypergraph-based ... -
Impact of Dynamic Ramp Closures on Urban Expressway Traffic: A Field Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractRamp controls, such as ramp metering and closure, have been known as a promising strategy for alleviating traffic congestion in urban expressway networks. While ramp metering is a widely adopted practice globally, ... -
Effectiveness of Travel Time Reliability as a Measureof a Level of Service for Urban Roads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractLevel of service (LOS) is a measure that offers insights into the quality of service delivered by an infrastructure. Geometric parameters are typically considered as the measure of effectiveness (MOE) for LOS ... -
Investigating the Safety of Pedestrians at Signalized Intersection Crosswalks in Left-Hand Driving Scenarios
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractIn a developing nation such as India, the rapid increase in road traffic has led to more frequent encounters when vehicles and pedestrians travel through signalized intersections. In an Indian traffic scenario, a ... -
Employing the Mean-Field Approximation Technique in Multiagent Reinforcement Learning to Control Signalized Intersections in an Urban Network
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractTraffic signal control is a difficult task to ensure the performance of traffic networks in major cities around the world. Multiagent reinforcement learning (MARL) is a promising approach for traffic light management. ... -
Examining the Interactive Moderating Effect of Factors Contributing to the Severity of Freeway Accidents
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractFreeway accidents, compared to ordinary highway accidents, are associated with more serious and even fatal injuries, thus warranting in-depth analysis. While previous studies have primarily examined the relationship ... -
Identification of Influential Factors and Potentially Hazardous Location of Rear-End Collisions with Hard-Braking Events Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractRear-end collisions on expressways account for approximately 43% of the total collision cases, which is a high proportion. Extensive research has been conducted on rear-end collisions on expressways using traffic ... -
Optimization of Delivery Routes for Flexible Dispatch of Drones Using Bus Network Assistance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThis paper proposes a drone scheduling method that integrates the hybrid constraints of bus lines and cruising range to optimize the routes for urban delivery drones. By leveraging bus lines as auxiliary flight ... -
Roadside LiDAR–Filtering Method Based on a Partial Background Optimization Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractBackground filtering is a key step for traffic information acquisition using roadside light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors because their performance directly affects the accuracy of downstream perception ... -
Three-Dimensional Stability Analysis of Unsaturated Soil Slopes under Nonisothermal Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)Abstract Recently, the thermodynamic behavior of unsaturated soils has received increasing attention because of the requirements of energy geotechnical structures and climate evolution. Nonisothermal conditions have rarely ... -
Resilience Assessment of Highway Networks under the Influence of Natural Disasters in the Plateau Mountainous Areas of Western Sichuan, China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractDisaster-blocking events significantly impact the normal operation of highways. As climate change intensifies, mountainous highways are increasingly susceptible to such disaster events, and the consequences are ... -
Sight Distance Reliability Analysis of LiDAR-Based Automated Vehicles on Road Horizontal Curves under Adverse Weather Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractThe sight distance reliability of LiDAR-based automated vehicles (LAVs) in complex road environments is critical for their deployment. Road geometry and weather conditions are two key factors affecting the perception ... -
Predicting Pedestrian Crossing Behavior and Violations Using a Pathfinding Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractIncreasing walking mode share is a widespread goal, but achieving this goal requires tools to proactively evaluate potential facility designs and control strategies. Existing tools do not provide the ability to ... -
Evaluation of Traffic Efficiency in Highway-Weaving Areas Considering Risky Driving Behaviors Based on Vehicle Trajectory Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)AbstractHighway-weaving areas face significant traffic efficiency challenges due to frequent merging and diverging movements. This study quantifies the precise thresholds at which risky driving behaviors impact traffic ... -
Modeling Run-Off Risk on Interchange Ramps: A Data-Driven Analysis of Driver Behavior
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractInterchanges play a crucial role in ensuring uninterrupted traffic flow between multiple roadways. The construction of interchange ramps involves horizontal and vertical curvatures to facilitate high-speed and safe ...