Highway and traffic engineering Books

Book SynopsisThis book highlights the cutting-edge research on energy management within smart grids with significant deployment of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEV). These vehicles not only can be a significant electrical power consumer during Grid to Vehicle (G2V) charging mode, they can also be smartly utilized as a controlled source of electrical power when they are used in Vehicle to Grid (V2G) operating mode. Electricity Price, Time of Use Tariffs, Quality of Service, Social Welfare as well as electrical parameters of the network are all different criteria considered by the researchers when developing energy management techniques for PEVs. Risk averse stochastic energy hub management, maximizing profits in ancillary service markets, power market bidding strategies for fleets of PEVs, energy management of PEVs in the presence of renewable energy in distribution lines or microgrids and loss minimization in distribution networks based on smart coordination approaches using real time energy prices are some of the attractive and novel topics explored in this book. It will be an excellent reference for graduate students, researchers and industry professionals who are interested in getting a snapshot view of today’s latest research on applying various smart energy management strategies for smart grids with high penetration of PEVs.Table of ContentsOverview of Plug-in Electric Vehicles Technologies.- Smart Coordination Approach for Power Management and Loss Minimization in Distribution Networks with PEV Penetration Based on Real Time Pricing.- Plug-in Electric Vehicles Management in Smart Distribution Systems.- An Optimal and Distributed Control Strategy for Charging Plug-in Electrical Vehicles in the Future Smart Grid.- Risk averse energy hub management considering Plug-in Electric Vehicles using Information gap decision theory.- Integration of Distribution Grid Constraints in an Event-driven Control Strategy for Plug-in Electric Vehicles in a Multi-aggregator Setting.- Distributed Load Management using Additive Increase Multiplicative Decrease based Techniques.- Towards a Business Case for Vehicle-to-Grid – Maximizing Profits in Ancillary Service Markets.- Integration of PEVs into Power Markets: A Bidding Strategy for a Fleet Aggregator.- Optimal Control of Plug-in Vehicles Fleets in microgrids.- Energy Management in Microgrids with Plug-in Electric Vehicles, Distributed Energy Resources and Smart Home Appliances.

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Book SynopsisThe unique book shows practising car park engineers and architects how to design parking buildings that are efficient and user friendly, both above and below ground level.Table of ContentsIntroduction Design brief Design elements Dynamic considerations Static considerations Circulation design Circulation layouts Stairs and lifts Disabled drivers and carers Cycles and motorcycles Security Underground parking Lighting Signage Drainage Fire escapes, safety and fire fighting Fiscal and barrier control Ventilation Structure Appearance Considerations for parking electric powered vehicles

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Book SynopsisHighways, 5th edition covers road location and plans, roadwork materials, surface and subsurface moisture control, pavement design and construction, thickness design of bituminous and concrete pavements, and road maintenance and rehabilitation.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Historical Overview of the Development of the Road 2. The Road Development Process: Plans, Specifications and Contracts and Contracts 3. Road Location 4. Ground Investigations 5. Soils and Soil-testing for Roadworks 6. Earthworks for Roadworks 7. Basic Materials Used in Road Pavements 8. Soil-stabilised and Hydraulically-bound Mixtures Used in Road Pavements 9. Standard Mixes used in Bituminous-bound Pavement Layers in the UK 10. Moisture Control: Subsurface and Surface Drainage 11. Introduction to Pavement Thickness Design 12. Analysis of Stresses in Rigid Concrete Slabs and an Introduction to the Design of Concrete Block Paving 13. Current UK Thickness Design Recommendations re New Bituminous and Concrete Pavements 14. Design and Construction of Bituminous Bases and Surfacings 15. Constructing Concrete Pavements 16. Road Asset Management 17. Structural Maintenance of Road Pavements 18. Wet Skid Resistance 19. Design and Use of Thin Surface Treatments

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Book SynopsisCrossrail Project: Infrastructure Design and Construction (Volume 1) contains a collection of 36 papers submitted to Crossrail’s Technical Papers Competition between 2012 and 2013 from consultants, contractors, suppliers and third-party stakeholders involved in design and construction across the Crossrail project.

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Book SynopsisEmphasizing the numerical and functional aspects of designing footways, crossings, roundabouts, and other spaces where pedestrian and vehicular traffic interact, this book provides detailed guidance on the design of pedestrian facilities to ensure the safety, comfort and convenience of pedestrians and other road users.

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Book SynopsisCities for Driverless Vehicles examines the relationship between autonomous vehicles, transport infrastructure requirements and urban forms, as well as explores ways to adopt autonomous vehicles into future cities. With insights drawn from urban planners and professionals across the world, the book informs you how our future cities will look, what legal requirements will need to be met, how pedestrians will interact with driverless vehicles, the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) concept, and how planners can prepare for the new technological age. Informed research and expert transport modelling is underpinned by international case studies along with the action plans required to make the transition a smooth, orderly and safe one for future generations.This book includes plans for industry professionals on understanding new and upcoming technology and provides thoughts for further research and development details the infrastructure that the vehicles will

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the history, development, trends, and evolution of hot mix asphalt (HMA) design and pavement construction. This report contains four papers that were presented at a special technical session, Evaluation of Bituminous Materials Mix-Design & Superpave, of the Conference to celebrate the 150th anniversary of ASCE in Washington, DC.

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Book SynopsisSelected papers from the First International Symposium on Pavement and Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Infrastructure held in Nanchang, China, June 5-7, 2011. Sponsored by the Nanchang Hangkong University and the International Association of Chinese Infrastructure Professionals (IACIP) in cooperation with the Geo-Institute of ASCE. Pavement and Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation contains 20 papers that represent the latest developments in the application of soil, rock, and paving materials to the study and application of geomechanics and transportation geotechnology. Topics include pavement structure and subgrade preparation such as: the use of chemical additives and geogrid reinforcement; performance assessment of concrete and asphalt mixtures; mathematical models for the simulation of geotechnical problems; and evaluation of soil types in relation to slope failure, consolidation, and embankment behaviour. This Geotechnical Practice Publication focuses on the appl

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Book SynopsisSweeping in scope and conceptually ambitious, this book tells a story of infrastructure and of global flows of money, goods, and people.Trade Review"What is the relation between the unity and stability of the nation-state and the state of a nation's infrastructure? In addressing this question, Roads forces us to consider, among much else, the expertise of infrastructure's architects, the construction engineers, whose work is attuned to the instability, unruliness and unevenness of the environments within which infrastructure is assembled. The infrastructure of the road turns out not to be the stable base on which the state can ground its existence, but a situated achievement. Penny Harvey and Hannah Knox’s remarkable ethnography of infrastructure is a vital intervention, in anthropology and beyond." -- Andrew Barry, University College London, author of Material Politics: Disputes Along the PipelineTable of ContentsIntroduction: Anthropology, Infrastructure, and ExpertisePART I. ROADS AS STATE SPACE: PAST DESIRES AND FUTURE IMAGINARIES1. Historical Futures2. Integration and DifferencePART II. CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES, REGULATORY DEVICES3. Figures in the Soil4. Health and Safety and the Politics of Safe Living5. Corruption and Public WorksPART III. THE MODERN STATE: PROMISE AND DEFERRAL6. Impossible Publics7. Conclusions: Inauguration, Engineering, and the Politics of Infrastructural FormNotes References Index

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Book SynopsisAn engaging history of the people and policies that profoundly transformed the American landscape—and the daily lives of Americans.Trade ReviewDivided Highways is the best and most important book yet published about how asphalt and concrete have changed the United States. Quite simply, the Interstate Highway System is the longest and largest engineered structure in the history of the world, and it has enormously influenced every aspect of American life. Tom Lewis is an engaging prose stylist with a gift for the telling anecdote and appropriate example. -- Kenneth T. Jackson * Harvard Design Magazine *A fascinating work... with a subject central to contemporary life but to which few, if any, have devoted so much thoughtful analysis and good humor. * Minneapolis Star-Tribune *Anyone who has ever driven on a U.S. interstate highway or eaten at an exit-ramp McDonald's will come away from this book with a better understanding of what makes modern America what it is. * Chicago Tribune *Lewis describes in a convincing, lively, and well-documented narrative the evolution of America's roadway system from one of the world's worst road networks to its best. -- John Pucher * Journal of the American Planning Association *Lewis provides a comprehensive and balanced examination of America's century-long infatuation with the automobile and the insatiable demands for more and better road systems. He has written a sprightly and richly documented book on a vital subject. -- Richard O. Davies * Journal of American History *This brightly written history of the U.S. federal highway program is like the annual report of a successful company that has had grim second thoughts. The first half recounts progress made, while the second suggests that the good news is not quite what it seems. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsPreface to the Cornell EditionPrefacePart 11. The Chief2. Mastering Nature3. The Dreamway4. The GI and the GeneralPart 25. A Grand Plan6. The Great Puzzle7. Lines of DesirePart 38. Revolt9. Busting the Trust10. New Rules11. Continental Drift12. The Greatest of ImprovementsSources and NotesSelected BibliographySupplemental Bibliography to the Cornell EditionAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisThis provocative book considers how photographic, electronic, and digital media have been used to record and reconstruct accidents, particularly high-speed crashes and catastrophes, and argues that “forensic media” thereby transmute disruptive chance occurrences into reassuring narratives of causal succession.Trade Review"Siegel’s thoroughly researched and beautifully written book is essential reading for anyone concerned with how media help us construct and imagine both what has happened in the past and what might happen in the future." -- Jaimie Baron * Television & New Media *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Accidents and Forensics 1 1. Engineering Detectives 31 2. Tracings 65 3. Black Boxes 89 4. Tests and Split Seconds 143 Epilogue. Retrospective Prophecies 195 Notes 215 Bibliography 237 Index 251

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Book SynopsisThis provocative book considers how photographic, electronic, and digital media have been used to record and reconstruct accidents, particularly high-speed crashes and catastrophes, and argues that “forensic media” thereby transmute disruptive chance occurrences into reassuring narratives of causal succession.Trade Review"Siegel’s thoroughly researched and beautifully written book is essential reading for anyone concerned with how media help us construct and imagine both what has happened in the past and what might happen in the future." -- Jaimie Baron * Television & New Media *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Accidents and Forensics 1 1. Engineering Detectives 31 2. Tracings 65 3. Black Boxes 89 4. Tests and Split Seconds 143 Epilogue. Retrospective Prophecies 195 Notes 215 Bibliography 237 Index 251

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Book SynopsisTransport systems are facing an impossible dilemma: satisfy an increasing demand for mobility of people and goods, while decreasing their fossil-energy requirements and preserving the environment. Additionally, transport has an opportunity to evolve in a changing world, with new services, technologies but also new requirements (fast delivery, reliability, improved accessibility). The subject of traffic is organized into two separate but complementary volumes: Volume 3 on Traffic Management and Volume 4 on Traffic Safety. Traffic Safety, Volume 4 of the Research for Innovative Transports Set, presents a collection of updated papers from the TRA 2014 Conference, highlighting the diversity of research in this field. Theoretical chapters and practical case studies address topics such as road safety management and policies, accident analysis and modeling, vulnerable road users' safety, road infrastructure safety, ITS and railway safety.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xvii Preface xix Introduction xxiiiGeorge YANNIS and Simon COHEN Part 1. Road Safety Policy 1 Chapter 1. Analysis of Road Safety Management Systems in Europe 3Nicole MUHLRAD, Gilles VALLET, Ilona BUTLER, Victoria GITELMAN, Etti DOVEH, Emmanuelle DUPONT, Heike MARTENSEN, Pete THOMAS, Rachel TALBOT, Eleonora PAPADIMITRIOU, George YANNIS, Luca PERSIA, Gabriele GIUSTINIANI, Klaus MACHATA and Charlotte BAX 1.1. Introduction 3 1.2. Methodology 4 1.3. Qualitative analyses of road safety management systems in Europe 7 1.4. Quantitative analyses 11 1.5. Conclusion 15 1.6. Key messages and recommendations 15 1.7. Acknowledgments 16 1.8. Bibliography 17 Chapter 2. Conceptualizing Road Safety Management through a Territorialized Complex System: Context and Goals 19Thierry SAINT-GÉRAND, Mohand MEDJKANE, Abdelkrim BENSAID, Dominique FLEURY, Jean-François PEYTAVIN, Eliane PROPECK-ZIMMERMANN and Maroua BOUZID 2.1. Introduction 19 2.2. Methodological challenge: integration of different road safety concepts into territorial complex system modeling 20 2.3. A practical example: ZIVAG 27 2.4. Conclusion and followings 30 2.5. Bibliography 32 Chapter 3. Development of the European Road Safety Knowledge System 35George YANNIS, Pete THOMAS, Nicole MUHLRAD, Heike MARTENSEN, Emmanuelle DUPONT, Letty AARTS, Petros EVGENIKOS and Eleonora PAPADIMITRIOU 3.1. Introduction 35 3.2. Data/knowledge collecting and processing 37 3.3. Key road safety analyses and summaries 42 3.4. Conclusion and next steps 48 3.5. Acknowledgments 49 3.6. Bibliography 49 Part 2. Accident Analysis and Modeling 51 Chapter 4. Structural Time Series Modeling of the Number of Fatalities in Poland in Relation to Economic Factors 53Ruth BERGEL-HAYAT and Joanna ZUKOWSKA 4.1. Introduction 53 4.2. Current state of knowledge 56 4.3. Methodology 57 4.4. The data 58 4.5. Results 65 4.6. Discussion 66 4.7. Conclusion and outlook 66 4.8. Bibliography 67 Chapter 5. Risk of Road Traffic Injuries for Pedestrians, Cyclists, Car Occupants and Powered Two-Wheel Users, based on a Road Trauma Registry and Travel Surveys, Rhône, France 69Stéphanie BLAIZOT, Francis PAPON, Mohamed MOULOUD HADDAK and Emmanuelle AMOROS 5.1. Introduction 69 5.2. Material and methods 70 5.3. Results and interpretation 73 5.4. Discussion and conclusions 81 5.5. Acknowledgments 83 5.6. Bibliography 83 Chapter 6. Development of Safety Performance Functions for Two-Lane Rural First-Class Main Roads in Hungary 87Attila BORSOS, John N. IVAN and Gyula OROSZ 6.1. Introduction 87 6.2. Literature review 88 6.3. General overview of first-class main roads 89 6.4. Data collection and segmentation 91 6.5. Modeling 92 6.6. Discussion and conclusions 98 6.7. Acknowledgments 99 6.8. Bibliography 99 Part 3. Vulnerable Road Users’ Safety 101 Chapter 7. Mobility and Safety of Powered Two-Wheelers in OECD Countries 103Pierre VAN ELSLANDE, Veronique FEYPELL-DE LA BEAUMELLE, James HOLGATE, Kris REDANT, Hélène DE SOLÈRE, Dimitris MARGARITIS, George YANNIS, Eleonora PAPADIMITRIOU, Saskia DE CRAEN, Lars INGE HASLIE, Juan MUGUIRO and Per-Olov GRUMMAS GRANSTRÖM 7.1. Introduction 103 7.2. Mobility and safety figures of PTWs 105 7.3. Contributory factors of PTW crashes 108 7.4. Toward an integrated road safety strategy for PTW 109 7.5. Measures for PTW safety improvement 111 7.6. Key messages and recommendations 113 7.7. Bibliography 115 Chapter 8. Comparison of Car Drivers’ and Motorcyclists’ Drink Driving in 19 Countries: Results from the SARTRE 4 Survey 119Julien CESTAC, Cécile BARBIER, Gian-Marco SARDI, Richard FREEMAN, Sami KRAÏEM and Jean-Pascal ASSAILLY 8.1. Introduction 119 8.2. Method 120 8.3. Results 122 8.4. Discussion 126 8.5. Acknowledgments 127 8.6. Bibliography 128 Chapter 9. Trajectories of Multiple People in Crowds Using Laser Range Scanner 131Ladji ADIAVIAKOYE, Patrick PLAINCHAULT, Marc BOURCERIE and Jean-Michel AUBERLET 9.1. Introduction 131 9.2. Approach 132 9.3. Detection 137 9.4. Multiple tracking 139 9.5. Experimental results 140 9.6. Conclusions 142 9.7. Bibliography 142 Chapter 10. Safety of Urban Cycling: A Study on Perceived and Actual Dangers 145Anita GRASER, Michael ALEKSA, Markus STRAUB, Peter SALEH, Stephan WITTMANN and Gernot LENZ 10.1. State of urban cycling 145 10.2. Perceived safety of urban cycling 148 10.3. The Austrian accident database 151 10.4. Comparison of perceived safety and recorded accidents 153 10.5. Conclusion and outlook 157 10.6. Acknowledgments 158 10.7. Bibliography 158 Part 4. Road Infrastructure Safety 161 Chapter 11. Speed Distribution and Traffic Safety Measures 163Anna VADEBY and Åsa FORSMAN 11.1. Introduction and aim of the study 163 11.2. Method 165 11.3. Results 167 11.4. Discussion 173 11.5. Acknowledgments 175 11.6. Bibliography 175 Chapter 12. Ex-ante Assessment of a Speed Limit Reducing Operation – A Data-driven Approach 177Maurice ARON, Régine SEIDOWSKY and Simon COHEN 12.1. Introduction 177 12.2. Method for predicting the injury or fatality accident count 178 12.3. The part of the ALLEGRO motorway network concerned with speed limit reduction 183 12.4. Ex-ante assessment results of the speed decrease in the ALLEGRO motorway network 184 12.5. The threefold validation of the approach 190 12.6. Conclusions 192 12.7. Appendix: relationships between injury accidents and traffic conditions estimated from the Marius network 193 12.8. Bibliography 197 Chapter 13. Development of a Guideline for the Selection of Vehicle Restraint Systems – Identification of the Key Selection Parameters 199Francesca La TORRE, Ceki ERGINBAS, Robert THOMSON, Giuseppina AMATO, Bine PENGAL, Peter SALEH, Chris BRITTON and Kris REDANT 13.1. Introduction 199 13.2. Objectives of the first work package of the SAVeRS project 201 13.3. Collation and examination of national guidelines and standards 201 13.4. Collation and examination of published literature 204 13.5. Conclusions 211 13.6. Acknowledgments 212 13.7. Follow-up 212 13.8. Bibliography 213 Chapter 14. For the Vision of “Zero Accidents at Intersections”: A Challenge between Road Safety and Capacity 217Jean Emmanuel BAKABA and Jörg ORTLEPP 14.1. Introduction 217 14.2. Traffic turning left at signal-controlled intersections 218 14.3. Recommendations 230 14.4. Conclusion 231 14.5. Bibliography 232 Chapter 15. Safety Inspection and Management of the Road Network in Operation 233Salvatore CAFISO, Alessandro DI GRAZIANO, Grazia LA CAVA and Giuseppina PAPPALARDO 15.1. Introduction 233 15.2. Road safety inspection tools in Europe 235 15.3. Design of new software tools for road inspection 239 15.4. Case study 246 15.5. Conclusion 248 15.6. Bibliography 248 Part 5. ITS and Safety 251 Chapter 16. Improving Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users Through ITS Applications 253Johan SCHOLLIERS, Daniel BELL, Andrew MORRIS, Alejandra Beatriz GARCÍA MELÉNDEZ and Oscar Martin PEREZ 16.1. Introduction 253 16.2. Methodology 254 16.3. Accident data analysis and identification of critical scenarios 256 16.4. User needs analysis 258 16.5. ITS applications for the critical scenarios and user needs 260 16.6. Results 260 16.7. Conclusions 265 16.8. Acknowledgments 268 16.9. Bibliography 268 Chapter 17. Experimentation with the PRESERVE VSS and the Score@F System 271Rim MOALLA, Brigitte LONC, Gerard SEGARRA, Marcello LAGUNA, Panagiotis PAPADIMITRATOS, Jonathan PETIT and Houda LABIOD 17.1. Introduction 271 17.2. Test methodology 273 17.3. Performance indicators 274 17.4. Test environment 274 17.5. Test case description 278 17.6. Test results 281 17.7. Conclusion 281 17.8. Acknowledgments 282 17.9. Bibliography 282 Chapter 18. Safety Bus Routing for the Transportation of Pupils to School 283Eleni CHALKIA, Josep Maria SALANOVA GRAU, Evangelos BEKIARIS, Georgia AYFANDOPOULOU, Chiara FERARINI and Evangelos MITSAKIS 18.1. Introduction 283 18.2. The school bus routing problem 284 18.3. Methodology for solving the SBRP in SAFEWAY2SCHOOL 285 18.4. Application to Thessaloniki 294 18.5. Conclusions 297 18.6. Acknowledgments 298 18.7. Bibliography 298 Chapter 19. Spreading Awareness of Traffic Safety through Web Application 301Miha AMBROŽ, Jernej KORINŠEK and Ivan PREBIL 19.1. Introduction 301 19.2. Current state of traffic accident data in Slovenia 302 19.3. Identification of conflict points 307 19.4. Application structure 308 19.5. Use of the web application 312 19.6. Conclusion 315 19.7. Acknowledgments 316 19.8. Bibliography 316 Part 6. Railway Safety 317 Chapter 20. Overview of Freight Train Derailments in the EU: Causes, Impacts, Prevention and Mitigation Measures 319Cristian ULIANOV, François DEFOSSEZ, Gordana VASI;; FRANKLIN and Mark ROBINSON 20.1. Introduction 319 20.2. Research methodology 320 20.3. Results and discussion 322 20.4. Conclusions and recommendations 334 20.5. Acknowledgment 335 20.6. Bibliography 335 Chapter 21. A Risk Assessment Tool for Public Transportation 337Andrea SOEHNCHEN and Mihai BARCANESCU 21.1. Security – a growing concern for Public Transport operators 337 21.2. The risk assessment procedure 338 21.3. Conclusions 345 21.4. Acknowledgments 346 21.5. Bibliography 346 Chapter 22. The GETAWAY Project – Improving Passenger Evacuation Techniques in Railway Stations (and Other Transport Hubs) 347Paul BRYANT and Christos GIACHRITSIS 22.1. Introduction 347 22.2. External factors 349 22.3. Objectives of the GETAWAY project 350 22.4. The GETAWAY system concept 351 22.5. The GETAWAY-IADSS development 354 22.6. The Active Dynamic Signage System (ADSS) 355 22.7. Fire Detection System (FDS) development 356 22.8. CCTV Analysis Engine (CAE) 357 22.9. Decision Engine (DE) and Evacuation Simulation Engine (ESE) 357 22.10. The level of IADSS application 358 22.11. Evaluation of the GETAWAY system 359 22.12. Conclusion 363 22.13. Acknowledgments 364 22.14. Bibliography 364 Chapter 23. Interpretive Structural Modeling of Security Systems for Better Security Management in Railways 367Anoop SRIVASTAVA, Sanjeev SWAMI and Devender BANWET 23.1. Introduction 367 23.2. Complexity of railway systems 368 23.3. Nominal Group Technique (NGT) 369 23.4. Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) 370 23.5. Policy implications 376 23.6. Conclusions and avenues for future research 376 23.7. Acknowledgments 377 23.8. Bibliography 377 List of Authors 379 Index 387

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Book SynopsisTraffic crashes are one of the ten leading causes of deaths worldwide, and the leading cause of death for young people in the western world - a seemingly necessary evil that accompanies increasing levels of motorization. In this comprehensive 2nd edition of the classic “Traffic Safety and Human Behavior” Dr David Shinar provides a theoretical framework and a critical evaluation of the most recent research findings to comprehend the complexity of traffic safety and the central role that road users - drivers, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians play in it. In the new edition of approximately 1000 pages with nearly 300 graphs and tables, Shinar covers the key issues that relate human behavior to traffic safety and the impact that cultural, policy, and technological changes have on them. In particular the new edition covers the increasing roles that pedestrians and cyclists have in the traffic system and the need to accommodate them; the intrusion of infotainment and its role in driver distraction; and the increasing role of crash-prevention and driver assistance systems in changing the driver-vehicle interaction.Trade ReviewThe first edition of this book was published in 2007. This second edition highlights findings from the use of naturalistic driving studies and the technique of meta-analysis. This edition presents the latest research on driving safety, road users’ behavior, and changing cultural norms that emphasize sustainability. There is new material on bicyclists and motorcyclists and new info on autonomous vehicles. Other new areas explored are in-vehicle driver assistance systems and the latest research on human limitations and capabilities related to driving. Part A provides background on methods, models, and theories of driver behavior, and Part B looks at driver capacities and individual differences in visual attention in young drivers, new drivers, and older drivers. Later sections cover driving style, temporary impairment, and vulnerable road users (such as pedestrians). The final section deals with causes of crashes and countermeasures. The book contains b&w photos, diagrams, and summary charts. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsPart A - Background, Methods, Models 1. Introduction and Background 2. Research Methods – from basic laboratory to on-road studies 3. Theories and Models of Driver Behavior – information processing and motivational approaches. Part B - Driver capacities and individual differences 4. Vision, Visual Attention, and Visual Search 5. Driver Information processing – Attention, Perception, Reaction Time, and Comprehension 6. Young and Novice Drivers 7. Older Drivers Part C - Driving style 8. Speed and Safety 9. Personality and Aggressive Driving 10. Occupant Protection Part D - Driver temporary impairments 11. Alcohol 12. Drugs 13. Distraction and Inattention 14. Fatigue and Driving Part E - Vulnerable road users 15. Pedestrians 16. Motorcyclists and Other Riders of Powered Two-Wheelers (PTWs) 17. Bicyclists Part F - Crash Causation and Countermeasures 18. Crash Causation 19. Crash Countermeasures and Design of Safety

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Book SynopsisVehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) play a key role to develop Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) aiming to achieve road safety and to guaranty needs of drivers and passengers, in addition to improve the transportation productivity. One of the most important challenges of this kind of networks is the data routing between VANET nodes which should be routed with high level of Quality of Service (QoS) to ensure receiving messages in the time. Then, the driver can take the appropriate decision to improve the road safety. In the literature, there are several routing protocols for VANETs which are more or less reliable to reach safety requirements. In this book, we start by describing all VANET basic concepts such as VANET definition, VANET versus Mobile ad-Hoc Network (MANET), architectures, routing definition and steps, Quality of Service (QoS) for VANET Routing, Metrics of evaluation, Experimentation, and simulation of VANETs, mobility patterns of VANET etc. Moreover, different routing protocols for routing in VANETs will be described. We propose two main categories to be presented: classical routing and bio-inspired routing. Concerning classical VANET, main principles and all phases will be overviewed, as well as, their two sub-categories which are topological and geographical protocols. After that, we propose a new category called bio-inspired routing which is inspired by natural phenomenon such as Ant colony, Bee life, Genetic operators etc. We present also, some referential protocols as example of each category. In this book, we focus on the idea of how to apply bio-inspired principle into VANET routing to improve road safety, and to ensure QoS of vehicular applications.Table of ContentsPREFACE ix INTRODUCTION xi ACRONYMS AND NOTATIONS xv CHAPTER 1. VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS 1 1.1. VANET definition, characteristics and applications1 1.1.1. Definition of vehicular ad hoc network1 1.1.2. Characteristics of vehicular ad hoc networks 2 1.1.3. Applications of vehicular ad hoc networks 5 1.2. VANET architectures 7 1.2.1. Vehicular WLAN/cellular architecture 7 1.2.2. Pure ad hoc architecture 8 1.2.3. Hybrid architecture 9 1.3. Mobility models 9 1.3.1. Random-based mobility models 10 1.3.2. Geographic map-based mobility models 12 1.3.3. Group-based mobility 14 1.3.4. Prediction-based mobility models 17 1.3.5. Software-tools-based mobility models 20 1.4. VANET challenges and issues 21 1.4.1. VANET routing 21 1.4.2. Vehicular network scalability 22 1.4.3. Computational complexity in VANET networking 22 1.4.4. Routing robustness and self-organization in vehicular networks 23 1.4.5. Vehicular network security 23 1.5. Bibliography 23 CHAPTER 2. ROUTING FOR VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS 29 2.1. Basic concepts 29 2.1.1. Single-hop versus multi-hop beaconing in VANETs 29 2.1.2. Routing classification of VANETs 31 2.2. Quality-of-service of VANET routing 35 2.2.1. Quality-of-service definition 35 2.2.2. Quality-of-service criteria 36 2.3. VANET routing standards 37 2.3.1. Dedicated short range communication 38 2.3.2. Standards for wireless access in vehicular environments (WAVE) 40 2.3.3. VANET standards related to routing layers 42 2.3.4. Other VANET routing standards 44 2.4. VANET routing challenges and issues 45 2.4.1. Dynamics nature of VANETs (mobility pattern and vehicles’ velocity) 45 2.4.2. Vehicular network density and scalability 46 2.4.3. Safety improvement and quality-of-service 46 2.5. Bibliography 47 CHAPTER 3. CONVENTIONAL ROUTING PROTOCOLS FOR VANETS 51 3.1. Topology-based routing 51 3.1.1. Reactive routing protocols 52 3.1.2. Proactive routing protocols 55 3.1.3. Hybrid routing protocols 57 3.1.4. Critics of topology-based routing 58 3.2. Geography-based routing 59 3.2.1. Geography-based routing principle 59 3.2.2. Geography-based routing protocols 59 3.2.3. Critics of geography-based routing 67 3.3. Cluster-based routing 68 3.3.1. Cluster-based routing principle 68 3.3.2. Cluster-based routing protocols 69 3.3.3. Critics of cluster-based routing 73 3.4. Bibliography 73 CHAPTER 4. BIO-INSPIRED ROUTING PROTOCOLS FOR VANETS 79 4.1. Motivations for using bio-inspired approaches in VANET routing 80 4.1.1. Network scalability 80 4.1.2. Computational complexity 80 4.1.3. Self-organization and adaptability 81 4.1.4. Routing robustness 81 4.2. Fundamental concepts and operations of bio-inspired VANET routing 82 4.2.1. Optimization problem definition 82 4.2.2. Search space (SSp) 83 4.2.3. Objective function 83 4.2.4. Population 84 4.2.5. Individual encoding 84 4.2.6. Initialization 84 4.2.7. Stopping criterion 85 4.3. Basic bio-inspired algorithms used in VANET routing literature 85 4.3.1. Genetic algorithm 86 4.3.2. Ant colony optimization 89 4.3.3. Particle swarm optimization 90 4.3.4. Bees life algorithm 92 4.3.5. Bacterial foraging optimization 93 4.4. Evolutionary algorithms for VANET routing 95 4.4.1. Sequential genetic algorithms for VANET routing 95 4.4.2. Parallel genetic algorithms for VANET routing 100 4.5. Swarm intelligence for VANET routing 101 4.5.1. Ant colony optimization for VANET routing 102 4.5.2. Particle swarm optimization for VANET routing 106 4.5.3. Bee colony optimization for VANET routing 108 4.5.4. Bacterial foraging optimization for VANET routing 110 4.6. Another bio-inspired approach for VANET routing 112 4.7. Bibliography 113 CONCLUSION 121 INDEX 125

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Book SynopsisAs the case for Climate Change mitigation becomes ever more pressing, hydrogen has the potential to play a major role in a low-carbon energy future. Hydrogen can drive the vehicles of tomorrow and also heat homes and supply energy to businesses. Much recent discussion in energy policy circles has considered ways in which greatly expanded electrification can meet the demand for low-carbon mobility and heating. Such narratives centre on the widespread use of renewable energy sources with occasionally surplus renewable electricity being used to produce hydrogen, for example by electrolysis. While such developments have a beneficial role to play, this book focuses on an alternative paradigm. This book considers a more evolutionary path involving the continued extraction and use of fossil fuels, most notably natural gas, but in ways that greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this way much established industrial capacity and know how might be transitioned to help deliver the low carbon future that the world so desperately requires. Presenting up-to-date energy policy recommendations with a focus on hydrogen from fossil fuels, the book will be of considerable interest to policymakers and energy researchers in academia, industry and government labs, while also offering a valuable reference guide for business developers in low-carbon energy, and for oil and gas industry analysts.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Hydrogen Economy Today.- Hydrogen and The Future: Energy and Mobility.- Stem Methane Reforming: A Technology with a Bright Future.- Partial Oxidation Technologies.- Carbon Monoxide: Molecular Building Block.- Three Case Studies I: USA Gulf of Mexico – A Centre of Hydrogen Infrastructure.- Three Case Studies II: UK: Proposed Natural Gas to Hydrogen Transition.- Three Case Studies III: Poland and the Future for Coal in Europe.- Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisBy now, planners everywhere know - more or less - what the ingredients of a sustainable city are, in theory. The problem is that only bits of solutions are being implemented in the cities that most need them, the majority of which are located in the Global South. This book examines issues related to policy transfer in urban transport planning in Southeast Asia. The metropolitan regions of four major capitals - Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Bangkok - are considered. The book assesses the in-bound and out-bound transfer of sustainable transport planning policies, concepts, and tools. The investigation focuses on who transfers policy and why, what elements of policy are transferred, in what direction and to what degree, and what barriers does transfer face. It also discusses how policy transfer processes in the transportation planning arena can be improved.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents selected papers presented during the 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG). The papers address the geotechnical challenges in design, construction, maintenance, monitoring, and upgrading of roads, railways, airfields, and harbor facilities and other ground transportation infrastructure with the goal of providing safe, economic, environmental, reliable and sustainable infrastructures. This volume will be of interest to postgraduate students, academics, researchers, and consultants working in the field of civil and transport infrastructure. Table of ContentsChapter 1: A Conceptual System Dynamics Framework to Evaluate Performance of Pavement Foundations under Moisture Hysteresis.- Chapter 2: Dynamic response of a beam on a layered half-space with a poroelastic interlayer subjected to moving loads.- Chapter 3: Modification of Japanese pavement fatigue life criteria by considering climate effect in cold regions.- Chapter 4: Influence of braking on the pavement shakedown limits.- Chapter 5: Physical modeling of stress propagation in railway pavement with LWD.- Chapter 6: Verification of the structural design parameters for unbound layers of Finnish road structures.- Chapter 7: FreeHyTE: a hybrid-Trefftz finite element platform for poroelastodynamic problems.- Chapter 8: A Mechanistic-Based Analysis Procedure for Designing Geosynthetic Reinforcement in Pavement Systems.- Chapter 9: Geotechnical characterization of a low volume traffic road.- Chapter 10: Development of Prediction Models for Mechanistic Parameters of Granular Roads Using Combined Non-Destructive Tests.- Chapter 11: Influence of Foundation Layer Properties in a Roller-Compacted Concrete Pavement System Subjected to Heavy Vehicle Loads.- Chapter 12: R-Value and Resilient Modulus Prediction Models Based on Soil Index Properties for Colorado Soils.- Chapter 13:Performance Evaluation of Flexible Pavements with Asphalt-treated Base Courses.

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents selected papers presented during the 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics. The papers address the geotechnical challenges in design, construction, maintenance, monitoring, and upgrading of roads, railways, airfields, and harbor facilities and other ground transportation infrastructure with the goal of providing safe, economic, environmental, reliable and sustainable infrastructures. This volume will be of interest to postgraduate students, academics, researchers, and consultants working in the field of civil and transport infrastructure. Table of ContentsThemes:

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Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on recent advances in the planning, design, construction and management of new and existing roads with a particular focus on safety, sustainability and resilience. It discusses field experience through case studies and pilots presented by leading international subject-matter specialists. Chapters were selected from the 18th International Road Federation World Meeting & Exhibition, Dubai 2021. Table of Contents1. ITS & Smart Mobility Technologies1.1 Data & Information Technology1.2 Signal and Signal Systems1.3 Transportation Apps1.4 Mobility as a Service (MaaS)1.5 Response Planning1.6 ITS in Public Transport2. Equipping Roads for Autonomous Driving2.1 Deployment scenarios for CAVs2.2 City Street & Highway Design for CAVs2.3 Advances in Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) Communications2.4 CAV Architecture & Standards3. Highway Engineering & Construction3.1 Geometrical Design3.2 Emerging Design & Construction Technologies3.3 Project Management Methods3.4 BIM & digitalization applications for Roads3.5 AI for Highway Design & Management3.6 Innovation in stakeholder communications3.7 Value Engineering3.8 Hydraulics & Hydrology4. Transportation Planning & Traffic Operations 4.1 Planning & Forecasting4.2 Transport and land use management4.3 Advanced Travel Demand Management4.4 Public Transport Programs4.5 Freight Planning & Logistics4.6 Rural road connectivity programs4.7 Traffic Forecasting4.8 First and last mile transport5. Innovations in Road Materials5.1 Long term Pavement Performance5.2 Innovations in Concrete Materials5.3 Innovations in Asphalt concrete5.4 Fiber-reinforced polymers5.5 Curing compounds5.6 Nano-materials in road projects5.7 Innovations in Quality Control5.8 Signage & Markings6. Bridges & Tunnels6.1 Girder bridges with superior structural performance6.2 Arch bridges, suspension, and cable-stayed bridges6.3 New Technologies in Accelerated Bridge Construction6.4 Advances in tunnelling construction6.5 Tunnel program delivery6.6 Safety in road tunnels6.7 Urban and micro tunnelling7. Environmental Management & Climate Resilience7.1 Weather-resilient transport infrastructure7.2 Natural Disaster Recovery7.3 GHG reduction strategies in the transport sector7.4 Energy-efficient Roads7.5 Circular Economy / Recycled and waste materials7.6 Noise avoidance & mitigation strategies7.7 Alternative propulsion energies7.8 Greening transport national strategies & case studies8. Safe Roads by Design8.1 Road Safety Leadership8.2 Road Risk Diagnosis8.3 Roadside Safety8.4 Crash Forecasting & Investigation8.5 Incident Management & Response Planning8.6 Safety on Rural / Low-volume roads8.7 Speed Management & Enforcement8.8 Vulnerable Road Users8.9 Vehicle Safety8.10 Emerging Traffic Safety Issues8.11 Security measures for the protection of infrastructure8.12 National & local road safety programs9. Asset Management & Maintenance9.1 Pavement & Bridge management systems9.2 Non-destructive testing9.3 Life cycle cost analysis9.4 Total cost of ownership9.5 Maintenance, repair & replacement9.6 Seasonal / Winter maintenance9.7 New approaches to performance delivery9.8 GIS Solutions for Road Management10. Road Financing & Procurement10.1 Road financing policy10.2 Innovations in transport PPPs10.3 Road Pricing for freight and passenger transport10.4 Procurement Strategies10.5 Electronic Road Tolling Solutions & Case Studies11. Parking Strategies & Policies11.1 Parking & Mobility Planning11.2 E-Charging & Parking11.3 Role of Parking in MaaS deployment11.4 New technologies & business models12. Transportation & Society12.1 Roads and society12.2 Quantifying the impacts of infrastructure investment12.3 Social return on investment12.4 Transport modes working together12.5 Best practices in transport governance12.6 Collaboration across borders12.7 Gender in Transport12.8 Accessible Transport (People of Determination)12.9 Policies supporting non-motorized mobility12.10 Managing Mobility in Megacities12.11 Preparing the next generation of transportation engineers

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Book SynopsisThis open access book is interdisciplinary and provides cross-sectoral and multi-dimensional exploration of sustainable development and transportation in South Africa. Drawing on work from different disciplines, the book contributes not only to academia but also seeks to inform urban and regional policy with the view of contributing to the national aspirations of South Africa as espoused in the National Development Plan (NDP), 2030, National Spatial Development Framework (NSDF) Draft (2019), National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCASS) Draft (2019), Green Transport Strategy for South Africa (2018–2050), and National Transportation Plan (NATMAP), 2050. Adopting a multi-dimensional assessment, the book provides a background for co-production concerning climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in the Global South. The book contributes in its analysis of the institutional and legislative framework that relates to the climate change, skills and knowledge transfer, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa, as these are responsible for the evolution of the green economy and transport sector in the country. The connections among different sectors and issues such as environment, transport modes, technology innovation, vehicle management and emission control, skills and knowledge transfer, legislative and policy framework, and the wider objectives of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially goals 11 to 13. The success stories relating to climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa are identified together with the best possible practices that may inform better environmental, urban and regional planning, policy, practice, and management.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Environment, climate change and the green economy.- 3. Transport modes and the green economy.- 4. Technology innovations in green transport.- 5. Vehicle management and emission control and maintenance.- 6. Skills and knowledge transfer for transitioning into the green economy.- 7. Regulatory frameworks, policies, norms and standards.- 8. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book is interdisciplinary and provides cross-sectoral and multi-dimensional exploration of sustainable development and transportation in South Africa. Drawing on work from different disciplines, the book contributes not only to academia but also seeks to inform urban and regional policy with the view of contributing to the national aspirations of South Africa as espoused in the National Development Plan (NDP), 2030, National Spatial Development Framework (NSDF) Draft (2019), National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCASS) Draft (2019), Green Transport Strategy for South Africa (2018–2050), and National Transportation Plan (NATMAP), 2050. Adopting a multi-dimensional assessment, the book provides a background for co-production concerning climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in the Global South. The book contributes in its analysis of the institutional and legislative framework that relates to the climate change, skills and knowledge transfer, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa, as these are responsible for the evolution of the green economy and transport sector in the country. The connections among different sectors and issues such as environment, transport modes, technology innovation, vehicle management and emission control, skills and knowledge transfer, legislative and policy framework, and the wider objectives of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially goals 11 to 13. The success stories relating to climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa are identified together with the best possible practices that may inform better environmental, urban and regional planning, policy, practice, and management.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Environment, climate change and the green economy.- 3. Transport modes and the green economy.- 4. Technology innovations in green transport.- 5. Vehicle management and emission control and maintenance.- 6. Skills and knowledge transfer for transitioning into the green economy.- 7. Regulatory frameworks, policies, norms and standards.- 8. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book will guide you in a simple and illustrative way through all aspects related to crowd behaviour, including sociological theories, methods of crowd control, people detection and tracking, and crowd simulation and prediction, while examining previous accidents to learn from the past. Crowds are a constant presence in most cities around the globe and mass gatherings are attracting an increasing number of people. While experience can help manage large crowds and plan mass events, knowledge on crowd behaviour is fundamental for successfully dealing with unexpected situations, improving current practices and implementing state-of-the-art technologies in management strategies. After letting people laugh about the controversy on colliding pedestrians, with this book, two of the Ig Nobel laureates on pedestrian traffic will make you think (and learn) presenting through a collaborative approach, combining theoretical with practical advice, the science behind crowd dynamics and the importance it plays in our increasingly urbanized society. Fundamental aspects related to crowd management are presented using simple concepts requiring little or no knowledge of mathematics or engineering. Professionals involved in pedestrian traffic, as well as students and researchers entering the field of crowd dynamics, will find this book a useful interdisciplinary introduction on the subject, exploring both fundamental background information and more specific topics related to crowd management.Table of Contents1. Crowd Management and its Definition.- 2. Crowd Properties and Characteristics.- 3. Crowd Incidents and their Analysis.- 4. Risk Assessment.- 5. Pedestrian and Crowd Sensing.- 6. Crowd Simulators: Computational Methods, Product Selection, and Visualization.- 7. Crowd Control Methods: Established and Future Practices.- 8. Planning.- 9. Conclusion: Seven Knows.

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Book SynopsisThis book will guide you in a simple and illustrative way through all aspects related to crowd behaviour, including sociological theories, methods of crowd control, people detection and tracking, and crowd simulation and prediction, while examining previous accidents to learn from the past. Crowds are a constant presence in most cities around the globe and mass gatherings are attracting an increasing number of people. While experience can help manage large crowds and plan mass events, knowledge on crowd behaviour is fundamental for successfully dealing with unexpected situations, improving current practices and implementing state-of-the-art technologies in management strategies. After letting people laugh about the controversy on colliding pedestrians, with this book, two of the Ig Nobel laureates on pedestrian traffic will make you think (and learn) presenting through a collaborative approach, combining theoretical with practical advice, the science behind crowd dynamics and the importance it plays in our increasingly urbanized society. Fundamental aspects related to crowd management are presented using simple concepts requiring little or no knowledge of mathematics or engineering. Professionals involved in pedestrian traffic, as well as students and researchers entering the field of crowd dynamics, will find this book a useful interdisciplinary introduction on the subject, exploring both fundamental background information and more specific topics related to crowd management.Table of Contents1. Crowd Management and its Definition.- 2. Crowd Properties and Characteristics.- 3. Crowd Incidents and their Analysis.- 4. Risk Assessment.- 5. Pedestrian and Crowd Sensing.- 6. Crowd Simulators: Computational Methods, Product Selection, and Visualization.- 7. Crowd Control Methods: Established and Future Practices.- 8. Planning.- 9. Conclusion: Seven Knows.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents many valuable tips for making decisions related to traffic flow in the transport networks. The knowledge base in practical examples, as well as the decision support systems described in this book, finds interest among people who face the daily challenge of searching for solutions to the problems of contemporary transport networks and systems. The publication is therefore addressed to local authorities related to the planning and development of development strategies for selected areas with regard to transport (both in the urban and regional dimension) and to representatives of business and industry, as people directly involved in the implementation of traffic engineering solutions. The tips contained in individual sections of the publication allow to look at a given problem in an advanced way and facilitate the selection of the appropriate strategy (among others, in relation to the evaluation of BEV and FCHEV electric vehicles in the creation of a sustainable transport systems, development of ecological public transport on the example of selected cities, impact of drivers' waiting time on the gap acceptance at median, uncontrolled T-intersections). In turn, due to a new approach to theoretical models (including, inter alia, the application of genetic algorithms for the planning of urban rail transportation system, comprehensive estimate of life cycle costs of new technical systems using reliability verification algorithm, application and comparison of machine learning algorithms in traffic signals prediction), the publication also interests scientists and researchers carrying out research in this area.

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Book SynopsisThis book reports on innovative research and developments in the broad field of transportation. It covers solutions relating to intelligent vehicles and infrastructure, energy and combustion management, vehicle dynamics and control, as well as research on human factors, logistics and security. Contributions are based on peer-reviewed papers presented at the 12th international scientific conference "Transbaltica: Transportation Science and Technology", held virtually from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania, on September 16-17, 2021. All in all, this book offers extensive information on modern transport systems, with a good balance of theory and practice. Table of ContentsStudy of Air Flow around a Moving Vehicle as a Source of Energy.- Methodology for Determination Coefficients Values of the Proposed Rheological Model for the Tire Tread.- Development of an Innovative Technical Solution to Improve the Efficiency of Rolling Stock Friction Brake Elements Operation.- 3D Simulation and Analysis of the Course of a Bus / Train Accident at a Railway Crossing.- Optimization of a Trestle Weight of an Operating Hydraulic Jack Used During Wagons Repairing.- Investigation of Dynamic Behaviour of an Overhead Crane Using Multivariant Calculations.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents innovations in the field of high-speed rail technology, hyperloop transportation technologies and Maglev system, information and communication technology (ICT) for intelligent transportation systems (ITS), multimodal transportation, sustainable freight transportation, and others.The papers presented in the book are proceedings of the annual scientific forum “TransSiberia”, which is the foremost Russian transport event that focuses on innovations in rail transport. The book also presents research in the field of railway engineering, health monitoring, inspection, NDT&E, and signal processing. Developments in the field of decarbonization of railway transport and new types of fuel as an alternative to electrification are proposed.The issues of sustainable operation and maintenance of railway systems and sustainable freight transportation, such as digitalization and AI technologies for sustainable asset management, operation, and maintenance of railway systems, have received a lot of research attention.The book serves as a medium for railroad academia and industry to exchange new ideas and share the latest achievements, as well as to continue supporting the productivity of the transport industry in a sustainable manner.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive review of smart technologies and perspectives on their application in urban engineering. It covers a wide range of applications, from transport and energy management to digital manufacturing, smart city, environment, and sustainable development, providing readers with new ideas for future research and collaborations. This book presents select papers from the International Conference on Smart Technologies in Urban Engineering (STUE-2022), held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on June 9–11, 2022. All the contributions offer plenty of valuable information and would be of great benefit to the experience exchange among scientists in urban engineering.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents many valuable tips for making decisions related to traffic flow in transport networks. The knowledge base in practical examples, as well as the decision support systems described in this book, finds interest among people who face the daily challenge of searching for advanced solutions and practical applications in road traffic engineering. The publication is therefore addressed to local authorities related to the planning and development of development strategies for selected areas with regard to transport (both in the urban and regional dimension) and to representatives of business and industry, as people directly involved in the implementation of traffic engineering solutions.The publication contains selected papers submitted to and presented at the 18th “Transport Systems. Theory and Practice” Scientific and Technical Conference organized by the Department of Transport Systems, Traffic Engineering and Logistics at the Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering at the Silesian University of Technology. The conference took place on September 19-20, 2022, in Katowice (Poland).

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Book SynopsisThis book contains an abundance of numerical analyses based on significant data sets, illustrating the close affiliation between transport systems development and quality of life. How to ensure accessibility standards for public transport for people with special needs? Which multi-criteria methods can support the problem of vehicle selection in freight transport, and which ones should be taken into account in the case of problems related to regional rail transport? What kind of How to assess technical condition of transport means? What factors should be taken into account when assessing the quality of passenger service? How to include zero emission vehicles in the consideration of transport plans? This book provides you with answers to these and many other questions. With regard to the research results discussed and the selected solutions applied, the book primarily addresses the needs of three target groups: Scientists and researchers (ITS field) Local authorities (responsible for the transport systems at the urban and regional level) Representatives of business (traffic strategy management) and industry (manufacturers of ITS components). This book gathers selected papers presented at the 18th “Transport Systems. Theory and Practice” Scientific and Technical Conference organised by the Department of Transport Systems, Traffic Engineering and Logistics at the Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology. The conference was held on 19-20 September 2022 in Katowice (Poland).Table of ContentsIdentification of Barriers to Ensuring Accessibility Standards for Tram Stops to the Needs of People with Disabilities.- The Use of Multi-Criteria Methods in the Problem of Selecting Vehicles for Oversize Cargo Transport.- Problems of Assessing the Technical Condition of Transport Means on the Example of the Means of Air Transport.- The Use of Automatic Passenger Counting Systems Data in Financial Settlement Models in Public Transport.- Comparative Analysis of Transport Tariffs and Operating Ticket Distribution Channels in Selected Agglomerations.- Commuter Rail Service Quality: A Case Study of Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region.- Money is Not Everything - is Integrated Transport Only About Investments?.- Determination of Transport Plans in Urban Areas Considering Zero-Emission Vehicles.- Vehicle Choice for Sustainable Regional Railway.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the work of the RILEM TC 279-WMR, whose purpose was to facilitate the use of waste, marginal and secondary materials for roads by investigating the performance of road materials containing waste through round robin tests and the development of standard procedures for their selection, preparation, and use. The structure of this book includes an introduction, five technical chapters, and a conclusion. The topics addressed are: the use of asphalt binder additives such as plastic and rubber; the combined use of aggregate and filler substitute in paving mixtures (construction demolition waste, rubber, and steel slags); the environmental assessment and the potential sources of pollutants originated from the use of this recycled materials.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book presents many valuable tips for making decisions related to road traffic in transport networks. The knowledge base in practical examples, as well as the decision support systems described in this volume, finds interest among people who face the daily challenge of searching for advanced solutions and practical applications in road traffic engineering. The publication is therefore addressed to local authorities related to the planning and development of development strategies for selected areas with regard to transport (both in the urban and regional dimension) and to representatives of business and industry, as people directly involved in the implementation of traffic engineering solutions. The tips contained in individual sections of the publication allow to look at a given problem in an advanced way and facilitate the selection of the appropriate strategy (among others, in relation to the heuristic approach to assessing the performance efficiency of road intersections in urban environments from the resilience perspective, modeling the distribution of transport pollutants in a naturally ventilated road tunnel, development of a camera-based parking monitoring system with an automatic parking spot identification). In turn, due to a new approach to theoretical models (including, inter alia, problems with the safety of passengers at tram stops or energy-efficient radio platforms for the implementation of nodes of sensor networks), the publication also interests scientists and researchers carrying out research in this area. The publication entitled "Road Traffic Analysis, Theoretical Approaches and Practical Solutions" contains selected papers submitted to and presented at the 19th “Transport Systems. Theory and Practice” Scientific and Technical Conference organized by the Department of Transport Systems, Traffic Engineering and Logistics at the Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering at the Silesian University of Technology. The conference took place on September 18–19, 2023, in Katowice (Poland).Table of ContentsDevelopment of a camera-based parking monitoring system with an automatic parking spot identification.- Energy-efficient radio platforms for implementation of nodes of sensor networks.- A heuristic approach to assess the performance efficiency of road intersections in urban environments from the resilience perspective.- The ecological footprint of embedded rail structures.- Vectors of development of mountain tricycles.

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Book SynopsisFuture Intelligent Vehicles: Research Roadmaps, Open Issues, and Key Challenges.- Speed Breaker and Vehicle Accident Detection with Alert Sensors.- Integrating Machine Learning and IoT: Pioneering Solutions for Sustainable Smart Cities.- Enhancing Emergency Response and Traffic Management with a Smart Ambulance Detection System Using Image Processing.- IoT-Driven Machine Learning Solutions for Smarter Urban Living.- Revolutionizing Road Transportation: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Smart and Efficient Systems.- Recent Advancements and Future Perspectives of Dynamic Fuzzy Controllers for Smart Traffic Signaling.- Road Transport in the New Era Using Artificial Intelligence.- A Survey on Driver’s Unusual Behaviour Detection.- Optimization Strategies for Next-Generation AI, ML, and IoT Applications.- Smart Traffic Systems: Revolutionizing Road Transport with AI and Image Processing.- Harnessing IoT and Machine Learning for Sustainable, Smart Urban Environments.- Smart Traffic Management: Automated Rerouting and Congestion Detection with Sensor Technology.

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Book SynopsisBoosting public transport through innovative IT solutions that match needs and expectations of all stakeholders.- Digitalising the Process of Direct Traffic Control for Safe Train Operations in Structurally Transforming Areas.- The Missing Piece to the Puzzle: Advancing Train Planning for a Digital Great British Railway.- A real time decision-support tool for traffic management.- Motorway traffic flow optimization: from theory to practice.- Research achievements and future priorities of artificial intelligence in transport systems.- Gamification of Early-Stage Planning, Participation and Education in Urban Mobility: the MobileCityGame.

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Book SynopsisDieses Essential behandelt das spezielle Problem der Modellierung der betrieblichen Inanspruchnahme der Infrastruktur durch Zugfahrten als Voraussetzung für die Ermittlung konfliktfreier Fahrplantrassen in der rechnergestützten Fahrplankonstruktion. Die in den heute am Markt befindlichen Softwarelösungen realisierten Methoden, nämlich das Sperrzeitmodell und die vereinfachte Betrachtung fahrplantechnischer Zugfolgeabschnitte, werden ausführlich erläutert und mit ihren Vor- und Nachteilen gegenübergestellt. Diskutiert werden auch alternative Ansätze und mögliche Weiterentwicklungen.Table of ContentsEinführung in die Sperrzeittheorie.- Spezialfälle im Sperrzeitmodell.- Alternative Ansätze und vereinfachte Modelle.

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Book SynopsisMobilität dominiert unser Leben. Der Straßenverkehr ist sowohl Keimzelle als auch Lebensader unserer modernen Gesellschaft. Doch wie kann man diesen fassen, planen und berechnen? Während der öffentliche Nahverkehr zumeist vorgegebenen Strukturen folgt – wie zum Beispiel ein Zug seinen Schienen – wirken die Bewegungen des Individualverkehrs chaotisch für den außenstehenden Beobachter. Dieses essential bringt Ordnung in das Chaos und setzt sich mit der mikroskopischen Verkehrssimulation auseinander. Michael Moltenbrey konzentriert sich auf die Vermittlung eines sehr einfachen und rudimentären Verkehrsmodells, welches die Bewegungen einzelner Fahrzeuge abbildet. Auf den ersten Blick sind die Bewegungen der einzelnen Verkehrsteilnehmer unvorhersehbar. Auf den zweiten erkennt man wiederkehrende Strukturen und Muster, die helfen, das Gesamtkonzept Verkehr besser zu erfassen.Table of ContentsEinführung.- Was ist Verkehr?.- Welche Arten von Simulationen gibt es?.- Ein einfaches Zellularautomatenmodell.- Es geht auch schneller –Überholmanöver und Mehrspurigkeit. - Auf dem Weg zu einer Stadt – Kreuzungen und Ampeln.- Nicht nur Autos fahren – Heterogener Verkehr.- Gesamtmodell.- Diskussion und Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisIn diesem Werk werden konventionelle elektrische Netze und moderne dezentrale Stromerzeugungsanlagen mit Nutzung Erneuerbarer Energien als eine Einheit betrachtet.Im Mittelpunkt steht die Integration Erneuerbarer Energien in bestehende und neue elektrische Netze an Land und im Offshore-Bereich. Die vorgeschlagenen Berechnungsverfahren, Gleichungen und Grafiken bilden ein hilfreiches Werkzeug zur Planung des Netzanschlusses dezentraler Erzeugungsanlagen mit unterschiedlichen Generatorsystemen und zur Analyse von deren Auswirkungen auf bestehende Netze mit konventionellen Kraftwerken.Zum Buch gehört ein Glossar, ein zwölfsprachiges Wörterbuch und ein Anhang mit technischen Charakteristiken relevanter Netzbetriebsmittel.Für diese Auflage wurden der Text und die Literaturquellen aktualisiert, sowie die Grafiken überarbeitet. Table of ContentsStromerzeugung aus erneuerbaren Energien.- Elektrotechnisches Basiswissen zur Netzintegration der Erzeugungsanlagen.- Elektrische Netze mit Erzeugungsanlagen erneuerbarer Energien.- Erzeugungsanlagen mit Nutzung erneuerbarer Energien.- Netzanschluss der Erzeugungsanlagen erneuerbarer Energie.

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Book SynopsisThis non-fictional, yet storytelling, book questions the role of cars and their impact, both for now and in the future. It is not enough to just consider autonomous driving, driving bans in Europe, and combustion engines. Our future and the future of our cities and country living depend on how we can coordinate different needs and different means. Finally, we ask ourselves: What is the status of the car today and in the future? Are we living and working in vehicles more than ever? And who benefits from autonomous driving and what are we giving up for it?In this book, the editor's work illustrates and critically assesses the role of cars. It showcases project examples and introduces easy to use checklists. The authors show how the car influences our business and private lives, and how the car stimulates our appetite for adventures, recreation, and survival. Emerging throughout more than a century, purposefully deployed, and innovativelyused, the automobile grew into our mobility DNA b

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Book SynopsisThis book presents human-centered concepts and solutions for mobility, logistics and infrastructure that will make our growing metropolitan areas more livable and sustainable.The still accelerating megatrend of urbanization is leading to constantly growing metropolitan areas. This creates a whole series of challenges for municipalities, as well as citizens, such as overcrowded traffic routes, limited building space and an increasingly difficult supply situation. With this book we want to answer the following question: How can people live in densely populated areas and meet their needs in terms of mobility, freedom, self-determination, security, prosperity, communication or in other words: how can metropolitan regions be made humane? The answer to this question requires innovative ideas and approaches in various areas: Sustainable designs of infrastructure Economically and ecologically efficient logistics and mobility approaches Intelligent applications for navigation and communication All these ideas must be measured against the needs of citizens and should thus be developed following a human-centered design approach. This ensures that innovative solutions will be widely accepted by the public. In addition, they also have the potential to turn citizens into active co-designers of future metropolitan areas. Table of ContentsPart 1 - Developing Sustainable Mobility & Logistics1. Social Transport - An Efficient Concept for Freight Transportation2. The Importance of Process Data Collection Techniques for Urban Logistics Planning3. Off-Peak Delivery as a Cornerstone for Sustainable Urban Logistics: Insights from Germany4. Longer Trucks for Climate-Friendly Transports in Metropolitan Regions5. Electrified Ultralight Vehicles as a Key Element for Door-to-Door Solutions in Urban AreasPart 2 - Promoting sustainable behavior6. The Intention to Adopt Battery Electric Vehicles in Germany: Driven by Consumer Expectancy, Social Influence, Facilitating Conditions and Ecological Norm Orientation7. Air Taxis as a Mobility Solution for Cities – Empirical Research on Customer Acceptance of Urban Air Mobility8. Electric carsharing in Taiwan9. Bike-Sharing Systems as Integral Components of Inner-City Mobility Concepts: An Analysis of the Intended User Behaviour of Potential and Actual Bike-Sharing Users10. Trust in partially automated driving systems for trucks11. Alternative Ways to Promote Sustainable Consumer Behaviour – Identifying Potentials Based on Spiral Dynamics12. Less Meat, Less Heat – The Potential of Social Marketing to Reduce Meat ConsumptionPart 3 - Planning and managing sustainable infrastructure13. What Makes an Inner City Attractive Today and in the Future? – Analysis of Emotional Hotspots Using the City of Stuttgart as an Example14. Creation of a Scoring-Model to Measure the Attractiveness of Middle-Sized City-Centres for Consumers15. Transdisciplinary Living Labs in a Smart Cities Context – Ecosystems for Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship16. Chances for Social Interaction in Public Space Through a Practice of Commoning – Reports of a First Experimental Approach in the Area of Boeckinger Strasse in Stuttgart-Rot17. Financing Sustainable Infrastructure18. Building the city’s business networks – Using business ecosystem visualization to create strategic cooperations in smart citiesPart 4 - Developing digital solutions for the intelligent city19. Development of an Eco-Routing App to Support Sustainable Mobility Behaviour20. Promoting Objective and Subjective Safety for Cyclists in Metropolitan Areas

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Book SynopsisAutos werden sich in wenigen Jahren selbst steuern, darüber sind sich alle einig. Fahrzeughersteller und Zulieferer forschen weltweit intensiv daran, und auch die großen IT-Multis wie Google und Apple sehen das als Chance, ihre angestammten Märkte zu erweitern. Doch was bedeutet diese bevorstehende Revolution für die Verkehrsträger der Zukunft, für die vielen davon betroffenen Branchen, für unsere Städte, für die Art und Weise, wie wir leben und arbeiten werden?Der Umwelt- und Sozialpsychologe Marco Lalli hat die aktuellen technischen Umwälzungen zum Anlass genommen, deren Konsequenzen für unser Zusammenleben weiter zu denken. Das selbstfahrende Automobil wird nicht nur den Fahrer zuerst entlasten und dann überflüssig machen, es wird neue Geschäftsmodelle hervorbringen und bislang bewährte verschwinden lassen, es wird bestimmte Verkehrsträger zur Bedeutungslosigkeit verdammen und nicht zuletzt das Gesicht unserer Städte radikal verändern. In seinem spannenden Aufsatz beschreibt Marco Lalli eine nicht mehr allzu ferne Zukunft und mahnt die Verantwortlichen in Politik und Wirtschaft, sich darauf einzustellen. Table of ContentsZusammenfassung.- Einführung.- Geschichte.- Roadmap.- Autonomes Fahren.- Sicherheit.- Flottenanbieter.- Öffentlicher Personenverkehr.- Schienengebundener Verkehr.- Übersicht: Hochgeschwindigkeitszüge heute.- Seilbahnen.- Flugverkehr.- Frachttransport.- Motorisierte Zweiräder.- Infrastruktur Straße.- Wo bleibt die Freiheit?.- Übergänge.- Fazit.- Straße vs. Schiene: eine Zusammenfassung.- Zum Schluss: Was wird aus unseren Städten?.- Die Politik.- Nachwort.

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Book SynopsisThis book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2020). The volume focuses on latest research works carried out in the area of water resources and transportation engineering. The topics include technological intervention and solution for water security, sustainability in water resources and transportation infrastructure, crop protection, resilience to disaster like flood, hurricane and drought, traffic congestion, transport planning etc. It aims to address broad spectrum of audience by covering inter-disciplinary innovative research and applications in these areas. It will be useful to graduate students, researchers, scientists, and practitioners working in water resources and transportation engineering domain.Table of ContentsNature Oriented Paradigms for Water Security: Perspective on Frameworks, Scale, and Sector.- Sustainability in Transportation Infrastructure: Perspective of CREATEs, Rowan University.- Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar – A Comprehensive Case Study.- Risk Assessment of Pune Metro Underground Construction.- Linear Programming Model for the Design of Optimal Cropping Pattern for a Major Distributary Canal.- Analysis of Traffic Flow Characteristics on Urban Arterial Roads under Heterogeneous Traffic Scenario – A Case Study of Tiruchirappalli City.- Sustainable Management of Stormwater to Prevent Urban Flooding using SWMM.- Decongesting Urban Roads: An Investigation into Causes and Challenges.- Assessing Contributions of Intensity-based Rainfall Classes to Annual Rainfall and Wet Days over Tehri Catchment, India.- Development of Pcu Value of E-Rickshaw on Urban Roads.

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Book SynopsisThis book (in three volumes) comprises the proceedings of the Fifth Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG2019) focusing on emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of transportation of people and freight. The contents of the volume include characterization of conventional and innovative pavement materials, operational effects of road geometry, user impact of multimodal transport projects, spatial analysis of travel patterns, socio-economic impacts of transport projects, analysis of transportation policy and planning for safety and security, technology enabled models of mobility services, etc. This book will be beneficial to researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers alike.

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