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Traffic flow forecasting based on no complete highway database [PDF]

open access: yesTransport Problems, 2010
In accordance with the Guidelines for working out highway prefeasibility studies (made under the authority of the World Bank), it can be said traffic flows forecasting is the base for preparing of other phases of road network management.
Gjorgji MANCESKI   +1 more
doaj  

Private Provision of Highways: Economic Issues [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper reviews issues raised by the use of private firms to finance, build, and/or operate highways — issues including cost of capital, level and structure of tolls, and adaptability to unforeseen changes.
Kenneth A. Small
core  

Dog attacks on wild desert tortoises: A risk model

open access: yesThe Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Domestic dogs attack and severely injure wild desert tortoises at the urban and ex‐urban interface with deserts. Severe trauma to tortoises increased 4 times to shell and limbs and 16.5 times to the gular horn over the decades between the 1970s and 2000s. Tortoises were at exponential risk of severe trauma when living within 12 km of settlements, towns,
Andrea S. Carlson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coal Mining as a Driver of Land Use and Land Cover Change and Degradation: A Case in Moatize City, Mozambique

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Coal remains a major global energy source despite ongoing environmental controversies, particularly, regarding climate change and landscape transformation. This study investigates the spatiotemporal dynamics of land use and land cover (LULC) in the Moatize Coal Basin (MCB), Mozambique, between 1990 and 2024, with a specific focus on land ...
Ivan Latinho Naite   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing non‐staining methods with Mutvei's solution to visualize growth increments in short‐lived intertidal marine gastropod shells

open access: yesLimnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract Mutvei's solution is a widely utilized standard staining method for revealing growth increments in biogenic carbonates; however, it is a slightly toxic, destructive approach with varying success across species groups. Therefore, there has been growing interest in finding non‐toxic, less destructive, and straightforward alternative techniques ...
Mahsa Alidoostsalimi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fog Visibility Detection of Highway Based on Improved Dark Channel Prior Algorithm

open access: yesIEEE Access
The low visibility near the ground in foggy weather can easily lead to vicious traffic accidents, so research on visibility detection in foggy weather is fundamental for traffic control.
Huiqi Zhang, Yong Liu, Chenxi Wu
doaj   +1 more source

Public Perceptions of the Midwest’s Pavements - Minnesota - Phase I (focus group) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This research is being conducted as part of a larger study of the public’s perceptions of state-maintained rural highway pavements in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.
University of Wisconsin - Extension, Wisconsin Survey Research Laboratory
core   +1 more source

Scenario‐Based Platoon Lane Network Design

open access: yesNetworks, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A truck platoon is a set of trucks that drive behind one another at short headways to save fuel, reduce emissions, and improve traffic throughput. Despite the potential benefits of platooning, road operators have raised concerns about the impact of platoons on surrounding traffic.
Anirudh Kishore Bhoopalam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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