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Network Screening on Low-Volume Roads Using Risk Factors
Future Transportation, 2023 This paper proposes a new method for network screening on rural low-volume roads. These roads are important as they provide critical access to agricultural land and tourist attractions.
Kazi Tahsin Huda, Ahmed Al-Kaisy
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Modeling the Effect of Traffic Calming on Local Animal Population Persistence [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2009 A steady growth in traffic volumes in industrialized countries with dense human populations is expected, especially on minor roads. As a consequence, the fragmentation of wildlife populations will increase dramatically.
Frank van Langevelde +1 more
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Safety Performance Functions for Low-Volume Roads
The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2011 This paper analyzes roadway safety conditions using the network approach for a number of Italian roadways within the Province of Salerno. These roadways are characterized by low-volume conditions with a traffic flow of under 1000 vpd and they are ...
Gianluca Dell’Acqua, Francesca Russo
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Concentration of traffic air pollutants and influencing metrological factors in Hawassa City roadways, Ethiopia [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionThe traffic air pollution caused by transportation is a growing global problem that contributes to millions of deaths each year. Despite its importance, information on pollutant concentration is limited in many developing cities, especially ...
Asmare Asrat Yirdaw +5 more
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A Road Safety Risk Prediction Methodology for Low Volume Rural Roads
Journal of Road Safety, 2016 The roads of New Zealand's Eastern Bay of Plenty region have relatively low vehicle volumes and experience a number of rural road safety issues, including inappropriate speed, the use of drugs and alcohol, low levels of restraint use and young ...
Dale Harris +4 more
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Geotechnics, 2023 This paper provides a five-year performance evaluation of an application of geogrid reinforcement in low-volume unpaved roads using dynamic cone penetrometer (DCP), plate load tests (PLT), and roadway sensing method. A Forest Service unpaved road located
Chun-Hsing Ho +2 more
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Pavement Deterioration Rate and Maintenance Cost for Low-Volume Roads [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2020 Allocated budgets for maintenance of road networks are normally limited. Therefore, not all roads receive the required attention they deserve in a timely manner. These roads are left to deteriorate until the next maintenance round.
Al-Suleiman Turki I +3 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Encroaching urban development is a leading cause of habitat loss, replacing natural areas with anthropogenic infrastructure and road networks. Roadways can influence the spatial ecology and survival of mammalian carnivores, particularly felids, thereby ...
AnnMarie Blackburn +4 more
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Evaluation of Coir Geotextile Reinforcement for Low-Volume Roads
Journal of Natural Fibers, 2022 Natural geotextiles play a vital role in the reinforcement and ground improvement of soft compressible soil to enhance soil strength and ensure stability. Of all the natural fibers, coir possesses high tearing strength even in very wet conditions. Hence,
Visvanathan Anusudha +2 more
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Statistical modelling of rutting for low-volume roads in India
Građevinar, 2023 This study considers a road rutting model better-suited for the flexible pavements in the low-volume roads of India. The rutting on a road directly affects various aspects such as the pavement performance, safety, driving comfort, and travel time ...
Chandrakasu Makendran
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