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Pandora’s Box: A spatiotemporal assessment of elephant-train casualties in Assam, India [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Railways are an indispensable component of sustainable transportation systems, but also exact a toll on wildlife. Wild Asian elephants are often killed by trains in Assam, India, where we assess temporal variations in the occurrences of elephant-train ...
Rekib Ahmed, Anup Saikia
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Investigating Accidents on the Main Road Network in The North-West Region of Romania

open access: yesThe Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2021
The paper investigates the accidents and fatalities on the main road network in the North-West Region of Romania over a period of 4 years (2015–2018). The aim of the paper is to highlight some shortcomings and suggest possible improvements of the road ...
Rodica Dorina Cadar   +3 more
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Border Proximity, Ports, and Railways: Analyzing Their Impact on County-Level Economic Dynamics in Hungary, 2001–2020

open access: yesEconomies, 2023
In this research, our primary objective is to dissect the influence of specific locational elements—proximity to international borders, substantial ports, and significant railway junctions—on the economic vitality of Hungary’s counties from 2001 to 2020.
Roman Fedorenko   +2 more
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Inspection on Railr Quality by using Image Processing Method [PDF]

open access: yesJEMMME (Journal of Energy, Mechanical, Material, and Manufacturing Engineering), 2019
The condition of railroads is the main determinant of train safety. The recent railroads inspection conducted by the mechanic results inaccurate inspection and it cannot be conducted continuously. Therefore, this research develops the inspection by using
Budiono, Suwarsono
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The role of agile+bim+tunnel innovation in ensuring economic efficiency and security on backbone infrastructure expansion [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
This article explores the key lean and safe technologies used for unique transportation projects to expand highway infrastructure. Given today's digital requirements, there are trends to reduce time, cost, and safety, but all of this is possible by ...
Shestakova Ekaterina   +2 more
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TECHNOLOGIES AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL IN RAIL TRANSPORT [PDF]

open access: yesTransport Problems, 2022
Vibration diagnostics is of particular importance in rail transport safety systems because the signals received from vibration sensors installed on rolling stock, bridges, tunnels, and other infrastructure objects have great diagnostic information ...
Telman ALIEV   +4 more
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Breaking the isolation Kingdom of Serbia and the Adriatic railroad 1906-1908 [PDF]

open access: yesBalcanica, 2023
Between 1906 and 1908, the Kingdom of Serbia undertook a comprehensive diplomatic effort aimed at establishing a rail connection between the Danube and the Adriatic Sea.
Vojinović Miloš
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Transport Infrastructure and the Decentralization of Cities in the People's Republic of China [PDF]

open access: yesAsian Development Review, 2017
It is widely believed that transport infrastructure has important impacts on the development of cities. Until recently, however, there has been little systematic evidence with which to evaluate claims about the effects of transport infrastructure on the ...
Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Matthew A. Turner
doaj   +1 more source

Company welfare in modern Argentine railways: characteristics and challenges (1890-1920)

open access: yesRevista Mundos do Trabalho, 2021
This article explores company welfare programs in the railways in modern Argentina from the 1890s to the 1920s. It concentrates on the singularities of these companies' strategies, considering that the local society was shaped by a process of mass ...
Silvana A. Palermo
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Sight distance analyses in road design process: Serbian practice

open access: yesTransport, 2016
New Serbian policies on road design introduce the concept of operating speeds. Decades ago, national policies were based on the constant design speed concept.
Dejan Gavran   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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