Model of encroachment into opposite lanes in horizontal curves of rural roads
IATSS Research, 2023 Horizontal curves of rural roads are accident-prone segments of the route. Sharp curves, steep slopes, and reduced visibility due to the mountainous environment greatly affect the driver behavior and performance.
Sajad Asadi Ghalehni +1 more
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Influence of Night Rainfall on Stopping Sight Distance on Dark Roadways [PDF]
The Open Transportation Journal, 2020 Aim: To investigate the influence of night rainfall on stopping sight distance on dark roadways. Background: This study fills the research gap in stopping sight distance by looking at night rainfall impact on stopping sight distance on dark roadways.
Ben-Edigbe J.E, Makinde O. O
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Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2021 Truck automation is emerging as an innovative technology with benefits in traffic safety and the economy to revolutionize freight traffic. Despite these benefits, the potential negative or positive effects of different driving automation levels (from no ...
Shuyi Wang +4 more
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Reliability of stopping and decision sight distance at roundabouts [PDF]
, 2021 The existing Stopping Sight Distance (SSD) and Decision Sight Distance (DSD) design methods for roundabouts are deterministic. This means that all of the design variables are predetermined, fixed values. This study presents a probabilistic method for the determination of SSD and DSD at roundabouts based on the equation recommended by the American ...
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Determination of minimum horizontal curve radius for safe stopping sight distance of vehicles overpassing truck platoons [PDF]
, 2022 [EN] In the last few years, the importance of trucks on inland cargo transportation has not stopped increasing. Meanwhile, truck platooning is emerging, along with automated driving, to reduce costs using new technologies.
Pastor-Serrano, Daniel +3 more
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An Assessment of Cycling Routes in Terms of Movement and Accessibility Using the MABAC Method (Case Study: Districts 1 and 3 of Isfahan City) [PDF]
برنامه ریزی فضایی, 2023 The ever-increasing expansion of urbanization has caused an increase in activity density in cities and has created many problems in urban transportation.
Homayoon Nooraie +5 more
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OALib, 2020 Highway sight distance is a measure of roadway visibility, which is an important factor in the assessment of road safety. Greater visibility can provide motorists more time to avoid crashes and conflicts, facilitating safe and efficient operation.
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Reliability-based analysis of highway geometric Elements: A systematic review
Cogent Engineering, 2022 Conventional highway design approaches have primarily focused on the use of guidelines in the design of highways. These design guidelines provide nominal safety where conservative percentile values of the design inputs are used to account for the ...
Abayomi Afolayan +4 more
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An Intelligent and Autonomous Sight Distance Evaluation Framework for Sustainable Transportation
, 2021 Railways are facing a serious problem of road vehicle–train collisions at unmanned railway level crossings. The purpose of the study is the development of a safe stopping sight distance and sight distance from road to rail track model with appropriate ...
Seifedine Kadry +5 more
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Reliability-Based Safety Evaluation of Headlight Sight Distance Applied to Road Sag Curve Standards
IEEE Access, 2020 Sight distance is key to ensure safe road geometric design under all circumstances. Road design standards propose models simulating nighttime driving that contemplate the features of vehicle frontlighting systems to address the design of sag curves ...
F. Andrade-Catano +2 more
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