Article
Engineering, Civil
A. M. Tahsin Emtenan, Arya Haghighat, Mark Shields, John Shaw, Pat Hawley, Anuj Sharma, Christopher M. Day
Summary: The Highway Capacity Manual recommends using right-turn-on-red volume for capacity and level of service analyses without sufficient guidance for predicting the volume in the absence of field data. This study develops regression models for RTOR volume estimation and compares their performances. The results show that Tobit regression performs better in predicting the RTOR volume, which is crucial for accurately estimating delay and level of service at a signalized intersection.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Jan Paszkowski, Marcus Herrmann, Matthias Richter, Andrzej Szarata
Summary: Traffic calming is introduced to minimize the negative impacts of motor vehicle use, such as low safety levels, poor quality of life, high noise, and pollution. This paper studied how traffic calming affects traffic assignment using the example of speed cushions on Stachiewicza street in Krakow. Results showed that traffic volume differed in equilibrium traffic assignment based on total network traffic volume in a toy network simulation.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Jiawen Wang, Chengcheng Yang, Jieshuang Dong, Xizhao Zhou
Summary: This paper addresses the issue of signal control in pedestrian-vehicle interaction by establishing a right-turn signal optimization model that considers both efficiency and safety. Through analysis of behavior and model establishment, it minimizes traffic delay and conflicts by introducing objective functions based on traffic conflict theory.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Lingfeng Shao, Guoqing Xu, Weiwei Wei, Xichun Zhang, Huiyun Li, Luhai Zheng, Hui Zhao
Summary: This paper discusses the use of the temperature-sensitive electrical parameter method for the extraction and prediction of junction temperature of power semiconductor devices, proposing a hybrid model based on turn-off loss and turn-off time. Experimental results demonstrate that this method has the advantages of high precision and strong anti-jamming ability.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Peng Zhang, Hao Yue, Chunfu Shao, Xu Zhang, Bin Ran
Summary: This paper investigates the network capacity considering residual queues and connected automated vehicles. Two bilevel models are built to calculate network capacity under different principles. The proposed models can identify critical links, guide land-use development and travel demand management, evaluate network optimization schemes, and efficiently allocate road supply between CAVs and HVs.
IET INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xiao Chen, Yunqing Jia
Summary: This study proposes a traffic management and control platform based on sustainable development principles to reduce vehicle emissions and delays caused by contraflow left-turn lanes. By establishing a macroscopic traffic model and optimization framework, fixed-time traffic signal control plans were successfully developed to reduce travel delay and vehicle emission at intersections along arterial road with CLL.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Nihad Brahimi, Huaping Zhang, Lin Dai, Jianzi Zhang
Summary: The car-sharing system is a popular rental model that allows multiple users to share a car. This research aims to predict the car usage in parking stations and improve the prediction accuracy. Using various machine learning models and different features, it was found that the CNN-LSTM model outperforms other methods in predicting future car usage. Additionally, using all feature categories results in more precise predictions compared to using a single feature category.
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Qiaoli Yang
Summary: The study aims to develop a dynamic state estimation model for the right-turn-on-red queue to address the accuracy problem in various conflicting environments. The proposed model characterizes the dynamics and nonlinearity of the queue and explicitly measures its variability under different traffic conditions. It provides measures to evaluate the right-turn-on-red operation performance, including the queue length evolution process and variance at a given time point within a cycle. The results of the proposed model show good agreement with field data, and numerical experiments clarify the effects of possible factors on the queue's dynamic state.
APPLIED MATHEMATICAL MODELLING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Hiba Nassereddine, Kelvin R. Santiago-Chaparro, David A. Noyce
Summary: This study examines the interactions between right-turning vehicles and pedestrians using video footage. The time taken for drivers to complete right turns and the time for pedestrians to reach the conflict point of interaction were analyzed. Linear regression models were created to describe the relationship between pedestrian position and right-turn completion time. A pedestrian respect indicator (PRI) based on model parameters is introduced as a potential safety indicator for vehicle-pedestrian interactions.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qingzhou Wang, Jiarong Sun, Nannan Wang, Yu Wang, Yang Song, Xia Li
Summary: The study investigates the formation of blind zones during right turns of semi-trailer trucks and identifies the factors influencing the severity of accidents. The results show that the size of the blind zone, turning speed, and turning radius directly affect the likelihood and severity of collisions. Furthermore, the interaction between collision position and blind zones increases the risk during right turns.
Article
Ergonomics
Lu Ling, Wenbo Zhang, Jie Bao, Satish Ukkusuri
Summary: This study investigates the safety performance of right-turn lane (RTL) geometric configuration based on crash data in ten counties in Indiana. The results show that the impacts of RTL geometric design factors on crash frequency vary significantly among space and time. The study also finds that the presence of bicycle and pedestrian lanes is more likely to increase crashes in urban areas, and exclusive RTLs are more likely to increase crashes on county roads.
JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Emad Soroori, Behzad Kiani, Soraya Ghasemi, Alireza Mohammadi, Hamidreza Shabanikiya, Robert Bergquist, Fatemeh Kiani, Hossein Tabatabaei-Jafari
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between environmental and socioeconomic factors and motor vehicle collisions involving young pedestrians in Mashhad, Iran. The findings revealed several factors, including population of young people, road area ratio, main road intersection ratio, average maximum speed limit, non-motorized travels, sidewalk area ratio, sidewalk disconnections, number of schools, unemployment ratio, illiteracy rate, and open space ratio, significantly associated with child pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions. However, these associations varied across the study area, suggesting the presence of unknown factors or interactions of known factors.
APPLIED SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Ayman A. Abdulmawjoud, Mohammed G. Jamel, Abdulkhalik A. Al-Taei
Summary: Controlling speed is essential for safety on the road, and the traffic calming measures in Mosul city showed reductions of 71.6%, 66%, and 60% in vehicle speed. The departure rate headways after crossing followed a continuous Exponential Distribution, indicating a steady flow of traffic after passing through the calming measures.
AIN SHAMS ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sierra N. Clark, Abosede S. Alli, Majid Ezzati, Michael Brauer, Mireille B. Toledano, James Nimo, Josephine Bedford Moses, Solomon Baah, Allison Hughes, Alicia Cavanaugh, Samuel Agyei-Mensah, George Owusu, Brian Robinson, Jill Baumgartner, James E. Bennett, Raphael E. Arku
Summary: Noise pollution is a growing environmental health concern in rapidly urbanizing sub-Saharan African cities. Limited city-wide data has hindered investigations into health impacts and the implementation of environmental policies. This study in Ghana's Greater Accra Metropolitan Area measured and predicted noise levels, finding inequalities in exposures by socioeconomic factors. The highest noise levels were observed in the city center and near major roads. The poorest areas had significantly higher noise levels compared to the wealthiest areas.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Bo Ning, Shidong Liang, Shuxia Zuo, Yin Han
Summary: As a crucial point in the urban road network, the operational efficiency of urban signal intersections directly affects the overall traffic efficiency of the road network. This study proposes a dynamic straight-right lane (DSRL) design to address the limitations of static straight-right lane and dedicated right-turn lane designs. The DSRL design aims to spatially and temporally separate straight-through and right-turn vehicles, and researches key design parameters and control strategies.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING PART A-SYSTEMS
(2023)