Urban congestion is a serious and worsening national problem, one which is receiving increasing attention from transportation engineers, planners, and researchers, as well as other local, state, and national officials. Urban freeways, which carry nearly 30’% of all traffic in urban areas, are particularly affected by growing urban congestion. In 1983, about 557. of urban freeway travel during t...

Modelling access to services, using cost path analysis and distance decay models, can be improved if travel time rather than just distance is taken into account. If just straight line distance is used then traffic congestion in urban areas and rough bendy rural roads are not considered in the analysis and the results are subsequently distorted. An accurate road network layer that shows travel s...

Massive use of motorcycle is a signature of Eastern-Asia developing countries. This is may be termed a motorcycle dominant environment. Although the use of motorcycles is likely to provide many benefits to the riders, it also produces many serious transport issues for the community. To find out the solution, an understanding of traveller behaviour is necessary. Travel demand modelling then beco...

Active travel (cycling, walking) is beneficial for the health due to increased physical activity (PA). However, active travel may increase the intake of air pollution, leading to negative health consequences. We examined the risk-benefit balance between active travel related PA and exposure to air pollution across a range of air pollution and PA scenarios. The health effects of active travel an...

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the goal of this article is mapping urban management science. the main question of the research is “what are the subject areas of urban management science and how is the relation between these subject areas?” the map of urban management science can help to recognize urban management and its subject areas and can help policy makers to get familiar with the priorities in this subject area. for th...

This study aimed to describe active travel (walking or cycling) in Scotland and explore potential demographic, geographic, and socio-economic inequalities in active travel. We extracted data for the period 2012-13 (39,585 journey stages) from the Scottish Household Survey. Survey travel diaries recorded all journeys made on the previous day by sampled individuals aged 16 + living within Scotlan...

This paper summarises European research into telematics for road transport in three main areas: urban applications, inter-urban applications and advanced vehicle control systems. Coverage of the current projects under the Fourth European Framework Programme (4FP) is described alongside key results from the earlier DRIVE I and DRIVE II programmes. The urban work includes new methods for traffic ...