Transport infrastructure plays a central role in rural development, yet little is known about the size and especially the distribution of benefits from road investments. This paper develops and implements a method for nonparametrically estimating the benefits from road projects at the household level using the relationship between the value of farmland and its distance to agricultural markets. ...

Transformation of land use-land cover change occurs due to the numbers and activities of people. Urban growth modeling has attracted authentic attention because it helps to comprehend the mechanisms of land use change and thus helps relevant policies made. This study applied logistic regression to model urban growth in the Ahvaz Metropolitan Area of Khuzestan province in IDRISI Selva software a...

We describe the problem of automated steering using computer vision, focusing the analysis and design on appropriate lateral controllers. We investigate various static feedback strategies where the measurements obtained from vision, namely offset from the centerline at some lookahead distance and the angle between the road tangent and the orientation of the vehicle at some lookahead distance, a...

BACKGROUND Particulate air pollution has been consistently linked to increased risk of arterial cardiovascular disease. Few data on air pollution exposure and risk of venous thrombosis are available. We investigated whether living near major traffic roads increases the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), using distance from roads as a proxy for traffic exposure. METHODS AND RESULTS From 1995 ...

Anti-lock braking system (ABS) is the most common safety system in the vehicles, which works to increase the generated braking force between the tire and the road surface for enhancing passenger safety specifically related to accident avoidance. However, designing an ABS is a challenging task considering the fact that it is highly nonlinear and a time varying system. The interaction between the...

The income from toll tariff is the main source of revenue to repayment investment costs road construction. estimated value tariffs can be usefull for regulators, investors and BUJT consider decision KPBU, company management. aim this study conduct a financial analysis rates Becakayu Toll Road. research method used Quantitative Method, by calculating ATP, WTP, perceptions applicable analyzing se...

Highway networks are represented by linear spatial objects (road segments). Having accurate length information of road centerlines is critical in transportation. This paper presents a geographic information system (GIS)-based approach that overlays planimetric road centerlines and elevation data to model road centerlines in a 3D space and estimate their lengths. Elevation sources included light...