Road pricing is an effective method of demand management. Pricing on highway managed lanes is usually implemented as time-of-day or dynamic tolling in practice. Toll rates are usually updated according to latest traffic measurement and based on pre-defined rules. Researches on highway pricing can be generally categorized as analytical, reactive or optimization-based approaches. The limitations ...

A highway system development involves huge irreversible investments, and requires rigorous modeling and analysis before the implementation decision is made. This decision-making process is embedded with multiple uncertainties due to changes in political, social, and environmental contexts. In this paper, we present a multistage stochastic model for decision making in highway development, operat...

population growth and urbanization increase the demand for developing new roads. heavy traffic of the east of tehran imposes high pressure on transportation. network of this city and old road of tehran-rudehen does not meet this need. therefore, constructing the new highway (tehran – pardis) in the east of tehran would be needed. but the new highway passes through protected area of jajrood an...

Anthropogenic noise associated with highway construction and operation can have individual- and population-level consequences for wildlife (e.g., reduced densities, decreased reproductive success, behavioral changes). We used a before-after control-impact study design to examine the potential impacts of highway construction and traffic noise on endangered golden-cheeked warblers (Setophaga chry...

Efforts to reduce the negative impacts of roads on wildlife may be hindered if individuals within the population vary widely in their responses to roads and mitigation strategies ignore this variability. This knowledge is particularly important for medium-sized carnivores as they are vulnerable to road mortality, while also known to use available road passages (e.g., drainage culverts) for safe...

This paper provides evidence of the significant negative health externalities of traffic congestion. We exploit the introduction of electronic toll collection, or E-ZPass, which greatly reduced traffic congestion and emissions from motor vehicles in the vicinity of highway toll plazas. Specifically, we compare infants born to mothers living near toll plazas to infants born to mothers living nea...

Peter Kovesi Eun-Jung Holden Jason C. Wong Centre for Exploration Targeting Centre for Exploration Targeting Centre for Exploration Targeting The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway. Crawley WA. 6009 35 Stirling Highway. Crawley WA. 6009 35 Stirling Highway. Crawley WA. 6009 [email protected] eun-jung....

Safety levels at highway – rail level crossing locations continue to be a major concern at most of developing countries. Basically more than half of these accidents occur at public crossings, where active warning devices are in place and functioning properly. In most cases, accidents occurred when road users ignored the gates and passed through them or if they stopped on the tracks before the g...