The Manhattan Street Network (MSN) with the Clockwork Routing scheme has been proposed as a particularly suitable candidate for use in optical networks. However, without any medium access control (MAC), the success of the MSN with Clockwork Routing in optical networks would be inhibited by the destination-release protocol, since the protocol provides no guarantee of fair access or bounded traff...

Introduction: Among the environmental pollutions, noise is very important for its physiological  and psychological effects on human. Traffic noise is one of the most important pollutants and the  hospitals  are  one  of  the  critical  places  regarding  this  type  of  noise.  For  these  reasons,  in  the  summer  of  1382,  the  traffic  noise  of  Mashhad  main  streets  around  the  hospit...

Vehicular travel which demands on the concurrent operations and parallel activities is increasing throughout the world, particularly in large urban areas. Most of the models introduced in the recent years are formulated using the language of cellular automata (CA). In this paper, to control urban traffic, we study the simulation and optimization of traffic light controllers in a city and presen...

Reliable traffic information is essential for the development of efficient traffic control and management strategies for traffic networks in advanced traffic management systems (ATMS) and advanced traveler information systems (ATIS). Real-time traffic information is utilized for various purposes such as dynamic route guidance, incident detection, and control of variable message signs. Traffic i...

Monitoring of street lights and controlling is of utmost importance in developing country like India to reduce the power consumption. This paper presents a street light control system which combines various technologies: a timer, Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a statistics of traffic flow magnitude, a photosensitive detector (LDR), infrared photoelectric control, Light Emitting Diodes (LED), pow...

  Abstract  One of the suitable and beneficial methods in promoting behaviors of road traffic injury prevention could be the application of educational programs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of health belief model on preventive behaviors related to road traffic injuries among primary school students. 100 participants was randomly selected among four...

Using geographic information systems (GIS) and routinely collected data, we explored whether childhood residence near busy roads was associated with asthma in a low-income population in San Diego County, California. We examined the locations of residences of 5,996 children [less than/equal to] 14 years of age who were diagnosed with asthma in 1993 and compared them to a random control series of...

The Traffic Engineering Department of the City of Fort Wayne recently conducted a before-and-after study of traffic volume trends and speed-delays encountered on the east and west one-way street system now in operation as compared to two-way street movement. This study was confined to the central business district only, as the traffic survey and recommendations were basically confined within th...