Improper natural ventilation practices may deteriorate indoor air quality when in close proximity to roadways, although the intention is often to reduce energy consumption. In this study, we employed a CFD-based air quality model to quantify the impact of traffic-related air pollution on the indoor air quality of a naturally ventilated building. Our study found that the building envelope restri...

This paper presents the method to estimate the traffic flow on the urban roadway by using car’s on-dashboard camera image. The system described, shows something new which utilizes only road traffic photo images to get the information about urban roadway traffic flow automatically. Keywords—traffic flow estimation; on-dashboard camera; computer vision.

This report presents STRUCTVIEW, a vehicle-based system for the measurement of roadway structure profiles, which uses a scanning laser rangefinder to measure various structure and roadway features while traveling at highway speed. Measurement capabilities include horizontal and vertical clearances which can be used to support issuing permits based on vehicle height.

Citation: Nahidi S, Fountas G, Sarvani SP, Sarwar MT and Anastasopoulos PC (2017) Project Discrepancies in Roadway Construction and Preservation: A Statistical Analysis of Public–Private Partnership Contract Types in the US. Front. Built Environ. 3:15. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2017.00015 Project Discrepancies in roadway construction and Preservation: a statistical analysis of Public–Private Partnersh...

Road classification systems are the basis for defining function and, in turn, the design criteria for the world’s street networks. The traditional classification systems have been based on the mobility and access functions of roads for motor vehicle traffic. Other road users and road uses have been largely ignored in this important step of the road design process. This article describes alterna...

The timing of traffic lights follows the code of uniform signalling devices. As such, the timing for crosswalks is determined by dividing the width of the roadway by 4. Four (4) is a magic number that corresponds to the walking speed of an adult male of ‘average’ age and dates back to some time in the 1950’s. Most importantly, a male of ‘average’ age most certainly does not represent the walkin...

The problem of roadway support in swelling soft rock was one of the challenging problems during mining. For most geological conditions, combinations of two or more supporting approaches could meet the requirements of most roadways; however, in extremely swelling soft rock, combined approaches even could not control large deformations. The purpose of this work was to probe the roadway deformatio...

This paper presents an empirical inquiry into the applicability of zero-altered counting processes to roadway section accident frequencies. The intent of such a counting process is to distinguish sections of roadway that are truly safe (near zero-accident likelihood) from those that are unsafe but happen to have zero accidents observed during the period of observation (e.g. one year). Tradition...

In this paper we examine the effect of different roadway configurations, including noise barriers and roadway elevation or depression relative to the surrounding terrain, on the dispersion of traffic-related pollutants for winds perpendicular to the roadway. A wind tunnel experiment modeling 12 different configurations was performed to study the flow fields and the concentration distributions r...

Many agencies use traffic crash data to identify problems, establish goals and performance measures, measure progress of specific programs, and support development and evaluation of highway and vehicle safety countermeasures. Traditionally, efforts have considered only crash data and roadway network attributes and have not taken adjacent demographics, socioeconomics, land use, and other non-roa...