Poorly maintained roads are a fact of life in most developing countries; it is certainly the case in Sri Lanka. The lack of funding to maintain the road surfaces is a main reason for the dilapidated condition of roads in these countries, but it is not the only reason. The absence of an effective monitoring system is one reason for this problem. A monitoring system can help to take remedial acti...

Background: Every year many people are killed or injured in road accidents. The first step in planning to reduce accidents is to identify the causes of accidents. This study aimed to investigate and identify the causes and factors affecting the incidence and the severity of road accidents as a major issue in Ilam Province, Iran. Materials and Methods: This research is a descriptive study with ...

Beijing lies on the northeastern margin of the North China Plain. The spatial organization of this city is characterized by the continuous addition of ring roads. Today Beijing has five rings completed for public use. The first ring circles the Forbidden City (the palace of the emperors). Because the area has no dense residential areas and few employees, the ring does not carry heavy regional t...

Nowadays, usage of motor vehicles is becoming mandatory for almost every people. So, due to the increasing the number of vehicles on roads traffic controlling became crucial one and also major problem for general public as well as government. In this paper, a vehicle monitoring system is proposed by using the embedded system technology, which gives the intelligent management of public transport...

We in the business of administering the highway programs have been accused on numerous occasions of forgetting for whom we work, namely, the people who buy gas and supply the funds—the public. The collective “we” pertains primarily to the State Highway Com­ mission and the Bureau of Public Roads. We are the first to admit that we can do a better job in dealing with the public on highway transpo...