Recent experimental research has shown that ordinary unbounded steel reinforced elastomeric bearings (SREBs) can be considered as an attractive cost-effective option for the seismic isolation of highway bridges. To further investigate its benefits, the current study is focused on the seismic risk assessment of an optimally designed highway bridge isolated by SREB system. A typical three-span hi...

This study aimed to investigate the relative performance of two models (negative binomial (NB) model and two-component finite mixture of negative binomial models (FMNB-2)) in terms of developing crash modification factors (CMFs). Crash data on rural multilane divided highways in California and Texas were modeled with the two models, and crash modification functions (CMFunctions) were derived. T...

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This is to certify that I have examined this copy of a master's thesis by WEI CHEN and have found that it is complete and satisfactory in all respects, and that any and all revisions required by the final examining committee have been made. Principal Investigator of this project, for his inspiration and direction on this research. Throughout my study in University of Minnesota, he provided pati...

In the 16 th International symposium on transportation and traffic theory, we had presented a novel demand management concept known as the Highway Space Inventory Control System (HSICS). The basic idea of HSICS is that all road users have to make reservations in advance to enter the highway. The system allows highway operators to make real-time decisions whether to accept or reject travellers' ...

The southwest Kansas region is one of the centers in the United States for the production of processed beef and related industries. Trucks utilized to support these industries cause noteworthy damages to the regional highway pavements. The objective of this research project was to determine the pavement damage cost of a typical highway section in southwest Kansas attributed to the truck traffic...

In order to solve the problem of highway standardization management ability description, evaluation and improvement, in this paper, a highway standardization management maturity evaluation model has firstly been put forward. Moreover, the influence highway qualitative factors of implementing the standardized management have analyzed and its evaluation index system has constructed. Furthermore, ...

Proponents of Int,elligent Vehicle/Highway System or IVHS see it as a new technology which will make a major change in highway transportation. Control, communication and computing technologies will be combined into an IVHS system that can significantly increase safety and highway capacity without new roads having to be built. This paper outlines key features of one highly aut,omated IVHS system...