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Title: WEIGHT FACTOR DETERMINATION AND FUND ALLOCATION OF PAVEMENTS BY COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
Author: Patil, Chaitali Ramakant
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation
Description: The purpose of this study is to determine the most efficient and ideal weight factors by performing the Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) using the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) Pavement Management System (PMS) and using the idea...

Title: USE OF MULTISENSOR DATA IN MODELING FREEWAY TRAVEL TIME: VARIABILITY ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION
Author: Chen, Zhen
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Transportation
Description: Nowadays anonymous vehicle probe data have been greatly improved in both data coverage and data fidelity. Thus, vehicle probe data have become a reliable source for freeway travel time analysis. The travel time variability is highly complex as it ...

Title: UPDATING AND ENHANCING THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USER COSTS
Author: Ramsey, Joshua
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Transportation
Description: A Bridge Management System (BMS) can be used for both storage of data and to provide decision making tools for maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation (MR&R) needs and cost forecasting. The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) BMS...

Title: Travel Time Forecasting on a Freeway Corridor: a Dynamic Information Fusion Model based on the Machine Learning Approaches
Author: Qiu, Bo
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation, Statistics
Description: Metropolitan areas suffer from frequent road traffic congestion not only during peak hours but also during off-peak periods. Currently, the increasing availability of vehicle probe data has made the real-time travel time prediction a reality. The ...

Title: The impact of connected and autonomous vehicles on the performance of superstreets
Author: Liu, Shaojie
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Transportation, Human ecology--Study and teaching
Description: Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) are a type of emerging technology that has promising potentials in improving many aspects of the existing transportation infrastructure, including operations, safety, and the environment. With the capabilit...

Title: The impact of connected and autonomous vehicles on the performance of superstreets
Author: Liu, Shaojie
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Transportation, Human ecology--Study and teaching
Description: Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) are a type of emerging technology that has promising potentials in improving many aspects of the existing transportation infrastructure, including operations, safety, and the environment. With the capabilit...

Title: TRANSPORTATION ASSET MANAGEMENT PLANNING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STATE DOTS TAMP REPORTS
Author: Thorat, Dhananjay
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Transportation
Description: The transportation system of a country plays a vital role in supporting the overall growth of the nation. These transportation systems are a set of complex networks of different types of assets which continuously undergo deterioration at an uncert...

Title: THE USE OF MACHINE LEARNING METHOD FOR MODELING AND ANALYZING PEDESTRIAN CRASH DATA AND COMPARISONS WITH TRADITIONAL DISCRETE CHOICE METHODS
Author: Li, Yang
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Transportation
Description: As one of the most vulnerable entity within the transportation system, pedestrians might face more dangers and sustain severer injuries in the traffic crashes than others. The safety of pedestrians is particularly critical within the context of co...

Title: SETTING APPROPRIATE BENEFIT/CONDITION JUMPS FOR PAVEMENT TREATMENTS
Author: Khan, Salman
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation
Description: This research was conducted to determine pavement performance jumps after treatment, which are defined as the difference between pre-treatment and post-treatment Pavement Condition Rating (PCR) values. the North Carolina Department of Transportati...

Title: SAFER FOR CYCLING: EVALUATING SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL EFFECTS OF PROTECTED INTERSECTION GEOMETRIC DESIGN THROUGH MICROSIMULATION
Author: Preston, Abigail
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation, Sustainability
Description: On-street bike lanes have been increasingly visible in the City of Charlotte but rarely utilized. The Charlotte Bikes bicycle program, adopted by City Council May, 2017, proposed that bicycle facilities implemented on arterials should be separated...

Title: QUANTIFYING LIGHT RAIL’S EFFECT ON INTRAURBAN DISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND COMMUTING PATTERNS
Author: Khabazi, Maryam
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Transportation, Geography, Economics
Description: This dissertation consists of two consecutive parts. The first part examines the impact of light rail transit (LRT) investment on the type of jobs (i.e., industrial and wage composition) in neighborhoods adjacent to rail transit stations using Cha...

Title: Predictive Maintenance Optimization Framework For Pavement Management
Author: Kumar, Amit
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation
Description: The development of a progressive modern highway system is essential for the enhancement of the road capacity, safety, efficiency, commerce, and national defences of a country. These highway systems consist of various integrated individual asset co...

Title: Prediction of Defect Hotspots for Highway Maintenance Management: A Multi-asset Machine Learning Approach
Author: Karimzadeh, Arash
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation, Artificial intelligence
Description: Given multiple budget and revenue constraints that the transportation sector encounters, predictive analytics enables maintenance agencies to make effective decisions, prioritize maintenance tasks, and provide efficient life-cycle planning. To thi...

Title: Modelling and Control of Multi-Vehicle Traffic Networks using an Integrated VISSIM-MATLAB Platform
Author: Shindgikar, Shubhankar
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Transportation
Description: This thesis aims to optimize the road traffic network by using different control algorithms and techniques to monitor road driving conditions and improve road safety. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) have paved the way for opportunities in...

Title: Modeling the Influence of Land Use Developments within the Vicinity of the Link and Network Characteristics on Travel Time
Author: Mane, Ajinkya
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Transportation, Statistics, Geodesy
Description: From the year 2000 to the year 2010, the total population in the United States increased by 12.1%. About ~80% of the total population resides in the urban areas. The growth in the urban population influenced the urban sprawl, congestion, and, subs...

Title: Modeling the Effects of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems on Driver Behavior
Author: Gouribhatla, Raghuveer
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Transportation
Description: About 38,000 fatalities are reported every year in the United States and traffic crashes (referred to as crashes) are the leading cause of deaths among people up to 54 years. Additionally, economic loss due to crashes is estimated equal to $380 mi...

Title: Modeling the Effect of a Road Construction Project on Travel Time at Link-Level
Author: Kukkapalli, Venu Madhav
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Transportation, Statistics
Description: Drivers observe variation in travel time due to congestion and delay on existing transportation facilities. A road construction project has a significant effect on travel time, leading to increased congestion, delay, and driver frustration. The ef...

Title: Modeling the Crash Injury Severity in Work Zone Areas on Freeways
Author: Miatudila, Sr., Alain
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation, Statistics
Description: The rising frequency of crashes in work zones on American freeways is a growing issue inherently linked to the degrading state of our transportation infrastructure. As travel demand increases and our infrastructure continues to age and wear out, w...

Title: Modeling and Evaluating the Safety Effectiveness of Mini-Roundabouts
Author: Mishra, Raunak
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation, Sustainability
Description: Mini-roundabouts are a type of roundabout characterized by a small diameter, and fully traversable central island and splitter islands. They are an alternative intersection design option in areas with constraints requiring additional land acquisit...

Title: Modeling Operational Performance of Urban Roads with Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions
Author: Kodupuganti, Swapneel Rao
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation
Description: Several urban areas in the United States have planned for new facilities to cater to the needs of users of alternative modes of transportation (e.g., public transportation, walking, and bicycling) over the next decade. As an example, the city of C...