Road conditions during the winter months in Nordic countries can be highly unstable. Slippery roads combined with heavy haul traffic and ordinary road users can create dangerous, even lethal, situations if road maintenance is unsuccessful. Accidents...
This article presents a systematic review of the most cutting-edge research on precast pavement technology for the first time. Firstly, precast pavement is divided into two categories, precast cement concrete pavement and precast carpeted flexible pa...
This study seeks a better understanding of the acceptance of geospatial technology with Light Detention and Ranging (LIDAR) in road design in a developing country, Malaysia. Existing surveying measurement methods to provide quick, accurate, and relia...
The concept of sustainable transportation of goods as the primary paradigm for designing contemporary logistics systems assumes the use of energy-efficient and affordable modes of transport in a way that guarantees the most cost-efficient variant of...
Surface roughness is a key factor influencing the safety, comfort, and overall quality of bicycle lanes, which are increasingly integrated into urban transportation systems worldwide. This study aims to assess and quantify the roughness of bicycle la...
Roads are essential for economic development, facilitating the circulation of services and resources. This research seeks to provide local governments with a comprehensive framework to enhance road maintenance, focusing on the surface and functional...
In today’s world, with the acceleration of technological processes and the emergence of the wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, all production and service sectors, especially transport companies, are experiencing new challenges of technological deve...
Road defects are important factors affecting traffic safety. In order to improve the identification efficiency of road diseases and the pertinence of maintenance and management, intelligent detection technologies of road diseases have been developed....
Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been widely adopted in the building sector. However, it is still an emerging topic in road infrastructure projects despite its enormous potential to solve ongoing issues. While there have been several recent st...
Since the Fourth Industrial Revolution was announced in 2015, relevant key technologies have recently merged and have extensively affected our society. To provide empirical insights into the future and address expected issues in the context of transp...
The primary aim of this study was to assess and classify selected EU countries to groups differing in terms of the degree of implementation of innovative energy technologies to alleviate adverse externalities in road transport. This aim was realised...
The Clean Propulsion Technologies (CPT) project, established in 2021, brought together 15 research partners and original equipment manufacturers. The goal was to create a common vision and sustainable business solutions so that the worldwide technolo...
The urgency of climate change has highlighted the need for sustainable road construction materials, replacing the conventional asphalt, which significantly contributes to global warming and the urban heat island effect. With this in mind, the constru...
Numerous countries have established policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and have suggested goals pertaining to these reductions. To reach the target reduction amounts, studies on the reduction of carbon emissions have been conducted with r...
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promotes sustainable development in the participating countries by facilitating technology transfer, talent development, and industrial upgrading. Technological cooperation under the BRI plays a crucial role in help...
As an economic corridor, the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) connects the East to Western nations, where carbon emissions are gradually becoming severe. This study aims to provide solutions for dealing with carbon emissions from the transportation of...
Digital and technological transformation has gained significant attention not only due to the exposure of the latest technologies but also due to its considerable impact on sustainable economic growth. This research determines the influence of digita...
Road energy harvesting is an ingenious horizon for clean and renewable energy production. The concept is very compatible with current traffic trends and the ongoing depletion of natural resources. Yet, the idea of harvesting roadway energy is still i...
Airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) surveying technology plays an important role in road design, and it is increasingly implemented in the design stage. The ability of LiDAR as a remote sensing technology to be used in non-accessible places...
Internal-condition sensing for road structures is crucial for road service safety, performance assessments, and maintenance. In recent years, new technologies for monitoring structural conditions of roads have been updated, significantly improving ro...
Road crack detection is an important indicator of road detection. In real life, it is very meaningful work to detect road cracks. With the rapid development of science and technology, especially computer science and technology, quite a lot of methods...
This study develops forest road recognition technology using deep learning-based image processing to support the advancement of autonomous driving technology for forestry machinery. Images were collected while driving a tracked forwarder along approx...
Rolling resistance is a critical factor that influences vehicle energy consumption, emissions, and overall performance. It directly impacts fuel efficiency, tire longevity, and driving dynamics. Traditional rolling resistance tests are conducted on s...
The efficiency of vehicles and travel comfort are maintained by the effective management of road pavement conditions. Pavement conditions can be inspected at a low cost by drive-by monitoring technology. Drive-by monitoring technology is a method of...
27 August 2019
From the perspective of green growth, which seeks to coordinate and make sustainable the development of resources, the environment, and the economy, this study’s aim was to find out whether the high-tech industry along the Belt and Road (B&...
Sustainable, improved rescue operations contribute to both the safety of traffic participants and the quality of transportation services. From this perspective, we considered the need to determine to what extent the target audience, consisting of own...
Road accidents occur everywhere in the world and the numbers of people dead or injured increase from time to time. People hope that emergency vehicles and medical staff will arrive as soon as possible at the scene of the accident. The development of...
Pavement adhesion plays a crucial role in driving safety, while traditional test methods exhibit some limitations. To improve the efficiency and accuracy of asphalt pavement texture characterization and adhesion assessments, this paper uses three-dim...
A system that can acquire and share information about the environment from vehicles using various sensors and smartphones was developed to prevent accidents that may occur on mine haulage roads. A light detection and ranging sensor and an acceleromet...
This study examines the policy and technological dynamics shaping China’s road transport sector’s transition to low-carbon sustainability, focusing on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (HFCEVs). As...
The introduction of any new disruptive technology in a traditionally well-established industry, such as the road construction industry, is usually associated with considerable resistance. This is especially relevant when the new technology is based o...
Road safety is important for the rapid development of the economy and society. Thus, it is of great significance to monitor the dynamic changing processes of road diseases, such as cavities, to provide a basis for the daily maintenance of roads and p...
An electric road system (ERS) is a transportation solution that provides electricity for fully electric vehicles while in motion. This solution might contribute to sustainable transportation by overcoming range anxiety problems that fully electric ve...
The microwave heating/healing technique is regarded as a green maintenance approach for asphalt pavements thanks to its promising environmental and economic benefits. However, the main concern about this technology is represented by the possible agin...
Prolonging one’s ability to drive is a significant component of aging in place and personal autonomy. However, highly prevalent neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia among older people undermine the...
Road safety is a major concern for global society, with the main users in traffic being drivers, pedestrians and vehicles. Despite advances in technology, the interaction between these components still represents a significant safety risk. The simula...
In response to the limitations of existing vehicle detection technologies when applied to distributed sensor networks for road traffic holographic perception, this paper proposes a vehicle information detection technology based on single-point laser...
With the rapid progress of urbanization, cities’ demands for traffic flood control are steadily on the increase, and people are gradually paying more attention to traffic safety and environmental issues. Considering the considerable convenience...
Repairing potholes is a task for municipalities to prevent serious road user injuries and vehicle damage. This study presents a low-cost, high-performance pothole monitoring system to maintain urban roads. The authors developed a methodology based on...
Since its reform and opening-up, the scale of China’s utilization of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been expanding. Meanwhile, the “Belt and Road” initiative has opened up broader markets and trade opportunities for China. As a...
Medium and heavy-duty battery electric trucks (BETs) may play a key role in mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from road freight transport. However, technological challenges such as limited range and cargo carrying capacity as well as the requ...
Transportation of renewable wood is increasing, being a necessary operation in logistics of the environmentally sustainable forest industry. However, increasing the transportation capacity is a source of greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to truck...
International science and technology (S&T) cooperation is one of the important ways to ensure the continuous development of a national innovation system. “One Belt One Road” advocates the concepts of common business, common constructi...
Monitoring and restoring soil quality in areas neighboring roads affected by traffic activities require a thorough investigation of heavy metal concentrations. This study examines the spatial heterogeneity of copper (Cu) and chromium (Cr) concentrati...
Powertrain electrification continues to be a growing trend in vehicular applications. Electric powertrains have numerous advantages over traditional mechanical and hydraulic powertrains but there are still important challenges to overcome for long-te...
4 July 2021
Multitasking while driving negatively affects driving performance and threatens people’s lives every day. Moreover, technology-based distractions are among the top driving distractions that are proven to divert the driver’s attention away from the ro...
16 November 2022
Road freight transport promotes economic development while impeding the future of green development due to excessive fossil fuel use. Road freight enterprises need to adapt to stricter environmental regulations while maintaining a reasonable level of...
Transport systems are complex systems present in modern cities. The sustainability of all other urban systems depends on the sustainable functioning of urban transport. Various processes occur within transport systems. Road traffic is one of them. At...
This paper describes the development of a new 3D ground-penetrating radar (GPR) acquisition and control technology for road underground diseases with dual-band antenna arrays. The 3D GPR system can be mounted on a vehicle-loading device and used by v...
Accurate and transparent vehicle speed data are crucial for enforcing speed limits and other important applications. However, attaining the required levels of accuracy and transparency remains a challenge that needs to be addressed. The potential for...
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