Efficient Transportation and Pavement Systems: Characterization, Mechanisms, Simulation, and Modeling

Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Keynote presentations......Page 14
Towards long lasting pavements in the gulf......Page 16
Pushing the envelope: Transportation system management under competing objectives......Page 18
Experience on cold in place pavement recycling using the foamed asphalt technique......Page 20
Applying fundamental materials engineering to solve pavement infrastructure problems......Page 22
Advances in road safety engineering......Page 24
Dynamic early merge and dynamic late merge at work zone lane closures......Page 26
Transportation systems......Page 28
Towards fully integrated adaptive urban traffic control......Page 30
Development and comparison of dynamic transit signal priority strategies......Page 46
Optimized strategy for integrated traffic and transit signal control......Page 60
Exploring the potential benefits of VII-Enabled dynamic speed control in signalized networks......Page 76
A study of driver behaviour with regards to traffic control devices......Page 86
Integrated traffic information system for Urban/Inter-Urban traffic management......Page 96
Using GIS as a tool to integrate land use, traffic analysis, and travel forecasting......Page 102
Validation of the VT-Meso vehicle fuel consumption and emission model......Page 110
A three-stage procedure for validating microscopic simulation models......Page 128
Platoon identification and accommodation at isolated traffic signals......Page 142
Traffic adaptive signal control at roundabouts......Page 154
Systematic analysis of capacity of weaving sections......Page 164
Vehicular traffic volume characteristics of urban roadways in Kuwait......Page 178
Ras laffan traffic operations, circulation and simulation study......Page 186
Evaluation of Edmonton's intersection safety camera program......Page 204
Safety evaluation of alternative guardrail system for exclusive motorcycle lanes......Page 218
The viability of real-time prediction and prevention of traffic accidents......Page 228
A probabilistic framework for vision-based road safety analysis......Page 240
Linear regression crash prediction models: Issues and proposed solutions......Page 254
Turning the world's roads into forgiving highways preventing needless deaths......Page 270
Road accidents in Kuwait: Causes and consequences......Page 282
Research priorities for the transportation and traffic safety center in Kuwait......Page 290
Optimal coordination of traffic signals to cope with traffic congestion......Page 296
Dynamic early merge and dynamic late merge at work zone lane closures......Page 306
Evaluation of warning signs and markings to reduce speeds on curves......Page 316
Implementing new vehicle stability-based minimum radius guidelines for simple and reverse horizontal curves: Is it cost effective?......Page 326
The effect of geometric layout on the operational performance of multilane roundabout......Page 340
Development of acceptance measures for long term performance of BOT highway projects......Page 348
Probabilistic framework for calibrating of highway geometric design models......Page 362
Analysis of mode split in the greater Toronto area: Long-range temporal trends and underlying travel behaviour......Page 384
Intermodal connectivity and the movement of goods for Dubai......Page 404
Factors affecting the service performance of public buses in Dubai......Page 414
Selecting Syria new highway corridors utilizing GIS......Page 420
Pavements......Page 432
Performance of modified asphalt binder and mixtures under increased truck loading limits......Page 434
Steady shear properties of a class of aged bitumens......Page 454
Influence of surface interactions between bitumen and mineral fillers on the rheology of bitumen-filler mastics......Page 466
Barrier-Based Fuel Resistant Binder (B3)......Page 478
Performance-based selection guidelines for roadway bituminous-based crack sealants......Page 486
Stress relaxation behavior of asphalt emulsion residue......Page 496
Time (s)......Page 500
Shear stress ( Pa)......Page 501
Shear stress ( Pa) Time (s)......Page 502
Shear stress ( Pa) Time (s)......Page 503
Characterisation and modification of a hard binder for pavements in hot climates......Page 506
Determination of percent working binder in recycled asphalt pavement materials......Page 518
Influence of tack coats on the adhesion properties of asphalt pavements......Page 530
Applying fundamental materials engineering to solve pavement infrastructure problems......Page 544
Relationship of asphalt pavement skid resistance to aggregate properties......Page 554
Investigation into two procedures of applying gilsonite into HMA mixtures......Page 562
Asphalt rubber asphalt concrete friction course overlay as a pavement preservation strategy......Page 572
Evaluation of foam asphalt technology for road base construction in the Gulf......Page 584
Cold Concrete Asphalt: What do we understand about CCA?......Page 598
Mix design and rutting resistance of bituminous mixtures containing incinerator bottom ash aggregates......Page 604
Permanent deformation analysis of HMA mixtures using simple performance tests......Page 614
Improving the field compaction of asphalt pavements using X-ray CT and imaging techniques......Page 624
Evaluation of coarse-graded HMA pavements in North Dakota using the Asphalt Pavement Analyzer......Page 634
Analytical investigation of the correctness of formulas used in bending beam tests......Page 642
Assessment of rutting potential of asphalt mixture based on mixture resistivity......Page 652
Quality control of cold-in place recycled asphalt pavement using non-destructive tests......Page 666
Investigation of sulfur modified asphalt concrete mixes for road construction in the gulf......Page 676
Discrete element analysis of aggregate resistance to fracture in asphalt mixtures......Page 686
Field focused long term performance evaluation of asphalt concrete pavements......Page 696
Designing asphalt mixtures to withstand slow loading......Page 710
Impact of increasing legal axle loads on truck factor in Egypt......Page 722
Use of ANNs in the mechanistic-based overlay design of flexible pavements......Page 732
Evaluation of pavement cracking performance based on limiting critical strain value......Page 742
Geogrid-reinforced low-volume flexible pavement response to loadings by various tire configurations......Page 754
Characterizing the behavior of geogrid-reinforced crushed limestone base materials using monotonic and cyclic load tests......Page 766
Model footing tests on geosynthetic reinforced soils......Page 774
Numerical modeling and laboratory testing of geogrid-reinforced flexible pavements......Page 782
Automated in-vehicle data collection and treatment for existing roadway alignment......Page 798
A framework for pavement RL prediction using KDD......Page 812
21st Century pavement design and maintenance of the English road network......Page 824
Photocatalytic road pavements: An analysis of structural and functional performances......Page 840
Factors affecting distress density behavior on urban streets......Page 850
Decision support tools/project programming: How to communicate the results?......Page 858
Quantifying the life-cycle value of optimal infrastructure condition sampling......Page 868
Development of pavement Distress Identification Manual for Motorway (M-2) Pakistan......Page 878
Academic curriculum and research development in road safety, supported with ICT......Page 890
Towards standardizing construction specifications and design criteria of agricultural roads in the GCC countries......Page 896
Advancements in research and development......Page 904
Recycled waste materials as additives in cement-treated bases......Page 912
Statistical approach to analyze compressive strength of interlocking paving tiles in Kuwait......Page 920
Author index......Page 924