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What is the major purpose of a regional transportation network?

When considered at the regional level, what is the major purpose of a regional transportation system?

17 November 2020 5,352 14 View

Biohydrogen and dark fermentation: what is their potential?

Is the conversion rate a limiting factor of this technology, compared to gasification and hydrogenotrophic/acetoclastic methanogenesis? And does hydrogen have the chance to become a successful...

07 January 2020 3,548 5 View

Can anyone suggest me softwares for optimizing traffic light cycle?

I am looking for suitable software (paid or free) that can be used for optimizing traffic light cycles at an intersection.

23 December 2019 8,500 17 View

Need Help!!!!!! Want to Research on any Transportation Engineering( related with Environmental effect) Subject.may you give me a chance???

I am a a 3rd year student in BSc in civil engineering in University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh.Want to Research on any Transportation Engineering Subject.may you give me a chance???

01 June 2018 8,149 7 View

Need Help!!!!!! Want to Research on any Transportation Engineering Subject.may you give me a chance???

I am a a 3rd year student in BSc in civil engineering in University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh.Want to Research on any Transportation Engineering Subject.may you give me a chance???

28 May 2018 5,852 7 View

What's the most simple and accurate method to find travel time in urban area for mixed traffic?

For Simulation of travel time in Vissim Software i need to know the different methods to determine travel time.What are the common methods to find travel time and the difference between them..

10 October 2017 3,358 4 View

What are the key differences among commonly used Travel Demand Forecasting software in Transportation Engineering?

What are the common software to forecast travel demand? Why do we choose one over another? What are the key differences?

02 October 2017 6,876 4 View

Any suggestions for microscopic traffic simulator that is capable of modelling vehicle path in 2-dimensions (not as discreet lane keep or jump)?

I find lane-based microscopic simulation models inadequate for modelling realistic trajectories of human driven vehicles and highly automated vehicles that follow a 2D path. Any suggestions or...

13 July 2017 2,680 7 View

Is it possible to make Superpave gyratory compacted sample with 2 in(58 mm) height ?? If yes then what calibration should be made??

20 June 2017 8,901 2 View

Is there any simplified model to study the rutting and IRI evolution on a flexible pavement?

I am interested in knowing if it is possible to study the degradation of rutting and IRI on a flexible pavement. I already know the ones form World Bank to study the IRI but for a first approach...

16 June 2017 9,132 4 View

I want to do planning parking facilities using VISSIM 5.4. Is it possible to do in this version? or any other software I have to use for this purpose?

Parking facilities in Delhi need to be improved and I want to use VISSIM for this purpose. Is it practically possible to do using VISSIM 5.4.

16 May 2017 9,742 3 View

Benchmarked dataset for driver attention/distraction detection.

Could someone please direct me to a benchmarked dataset for the subject of driver attention/distraction detection using machine learning, I've surveyed a few papers and they seem to collect their...

14 May 2017 2,498 1 View

What method can estimate bicycle traffic volume?

There are so many methods in estimating car traffic volume.However, methods about estimating bicycle traffic flow are very few.So I want to know some methods can estimate bicycle traffic volume.

17 March 2017 2,725 8 View

Is there a VISSIM add-in to simulate autonomous vehicles?

If yes, what car-following/ lane-changing logic does it use?

11 March 2017 1,645 5 View

Asphalt in railway and tram track

Application, experiences, literature of asphalt in railway and tram construction?

24 February 2017 3,862 7 View

HOw to convert pdf or autocad drawing in to csv or dbd file?

I want to plot the city map on the transcad software

23 November 2016 7,093 3 View

What are the tests required for determining the strength of Pure bitumen?

I am conducting a research on effect of fillers on asphalt characterictics.

06 November 2016 2,972 8 View

What is frequency of CBR testing for road design?

I have to design a rigid pavement road and conduct geotechnical investigation along the road alignment. In this regard, I need to conduct a few California Bearing Ratio (CBR) tests along the road...

26 October 2016 8,420 16 View

I am collecting scholarly studies on Demand Responsive Transports (DRT), with a focus on rural areas. Any suggestions?

I am trying to be well updated on successful DRT:s in recent time, say the last 8 years. I am well aware of EU funded projects and fairly well aware of other projects within the EU. However, I...

25 September 2016 6,697 3 View

How can I reduce the number of levels for categorical variables?

I want to develop a multiple linear regression with 457 samples. Among independent variables, there is one categorical variable which consists of three level (XL1, XL2 AND XL3). The number of XL1,...

13 September 2016 4,641 3 View

How we can predict trains traffic regulation by using European Railway Train Management System?

I have been working with research on new predictive model of train traffic by using new railway signaling systems. I would appreciate if anyone could introduce me any work about European Raiway...

09 September 2016 4,317 17 View

Intersection entry speed vs. crash likelihood?

Hi, I am wondering if someone has some pointers to references on individual vehicle (or two vehicles) entry speeds into an intersection / junction and the likelihood of a collision. I imagine such...

08 September 2016 3,771 6 View

Where can i find simplistic but relevant equations describing the rail curvature running resistance of trains?

What are the main components that govern the curvature running resistance? Wheel radius? Train speed? Rail curvature? What more?

01 September 2016 1,714 6 View

Facing few issues while doing design of experiments for unlabelled Stated Preference experiments. Any ideas to solve the following issue?

Through preliminary studies, I have selected seven attributes for SP modelling. Since I have to make separate models for A.C and Non-A.C buses, I have considered 'type of bus' as one attribute...

29 July 2016 2,897 3 View

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