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A Smart Highway Work Zone Merge System Enabled By Connected Vehicles., Abdulmaged Algomaiah
A Smart Highway Work Zone Merge System Enabled By Connected Vehicles., Abdulmaged Algomaiah
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Typical traffic control and operations at work zones usually are not very effective in mitigating the work zone bottleneck. A major reason is that the common early merge behaviors limits utilizing the available capacity in the closed lane, especially under moderate to high traffic demands. Recently, using late merge strategy is encouraged to prevent early merge behavior and fully utilize the closed lane and therefore increase capacity of work zone. The development of late merge strategy was not enough to substantially improve the situation due to the lack of compliance and communication among drivers. This thesis suggests and investigates a …
A Tool To Evaluate Sustainability Of Pavement Maintenance Projects., Yibo Zhang
A Tool To Evaluate Sustainability Of Pavement Maintenance Projects., Yibo Zhang
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Pavement maintenance activities are widely regarded to be critical elements during pavement life cycle, different maintenance techniques have been used to restore or extend the service lives of pavements. However, the existing maintenance practices on pavement system have problems that impair the economic benefits, disturb the natural environment, and somewhat ignore the needs from stakeholders. To minimize these negative impacts, sustainability is an ideal way because it addresses the problems under Triple Bottom Line (TBL, refers to economy, environment, and society). Sustainability analysis within transportation or pavement industry has been studied in different countries, but the concept of sustainable pavement …