Francisco Márquez-Saldaña , Gonzalo A. Aranda-Corral , Joaquín Borrego-Díaz
{"title":"Bike sharing systems data interoperability by a unified station status concept and big data solutions","authors":"Francisco Márquez-Saldaña , Gonzalo A. Aranda-Corral , Joaquín Borrego-Díaz","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The impact of bike sharing systems (BSS) on urban mobility, and their study as part of the overall transport system in smart cities, has attracted significant academic interest in recent years. However, the lack of historical and standardized data in current service tools hinders the analysis and improvement of these platforms, i.e. by reusing technical data-based solutions. Big data nature (in volume, variety and velocity) of collecting BSS historical information must be also addressed, in order to take an integrated perspective.</div><div>This paper describes an integrated solution to this challenge by (1) proposing a unified station status concept for recording historical information, based on the identification, study and unification of common relevant fields found in almost all BSS data warehouses, and (2) implementing a big data-inspired ETL infrastructure together with a storage optimization, methodology which not only allows to access and collect previous defined concepts but also overcomes existing big data challenge when storing BSS information. The system also consumes other external relevant information, such as weather factors, which have been aggregated, enhancing stored knowledge, with KPIs and statistics. The developed solution illustrates how it can manage over seven years of data from twenty-seven BSS, serving not only machine-to-machine communication but also human-computer communication and enabling data-driven solutions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"12 2","pages":"Pages 420-433"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143886806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fan Zhang , Aimin Sha , Yangsen Cao , Baowen Lou , Wentong Wang , Ruimeng Song
{"title":"Self-healing properties and environmental evaluation of asphalt mixtures containing steelmaking waste","authors":"Fan Zhang , Aimin Sha , Yangsen Cao , Baowen Lou , Wentong Wang , Ruimeng Song","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.01.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.01.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Environmental pollution and resource shortages are the two most urgent issues in current society. Using steel slag as aggregates in pavement construction is promising in reducing the exploitation of non-renewable resources. Meanwhile, steel slag, as an excellent microwave-absorbing material, can accelerate the self-healing properties of the pavement. This study aims to explore a value-added development of the asphalt mixture containing steel slag to improve its self-healing properties. For this purpose, the absorbing properties of steel slag were firstly explained based on SEM, X-RD, and X-RF. Then, thermal conductivity, self-healing, and road performance were tested. Finally, the feasibility of replacing aggregates with steel slag was assessed based on environmental evaluation and economic benefits. Results indicated that the porous structure and metal elements of steel slag make it have excellent microwave heating (MH) capacity. The high-temperature stability and water stability of steel slag asphalt mixtures (SSAM) can improve by 60.76% and 5.97%, respectively, while there is a downward trend in low-temperature crack resistance. Besides, asphalt mixtures with 80% steel slag content performed excellent thermal conductivity and healing properties efficiency, which exhibited the maximum thermal parameter (1.56 W/(m·K)), healing index (92.8%), and healing level (63.7%). Based on the purpose of self-healing, 80% replacement of steel slag by volume is recommended. The comprehensive evaluation results on environmental pollution and economic benefits show that using steel slag as aggregates is highly feasible.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"12 2","pages":"Pages 288-300"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143887004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alteration in delay time considering different pedestrian's crossing characteristics in the era of autonomous vehicles","authors":"Szilárd Szigeti , Dávid Földes , Attila Aba","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.03.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.03.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Delay is one of the most crucial factors for both pedestrians and car drivers around pedestrian crossings. Drivers often do not yield to pedestrians, which may result in both delay and impatient pedestrian behaviour. This tendency may alter after introducing autonomous vehicles as the vehicles will follow the traffic rules in all cases. This study aims to estimate the delay time alteration at a simple zebra crossing using on-site measures and simulation. Roadside video recordings were carried out in Budapest, Hungary, to obtain the crossing decisions of pedestrian groups based on the approaching vehicle distance. We have determined the accepted vehicle distance vales for pedestrian groups that served as input data for microsimulation modelling. The novelty of the study is that the simulation involved autonomous vehicles that hold preset headways from the leading vehicle. The simulation was designed based on the traffic share of autonomous vehicles and the headways they kept. The main findings are that the travel time and stopping time for cars are higher if the modal share of autonomous vehicles is high. For pedestrians, however, we found a slight decrease in both travel times and stopping times. Moreover, we have proposed modifications to the simulation software (Vissim) to handle distance-dependent pedestrian decisions and drivers' failure to give priority. The results can be useful for road operators to estimate the road capacity in the era of autonomous vehicles and for software developers to formulate the simulated and real driving mechanism for autonomous vehicles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"12 2","pages":"Pages 378-389"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143887009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovative methods for quantifying the moisture susceptibility of asphalt mixtures","authors":"Vikas Kumar , Erdem Coleri , Ihsan Obaid","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.04.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Moisture damage in asphalt mixtures can cause early cracking and rutting failures due to the internal damage accumulated by the high internal pore pressures created at the aggregate-binder interface and/or within the binder phase by heavy traffic loads. Tensile strength ratio (TSR) test results have not been effective indicators of moisture susceptibility of the asphalt mixtures. Therefore, a reliable moisture conditioning method and moisture susceptibility test need to be developed and implemented to determine the possible long-term impact of several new additive technologies on pavement longevity. In this study, different tests and conditioning methods for moisture susceptibility quantification of asphalt mixtures were evaluated, and a new test method incorporating a color measuring device was also developed that could identify the impact of different anti-stripping agents and warm-mix additives on moisture susceptibility of asphalt mixtures. Results indicated that the moisture-induced stress tester (MIST) conditioned and vacuum conditioned samples showed similar susceptibility towards rutting and moisture. Moreover, the CT-index parameter was not found to correlate with the moisture susceptibility of the mixes. Based on the results of the laboratory investigations, this study recommends the use of a colorimeter in conjunction with the current TSR method to determine the adhesion and cohesion-related moisture susceptibility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"12 2","pages":"Pages 301-318"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143887005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhen Fu , Ruimeng Song , Wen Qin , Ke Shi , Feng Ma , Jiarong Li , Chao Li
{"title":"Investigation on the low temperature rheological properties of polymer modified asphalt","authors":"Zhen Fu , Ruimeng Song , Wen Qin , Ke Shi , Feng Ma , Jiarong Li , Chao Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.02.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.02.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Traditional pavement is prone to cracks, and other distresses in cold regions. In this case, asphalt modification is a common technique used to improve the performance of asphalt. This study attempts to compare the low temperature properties of three modified asphalts. For this purpose, the addition of crumb rubber (CR), modified crumb rubber (MCR), and styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) to the base asphalt, respectively, and CR modified asphalt, MCR modified asphalt, and SBS modified asphalt is firstly prepared. Then, the asphalt specimens are subjected to a thin film oven test (TFOT) and pressurized aging vessel (PAV) test. The bending beam rheometer (BBR) test is conducted to compare the rheology characteristics and anti-aging performance of three modified asphalts. Furthermore, the low temperature performance of three modified asphalts is compared by three approaches based on the performance grade (PG), critical low temperature, and Burgers model. The BBR results show that the CR modified asphalt has the best low temperature performance. However, the CR modified asphalt show poor aging resistance, SBS modified asphalt, and MCR modified asphalt have better aging resistance. In terms of the Burgers model, it is established to analyze the resistance to low temperature cracking of four asphalts from the perspective of viscoelastic properties. Different viscoelastic parameters indicate that the low temperature performance of CR modified asphalt is superior to the other asphalts, which is consistent with the result of the critical low temperatures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"12 2","pages":"Pages 319-330"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143887006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nischal Bhattarai , Ciyun Lin , Yibin Zhang , Hongchao Liu
{"title":"In-depth investigation of contributing factors of fatal/severe-injury crashes at highway merging areas using machine learning classification methods","authors":"Nischal Bhattarai , Ciyun Lin , Yibin Zhang , Hongchao Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.06.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.06.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Highway on-ramp merging locations are vulnerable to traffic collisions inflicting fatal or serious injuries to drivers. Although numerous studies have uncovered the major contributing factors to crashes at on-ramp merging areas, none of these studies have focused on fatal/severe-injury crashes. This paper aims to provide an in-depth and systematic investigation on critical contributing factors of the high-severity crashes at highway merging areas. As part of the analysis, support vector machines (SVM) and random forest (RF) models were developed for a 10-year data set of crashes at more than 250 merging locations in Texas, United States, using 23 different crash attributes describing each incident to predict high-severity crashes. A sensitivity analysis was conducted to quantify the marginal effects of each contributing factor. The results indicate that there is an increased likelihood of fatal/severe-injury crashes when the number of highway lanes is high, and the number of lanes on the frontage roads/connector roads is low (<4). Likewise, presence of heavy vehicles seems to affect the occurrence of fatal injury crashes at merging areas. Additionally, longer ramp lengths, presence of auxiliary lanes, and the proximity of exit ramps are found to increase the likelihood of high severity crashes. These findings, either new or consistent with previous studies are helpful in enriching the literature of on-ramp related highway safety studies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"12 2","pages":"Pages 434-446"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143886807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zengping Zhang , Hao Liu , Youxin Zhu , Liqi Chen , Jia Sun , Li Wang , Ting Huang
{"title":"Modification of bitumen with polyether-based polyurethanes containing different hard segments","authors":"Zengping Zhang , Hao Liu , Youxin Zhu , Liqi Chen , Jia Sun , Li Wang , Ting Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.01.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To expand the application of polyurethane (PU) modified bitumen, it is necessary to understand the influence of PU raw materials on PU modified bitumen systematically. Three polyether-based polyurethanes were used to modify the unmodified bitumen, synthesised from toluene diisocyanate (TDI), diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), and polyaryl polyisocyanate (PAPI) by reaction with polytetrahydrofuran diol (PTMEG) respectively. And the performance of polyether-based PU modified bitumen was investigated at various contents of isocyanates. Firstly, the modification mechanism of PU modified bitumen binders was analysed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Then, the high and low temperature properties and resistance to permanent deformation of modified bitumen binders were investigated through dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) test, bending beam rheometer (BBR) test and multiple stress creep recovery (MSCR) test. Finally, the microstructure and molecular movement were analyzed by fluorescence microscopy (FM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). As the results show, there are significant differences in the molecular structure, cross-linking and hydrogen bonding of polyurethane modifiers synthesised from different isocyanates, which then affect the interaction between polyurethane molecules and bitumen molecules and result in different modification effects on bitumen. Concerning high-temperature properties and storage stability, PU synthesised by PAPI is the best solution for improving bitumen. PU synthesised by TDI offers the best improvement in low temperature performance. It is worth noting that the PU synthesised by MDI provides a more balanced improvement in high and low temperature performances. This study provides guidance for the development of PU modified bitumen.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"12 2","pages":"Pages 344-360"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143886808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dan Zhao , Huifeng Wang , Hao Du , Haoyi Cheng , Lu Peng , Yaru Liang , He Huang , Yunmeng Li
{"title":"An intelligent bridge multi-dimension deflection IoT monitoring system based on laser datum and imaging","authors":"Dan Zhao , Huifeng Wang , Hao Du , Haoyi Cheng , Lu Peng , Yaru Liang , He Huang , Yunmeng Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.06.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Aiming at the all-weather automatic monitoring of bridge structure health monitoring, an embedded bridge multi-dimensional (horizontal and vertical) deflection monitoring system based on dual laser references is proposed. The controller turns on the laser reference transmitter through instructions to emit the laser reference. The intelligent target system located in the middle of the span will calculate the multi-dimensional deflection and deformation information of the bridge structure according to the laser spot projected on the diffuse optical target, and pass this information through the wireless network communication unit transmits to the cloud platform to realize real-time monitoring of the bridge structure status and other parameters. Through the laboratory platform, it is found that the measurement error of this method is less than 300 μm, and the data update rate is less than 66 ms, which meets the requirements of bridge structural health monitoring. This method solves the problem of low efficiency of artificial bridge deflection monitoring, realizes all-weather online real-time monitoring of bridge deflection detection, and ensures the accuracy and efficiency of the measurement system. Applying this monitoring technology not only significantly improves the efficiency and accuracy of bridge structural health monitoring but also plays a crucial role in ensuring safe bridge operations, extending the service life of bridges, and reducing maintenance costs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"12 2","pages":"Pages 269-287"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143887003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huazhi Yuan , Kun Zhao , Ying Yan , Li Wan , Zhending Tian , Xinqiang Chen
{"title":"Long tunnel group driving fatigue detection model based on XGBoost algorithm","authors":"Huazhi Yuan , Kun Zhao , Ying Yan , Li Wan , Zhending Tian , Xinqiang Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.02.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.02.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Driving fatigue is one of the important causes of accidents in tunnel (group) sections. In this paper, in order to effectively identify the driving fatigue of tunnel (group) drivers, an eye tracker and other instruments were used to conduct real vehicle tests on long tunnel (group) expressways and thus obtain the eye movement, driving duration, and Karolinska sleepiness scale (KSS) data of 30 drivers. The impacts of the tunnel and non-tunnel sections on drivers were compared, and the relationship between blink indexes, such as the blink frequency, blink duration, mean value of blink duration, driving duration, and driving fatigue, was studied. A paired <em>t</em>-test and a Spearman correlation test were performed to select the indexes that can effectively characterize the tunnel driving fatigue. A driving fatigue detection model was then developed based on the XGBoost algorithm. The obtained results show that the blink frequency, total blink duration, and mean value of blink duration gradually increase with the deepening of driving fatigue, and the mean value of blink duration is the most sensitive in the tunnel environment. In addition, a significant correlation exists between the driving duration index and driving fatigue, which can provide a reference for improving the tunnel safety. Using the mean value of blink duration and driving duration as the characteristic indexes, the accuracy of the driving fatigue detection model based on the XGBoost algorithm reaches 98%. The cumulative and continuous tunnel proportion effectively estimates the driving fatigue state in a long tunnel (group) environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"12 1","pages":"Pages 167-179"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143479342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Keliang Mou , Xiaoping Ji , Jie Liu , Haoyu Zhou , Haochen Tian , Xiaojuan Li , Honghui Liu
{"title":"Using piezoelectric technology to harvest energy from pavement: A review","authors":"Keliang Mou , Xiaoping Ji , Jie Liu , Haoyu Zhou , Haochen Tian , Xiaojuan Li , Honghui Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A key point in building a contemporary energy system is the search for sustainable and green energy. Many green energy sources exist in the road or pavement domain, such as solar, thermal, wind, and mechanical energy, etc. Under the repeated vehicle loads, stresses and strains are generated in the pavement, which can generate substantial mechanical energy. In recent two decades, there has been a growing scholarly preference for utilizing the piezoelectric effect to convert mechanical energy from pavement into electricity to supply low-power transportation facilities, pavement sensors, etc. This paper provides an in-depth review of state-of-the-art advances in road piezoelectric energy harvesters. The basic principle of piezoelectric energy harvesting and common piezoelectric materials were briefly introduced. The piezoelectric energy harvesters suitable for roads are thoroughly reviewed from five perspectives: structure, finite element analyses, protective packaging, management circuit, and application. Finally, the challenges faced by piezoelectric energy harvesters for pavements were summarized, and the potential research directions were also proposed. This review serves as a valuable reference for advancing road piezoelectric harvesting technology development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"12 1","pages":"Pages 68-86"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143479338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}