Decision making in highway construction: A systematic review and future directions

AR Radzi, RA Rahman, SI Doh - Journal of engineering, design and …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Various approaches have emerged to assist practitioners in making more informed
decisions in highway construction projects. However, industry practitioners are still using …

A platoon regulation algorithm to improve the traffic performance of highway work zones

D Cao, J Wu, J Wu, B Kulcsár… - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a cooperative traffic control strategy to increase the capacity of
nonrecurrent bottlenecks such as work zones by making full use of the spatial resources …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-agent reinforcement learning-based longitudinal and lateral control of CAVs to improve traffic efficiency in a mandatory lane change scenario

S Wang, Z Wang, R Jiang, F Zhu, R Yan… - … Research Part C …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bottleneck areas are prone to severe traffic congestion due to the sudden drop in capacity.
To improve traffic efficiency in the bottleneck area, this paper proposes a multi-agent deep …

A hybrid virtual–real traffic simulation approach to reproducing the spatiotemporal distribution of bridge loads

J Zhou, W Wu, CC Caprani, Z Tan… - Computer‐Aided Civil …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Current traffic simulation approaches analyze vehicle loads and load effects from a statistical
perspective; however, they fail to reproduce the spatiotemporal distribution of bridge loads …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal performance assessment of traffic signal system impacted by long-term interstate construction diversion using connected vehicle data

ED Saldivar-Carranza, M Hunter, H Li… - Journal of transportation …, 2021 - scirp.org
Local arterials can be significantly impacted by diversions from adjacent work zones. These
diversions often occur on unofficial detour routes due to guidance received on personal …

Methodology for applying connected vehicle data to evaluate impact of interstate construction work zone diversions

J Desai, E Saldivar–Carranza… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Diversion of Interstate traffic can significantly impact the surrounding road network with
increased volumes and congestion. This paper uses commercially available connected …

[HTML][HTML] An acceptability-based multi-objective traffic flow adjustment method for environmental sustainability and equity

G Wang, H Jia, T Feng, J Tian, M Li, L Wang - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a product of digital development, connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) offer a unique
prospective solution to alleviate the possible performance deterioration of road networks …

[HTML][HTML] Towards smart work zones: Creating safe and efficient work zones in the technology era

SP Venthuruthiyil, D Thapa, S Mishra - Journal of safety research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction: Work Zones (WZs) have long been identified as a source of traffic
fatalities and delays. Despite considerable technological advances that have alleviated …

Framework for assessing bridges construction impact on work zone traffic using BrIM

M Marzouk, A Elsayed - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
This research presents a framework for visualizing bridge construction impact on work zone
traffic using Bridge Information Modelling (BrIM) and Google Maps API. The framework …

Evaluation of two improved schemes at non-aligned intersections affected by a work zone with an entropy method

Y Shao, Z Luo, H Wu, X Han, B Pan, S Liu, CG Claudel - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The impact of work zones on traffic is a common problem encountered in traffic
management. The reconstruction of roads is inevitable, and it is necessary and urgent to …