Many claim that, with regard to transportation infrastructure, only partnerships between public and private entities, which draw on the strengths of both, can achieve the goals of enhancing operational efficiency, increasing service delivery, improving asset maintenance, and stretching scarce...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. February 2010. Major: Civil Engineering. Advisor: David M. Levinson. 1 computer file (PDF); xvi, 153 pages, appendix A.

A shortfall in highway funding in the U.S. is forcing highway agencies to search for viable financing options. This will likely lead to reforming fiscal policy for highway systems. A sound highway fiscal policy comprises two components: generation of adequate revenues through efficient pricing...

A key aspect of asset management is the determination of the performance level at which a standard intervention is to be applied. A profligate policy, where an intervention is applied when the asset is in a state of higher performance, would mean frequent and premature spending of agency funds...

Throughout the United States, state highway revenue, which is dominated by receipts from fuel taxes, has failed to keep up with expected investments required for infrastructure preservation and improvement. The reasons for this trend include the increasing fuel efficiency of vehicles, slowing of...

Logic driven traffic big data analytics: An introduction -- Statistical models and methods -- Spatial-temporal distribution model for travel origin-destination based on multi-source data -- Analyzing spatiotemporal congestion pattern on urban roads based on taxi GPS data -- A ride-sourcing group...

This research investigated the relationship between highways and economic development, using data for Indiana from 1980 to 1988. An extensive literature review was undertaken to assess analogous research and results, to identify methodologies that were used, and to review similar studies in...

Critical infrastructure play an important role in supporting industries and communities and also responding against natural disasters to reduce their impacts (i.e., routes and bridges for evacuation and public buildings for sheltering). Due to global warming, there is an increase in the...