High access densities and low corner clearances on multi-lane arterials with two-way left-turn lanes (TWLTL) have a significant detrimental effect on traffic safety and mobility. From the operational perspective, there is a wide range of criteria used by various agencies for the…
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This paper examines modern maritime piracy, with a focus on Somalia piracy, to determine the frequency of attacks, longitudinal trends of piracy attacks, and predict future levels of attacks utilizing historical data from 1992 to 2010 provided by the International Maritime Burea…
With the recent failure of another highly publicized peace talks, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains a polarizing and contentious geopolitical crisis. Following the Israeli victory in the Six Day War of 1967, the West Bank and its substantial Palestinian population have li…
The Dubai Metro, a rapid transit system that opened in 2009, is a major social and spatial development in the history of the city-state, the United Arab Emirates, and in the history of urban infrastructural innovation. During Dubai's expansionary boom (2002- 2008), the ruling re…
The purpose of this study is to examine the urban spatial development patterns of Palestinian communities by investigating how the Palestinian communities are growing and, to some extent, why they are growing the way they do. Although there are several studies suggesting that th…
We live in a populous world. Furthermore, as social animals, we participate in activities which draw us together into shared spaces – office buildings, city sidewalks, parks, events (e.g., religious, sporting, or political), etc. Models that can predict how crowds of humans beha…
Sustainability is an ever-changing concept. The quest for sustainable communities is intrinsically linked to the international policy discussions on sustainable development. This quest has resulted in the spawning of numerous sustainable community certification systems (SCCS) ar…
The future of the transportation sector has significant implications for the mitigation of climate change through reduced GHG emissions as well as achieving energy efficiency and energy independence. Battery-powered, plug-in, and hybrid electric vehicles are widely seen as the g…
The impacts of misguided urban planning can be damaging to the involved population's welfare and, in consequence, destructive to the economy of a country. More proficient urban planning approach, which meets population's needs and incorporates the sustainable rapid mass transit …
The purpose of the thesis was to investigate the feasibility of using state-of-the-practice loop detection technology to predict real-time delay at traffic signals. In earlier research it was found that a two-loop model had the potential to predict delay. The twoloop model was r…
The conflict conditions that afflict the livelihoods of Palestinian residents living in the West Bank are embedded within the population's ability to travel more so than any other routine activity. For Palestinian residents, domestic and international travel is a process of foll…
Improvements to highway safety are a high priority for highway authorities due to the social and economic costs of traffic collisions. Therefore, the main objective of this thesis was to examine the effect of automated speed cameras (ASCs) as measured in fatal traffic collision …
This thesis is about how public transport bus services are operated by the private sector in metropolitan Lagos. This is to minimise the gap in the existing information about this sector in urban public transport services of the city. This thesis sets out to examine the structur…
Ridesharing is a shared vehicle service with the potential to meet the growing travel demand due to population increase, economic growth, and shortage in transportation infrastructure capacity. Compared to the current system of predominantly using personal vehicles, ridesharing …
Agriculture constitutes about sixty per cent of the GDP in the Bangladesh economy. The present planned developmental efforts are directed towards higher productivity in agriculture and making Bangladesh self-sufficient in food-grains. The higher productivity goals in agriculture…
This research investigates motivational and procedural aspects of households' long-term decisions of residential locations. The main goal of the research is to develop microbehavioural models of location processes in order to implement this critical land use component within a m…
The dilapidated state of physical infrastructure in most emerging economies is a source of concern not only to these economies but also the global community. The failure of state owned enterprises involved in the provision of such services has been identified as a major factor a…