Advances in transportation studies. An International journal (2006) vol.9

Advances in Transportation Studies is a quarterly (four-monthly) and a refereed journal that contains international and national review papers on the most recent outcomes of studies and advanced research in the field of Road and Highway Engineering with a particular focus on the safety, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of transport. Topics discussed examining design standards and regulations, impact of human factors on facilities design, geometry, facilities construction, pavement design and management for safety improvement, environmental impact make it essential reading for Transportation Scholars and Researchers, Transportation Facilities Engineers, Transportation planners and Modellers.Moreover special issues on particular topics, such as policy analysis, formulation and evaluation, interaction with the political and socio-economic environment, management and evaluation of trasportation systems, are published from time to time and provide a wide range of information for Administrators and Policy Analysts, too. The journal contains in-depth, state-of-the-art papers on transport topics.CONTENTSSection AN. Stamatiadis, J.G. Pigman, D. HartmanSafety consequences from design flexibility in rural to urban transitionsN. ClabauxPrototypical accident scenarios involving powered two-wheelers in urban areas in France and prospects for countermeasuresM. Awatta, Y. Hassan, T. SayedQuantitative evaluation of highway safety performance based on design consistencySection BA. Calvi, F. D’AmicoQuality control of road project: identification and validation of a safety indicatorM. Abdel-Aty, P. NawatheA novel approach for signalized intersection crash classification and predictionS. Dissanayake, I. RatnayakeStatistical modelling of crash frequency on rural freeways and two-lane highways using negative binomial disribution