Listar por tema "Roads and streets"
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Acceptable movements of road embankments
(2020)The stability of slopes and embankments under the influence of static and seismic loads has been the subject of study for many researchers. This paper stands for an attempt to present tolerable move-ments, based on caused ... -
Antiflooding prevention, protection, strategic environmental planning of aquatic resources and water purification: The case of Thessalian basin, in Greece
(2010)In the E.U. following the old 5th Environmental Action Program (EAP) of 1994 and the new 6th EAP for the sustainable development in 2001, we confront the strategic management problem of aquatic resources at the regional ... -
Attitudes and perceptions of Greek drivers towards Autonomous and Connected Vehicles
(2022)The rapid evolution of digital technology, which is referred to as the "Fourth Industrial Revolution", has radically changed daily routine of people and generally the way in which society works. The gradual penetration of ... -
Benefits and limitations toward a sustainable road environment during the years of economic recession
(2015)The prolonged economic crisis in Greece in the last 5 years resulted in a dramatic road traffic volume reduction and as a consequence in environmental road traffic noise diminution. This article analyses this issue with ... -
Bikeability audit in urban road environment: Case study in the city of Volos, Greece
(2018)Promotion of cycling can improve the sustainability level of a city or an urban area. This study presents a methodology that audits the bikeability level of the urban road environment across three selected routes in the ... -
Clustering of Urban Road Paths; Identifying the Optimal Set of Linear and Nonlinear Clustering Features
(2021)Urban traffic is undoubtedly a dynamic phenomenon presenting variations over both time and space, that in the majority of cases are the result of a mixture of, either well known (i.e. weather, seasonality) or not easily ... -
The CNOSSOS-EU initiative: A framework for road, railway, aircraft and industrial noise modelling for strategic noise mapping in EU Member States
(2011)The European Directive 2002/49/EC relating to assessment and management of environmental noise establishes that common assessment methods for the determination of environmental noise indicators will be defined for use in ... -
Comprehensive model for upgrading two-lane road network
(2012)Concept: Trough rational approach adapted to the actual condition and needs of national and regional network; a Road Upgrading Management model has been elaborated providing the optimum upgrading strategy in each case. ... -
Connected & autonomous vehicles – Environmental impacts – A review
(2020)Over the last decades the vehicle industry has shown interest in integrating new technologies on vehicles’ design. Such technologies are used in autonomous, connected and electrical vehicles with the primary hope of improving ... -
Connected and autonomous vehicles – Legal issues in Greece, Europe and USA
(2019)Autonomous (AV) and Connected Vehicle (CV), often mentioned as CAV’s, rush their way into automobile market. Consumer cars are increasingly equipped with systems that perform driving functions, either by themselves or by ... -
An eco-efficient and economical optimum evaluation technique for the forest road networks: the case of the mountainous forest of Metsovo, Greece
(2018)The sustainable forest management can be achieved only through environmentally sound and economically efficient and feasible forest road networks and transportation systems that can potentially improve the multi-functional ... -
Enforcement of the EU directive 2002/49/ec regarding road environmental noise in greece the case of "egnatia odos" motorway
(2010)Egnatia Motorway is a major highway project in Greece, one of the largest in Europe, cofunded by the European Union, completed within the last years, consisting one of the 14 TENT (Transportation European Network) priority ... -
Environmental effects from vibration emitted from the operation of urban highways: A measurement campaign at athens ring motorway network
(2007)In order to record and evaluate the vibration and ground noise levels emitted from road traffic during operation of "Attiki Odos" (Athens Ring Motorway) in the most unfavourable road section (as far as the traffic flows ... -
Environmental noise and air pollution monitoring in the athens ring road ('attiki odos') an important parameter for a sustainable urban development
(2015)Attica Tollway (Attiki Odos), a modern motorway extending along 65 km, constitutes the ring road of the greater metropolitan area of Athens and the main road network of the Attica Prefecture with over 4.5 million inhabitants. ... -
Environmental road & rail transportation noise monitoring. A necessary tool for the protection and rehabilitation of the urban acoustic environment
(2017)In the last 20 years, the increasing development of road transportation networks along with other urban mass transportation networks - as light rail transit - in urban areas has an important influence on the quality of the ... -
Estimating remobilization of potentially toxic elements in soil and road dust of an industrialized urban environment
(2022)The mobility of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) is of paramount concern in urban settings, particularly those affected by industrial activities. Here, contaminated soils and road dusts of the medium-size, industrialized ... -
Evaluation of pavement maintenance and strengthening techniques
(2019)Prospects of the 21st Century assert that road networks will continue to expand while the existing road infrastructure will remain a valuable asset to be smartly and effectively preserved, operated and managed. The challenge ... -
Evaluation of road safety level during a recession period: A comparison using safety and economic factors
(2016)The level of road safety of an entity (country, region, road etc.) is estimated using the number of accidents, as well as the rates that take into account the amount of exposure. Despite the interest in studying the ... -
Exploiting the Knowledge of Dynamics, Correlations and Causalities in the Performance of Different Road Paths for Enhancing Urban Transport Management
(2019)The great abundance of multi-sensor traffic data (traditional traffic data sources - loops, cameras and radars accompanied or even replaced by the most recent - Bluetooth detectors, GPS enabled floating car data) although ... -
Hydrogen storage station location selection in sustainable freight transportation via intuitionistic hesitant decision support system
(2022)Increasingly fierce competition in energy industry for alternative fuels has raised demand for fuel storage stations to be one of the pivots towards sustainable urban freight transportation. For zero-emission hydrogen-powered ...