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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Public roads"”.
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Reducing log truck transfer of mud to public roads
… the dual-tires before the trucks entered the public road. The four devices built were simple, inexpensive, and could be built by a logging or trucking contractor. The "bar and scraper" and "mud flap" removed 85% and 84% of the mud, respectively, that adhered to the dual-tires during the test. …
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By the Road: Fordism, Automobility, and Landscape Experience in the British Columbia Interior, 1920-1970
… that surrounded private automobiles and public roads. The Fordist state poured massive resources into the provincial road network during the period 1920 to 1970, and in the process created new possibilities for leisure and for profit. Motoring was a new, very modern way of experiencing …
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Integrated harvesting systems to incorporate the recovery of logging residues with the harvesting of conventional forest products
… sections could be efficiently transported on public roads, then centralized processing may be the best alternative. Where logging residues consisted primarily of cull trees, full tree chippers were found to be an effective means for comminution. Residues consisting of tops and branches are …
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Durable high early strength concrete
… Society of Civil Engineers, 13% of Kansas public roads are in poor condition. Furthermore, reconstruction of a two-lane concrete pavement costs between $0.8 and $1.15 million dollars per lane mile. High early strength Portland cement concrete pavement (PCCP) patches are widely used in …
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A better way to grow? : land readjustment through town planning schemes in Ahmedabad
… land parcels in a defined area on which to build public roads, parks, and other amenities. The authorities return remaining land to the original landowners in the form of reconstituted parcels, which have increased in value due to the improvements. The landowner pays half of this increase in land …
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An assessment of the effectiveness of the law in curbing road traffic accidents
… an Act of Parliament. This Act is known as the Roads and Road Traffic Act Cap 766 of 2002.This Act is in place to ensure that road users are aware of the dos and don'ts while using public roads. The Act has a number of provisions in relation to the conduct of road users. One such provision is in …
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Edge processing for remote operation of automated vehicles in variable network environments
… enabling fully autonomous vehicles to operate on public roads. Current generation mobile networks have the theoretical throughput capacity to support the streaming of high quality imagery from multiple remotely operated vehicles, but in practice are often limited due to insufficient range and …
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Building DryVR: A verification and controller synthesis engine for cyber-physical systems and safety-critical autonomous vehicle features
… to log millions of miles of test driving on public roads. While this can improve confidence in such systems, testing alone cannot establish of absence of failure scenarios. In fact, it has also been reported that the amount of data required to guarantee a probability of 10^-9 fatality per …
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Framework for Optimally Constrained Autonomous Driving Systems
… industry has never fielded a truly SAE L4 ADS on public roads due to this persistent hurdle of needing a human operator for Operational Safety. There is a tendency in ADS testing to reference International Standards Organization (ISOs) for validated vehicles for vehicles that are still in …
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Investigation of Quad Bike Rollovers in the Workplace Farm Environment
… model’s capabilities, identified that clipping a roadside feature with the wheels on one side of a quad bike with a seated rider, can cause a rollover. Hence, quad bikes are also vulnerable to bumps found on public roads and should not be permitted to drive on them.
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The Effect of Novel External Communication Display on Pedestrian Judgements of Acceleration
… consequences of deploying this technology on public roads.
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Semi-Cooperative Planning in Mixed Human-Autonomous Environments
… have made immense progress towards deployment on public roads, yet navigating safely on roads with both human drivers and autonomous vehicles presents a challenge for even the most advanced systems. Algorithms and systems are needed for developing and evaluating socially-compliant planning …
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Standardization of Street Sampling Units to Improve Street Tree Population Estimates Derived by i-Tree Streets Inventory Software
… and exist in the rights-of-way adjacent to public roads in a municipality. Benefit-cost analyses have shown that the annual benefits provided by the average street tree far outweigh the costs of planting and maintenance. City and municipal foresters spend a majority of their time and …
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Development of a remotely-controlled electric vehicle with characterization of the ground grip
… This is not suitable during safe driving on public roads and the present thesis addresses the problem of constantly monitoring the road conditions, and forecasting the loss of adhesion instead of waiting for it . Furthermore, my approach is robust against external forces and can be applied to …
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Adaptive and Passive Non-Visual Driver Assistance Technologies for the Blind Driver Challenge®
… independently operate an automobile on standard public roads. Such technology could additionally benefit sighted drivers by augmenting vision with suggestive cues during normal and low-visibility driving conditions. This work presents a non-visual human-computer interface system with passive and …
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A delayed response policy for autonomous intersection management
… by computers without human intervention on public roads, are technologically feasible with current intelligent vehicle technology [6]. Some researchers predict that within 5-20 years there will be autonomous vehicles for sale on the automobile market. Therefore, the time is right to rethink …
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An Investigation of Auditory Icons and Brake Response Times in a Commercial Truck-Cab Environment
… as they drove an experimental vehicle over public roads. A comparison of the data collected in the truck-cab environment to data collected in a laboratory study on the same auditory icons revealed some differences in the perceived meaning, perceived urgency, and association with the auditory …
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The hazardous materials vehicle routing problem
… focusing on hazmat transportation on public roads is provided. Furthermore, the study identifies research gaps and presents new research opportunities. Study 2 and 3 investigate the effects of path generation in a realistic urban network on the outcomes of the HMVRP. Additionally, …
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The development of a thermoplastic road marking material standard
Public roads without road markings, especially roads carrying high traffic volumes, would lead to chaos and accidents resulting in injuries and loss of life. The road authorities need to ensure that all signage is well maintained and conforms to the Southern African Development Community Road …
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Identification and Characterization of Damaging Road Events
… is, firstly, there is a large pool of possible roads for a user to drive along, for example, there are over 4 million miles of public roads in the United States, alone [1]. In addition, while measurements of these surfaces could be collected it would be impractical for two reasons, the first is …
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