The road pavement conditions affect safety and comfort, traffic and travel times, vehicles
operating cost, and emission levels. In order to optimize the road pavement management …

This paper presents a life cycle cost analysis, which compares construction, maintenance,
and lighting costs needed to manage a highway tunnel. As regards the decision making …

The attention to environmental impacts of cement production has grown fast in recent
decades. The cement industry is a significant greenhouse gases emitter mainly due to the …

Comfort is a major requirement in planning pedestrian facilities. Pedestrians walk where
they feel comfortable and when they do not feel at ease, they walk elsewhere. A typical …

The interest for environmentally related issues in the construction industry has grown faster
in recent years, demonstrating the neccesity to promote both a more responsible use of non …

Urban roads constitute most of the existing roads and they are directly managed by small
administrations. Normally, these small administrations do not have sufficient funds or …

In the evaluation of road roughness and its effects on vehicles response in terms of ride
quality, loads induced on pavement, drivers' comfort, etc., it is very common to generate road …

In this paper, a simplified procedure for the assessment of pavement structural integrity and
the level of service for urban road surfaces is presented. A sample of 109 Asphalt Concrete …

Featured Application In many roads, the level of discomfort perceived by users as a result of
surface roughness is not adequate. The works to restore acceptable comfort conditions …

In this paper, an image-based technique for the assessment of a 3D model of pavement
texture is presented. Five common cameras were used to collect pictures of the pavement …