Editor's Choice Collection

Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems
Editor’s Choice Collection

For each issue of the journal, the Chief Editor may select a paper to be featured on the journal homepage in the ASCE Library. The paper is available for free to registered users for 1 to 4 months, depending on how frequently the journal is published. Below is a list of Editor’s Choice selections.

Volume 150

Issue 5 - May 2024
A Connected Emergency Response System to Facilitate the Movement of Multiple Emergency Response Vehicles through Two-Way Roadways
ORCID ID iconJamal Nahofti Kohneh, S.M.ASCE; Pamela Murray-Tuite, A.M.ASCE; Thidapat Chantem; and Ryan Gerdes
Published online: March 15, 2024

Issue 4 - April 2024
Integrating Railroad Crossing Blockage Information in First Responder Dispatching Route Planning
ORCID ID iconXuanke Wu, Ph.D.; Yuche Chen, Ph.D.; and Yu Qian, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Published online: January 31, 2024

Issue 3 - March 2024
Research on a Novel Arresting System for Escape Ramps: Design and Experiment
ORCID ID icon Xiuchen Xu; Hongchao Zhang; Xiaobo Du [email protected]; and Xianpeng Zhao
Published online: December 20, 2023

Issue 2 - February 2024
Prediction of Truck-Involved Crash Severity on a Rural Mountainous Freeway Using Transfer Learning with ResNet-50 Deep Neural Network
ORCID ID iconMd Nasim Khan, Ph.D., P.E.; ORCID ID iconAnik Das, Ph.D., P.E.; and ORCID ID iconMohamed M. Ahmed, Ph.D., P.E.
Published online: November 20, 2023

Issue 1 - January 2024
Evaluating the Impact of Lane Marking Quality on the Operation of Autonomous Vehicles
ORCID ID iconNicolette Formosa, Ph.D.; Mohammed Quddus, Ph.D.; Cheuk Ki Man, Ph.D.; ORCID ID iconMohit Kumar Singh, Ph.D., Aff.M.ASCE; Craig Morton, Ph.D.; and ORCID ID iconCansu Bahar Masera, Ph.D.
Published online: October 28, 2023

Volume 149

Issue 12 - December 2023
A Disaggregated Approach to Estimate the Spatial Distributional Effects of Implemented Toll Road Systems
ORCID ID iconDonghyung Yook, Ph.D.; Kangsoo Kim, Ph.D.; and ORCID ID iconKevin Heaslip, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Published online: October 14, 2023

Issue 11 - November 2023
Investigation of Equity Biases in Transportation Data: A Literature Review Synthesis
ORCID ID iconSamuel Ricord, S.M.ASCE; and ORCID ID iconYinhai Wang, Ph.D., F.ASCE
Published online: August 30, 2023

Issue 10 - October 2023
A Multiclass Link Transmission Model for a Class-Varying Capacity and Congested Wave Speed
ORCID ID iconMichael W. Levin; and ORCID ID iconDi Kang
Published online: July 18, 2023

Issue 9 - September 2023
Estimating a Demographic Profile for the Central Puget Sound Region Freeway Network
ORCID ID iconSamuel Ricord, S.M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconCole Kopca; Hao “Frank” Yang, S.M.ASCE; and ORCID ID iconYinhai Wang, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE
Published online: June 28, 2023

Issue 8 - August 2023
Real-Time Big Data Analytics and Proactive Traffic Safety Management Visualization System
ORCID ID iconMohamed Abdel-Aty, Ph.D., F.ASCE; ORCID ID iconOu Zheng, Ph.D.; Yina Wu, Ph.D.; ORCID ID iconAmr Abdelraouf, Ph.D.; Heesub Rim; and ORCID ID iconPei Li, Ph.D.
Published online: May 17, 2023

Issue 7 - July 2023
The Impact of Periodic Passenger Vehicle Safety Inspection Programs on Roadway Fatalities: Evidence from US States Using Panel Data
ORCID ID iconPrithvi S. Acharya; ORCID ID iconLaila AitBihiOuali; ORCID ID iconH. Scott Matthews; and Daniel J. Graham
Published online: May 4, 2023

Issue 6 - June 2023
The Economic Value of Reserve Capacity Considering the Reliability and Robustness of a Rail Transit Network
ORCID ID iconJie Liu; ORCID ID iconPaul M. Schonfeld, F.ASCE; ORCID ID iconShuguang Zhan; Bo Du; Mingwei He; Kelvin C. P. Wang, Dist.M.ASCE; and Yong Yin
Published online: April 7, 2023

Issue 5 - May 2023
The Future of Public Transportation and Research Needs
ORCID ID iconChris Hendrickson, Ph.D., NAE, Dist.M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconLaurence R. Rilett, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE; and ORCID ID iconLisa Kay Schweyer
Published online: March 11, 2023

Issue 4 - April 2023
Effect of Construction Work Zone on Rear-End Conflicts by Vehicle Type under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions
Omkar Bidkar, S.M.ASCE; Shriniwas Arkatkar; Gaurang Joshi; and Said M. Easa, M.ASCE
Published online: January 18, 2023

Issue 3 - March 2023
Freeway Crash Prediction Models with Variable Speed Limit/Variable Advisory Speed
ORCID ID iconTarek Hasan, S.M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconMohamed Abdel-Aty, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE; and Nada Mahmoud, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Published online: December 30, 2022

Issue 2 - February 2023
Traffic Density Estimation Methods for Uninterrupted Roadway Facilities: Review and Guidelines
Pallav Kumar; Shriniwas Arkatkar; Gaurang Joshi; and Said Easa, M.ASCE
Published online: November 21, 2022

Issue 1 - January 2023
Analyzing the Effect of Distractions and Impairments on Young Driver Safety Using Naturalistic Driving Study Data
ORCID ID iconNipjyoti Bharadwaj, Ph.D.; Praveen Edara, Ph.D., P.E.; and ORCID ID iconCarlos Sun, Ph.D., P.E.
Published online: October 25, 2022

Volume 148

Issue 12 - December 2022
Leveraging Location-Based Data for Assessing Network-Level Traffic Impact of Lane Management: A Case Study of Alex Fraser Bridge
ORCID ID iconEunhan Ka, S.M.ASCE; Smita Sharma, M.ASCE; and ORCID ID iconSatish Ukkusuri, F.ASCE
Published online: September 22, 2022

Issue 11 - November 2022
Reliability of Vehicle-to-Micromobility Safety Communication
Mohammad Baqer; ORCID ID iconMichael Lowry, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASC; and Axel Krings, Ph.D.
Published online: September 13, 2022

Issue 10 - October 2022
Smart Real-Time Vehicle Detection and Tracking System Using Road Surveillance Cameras
ORCID ID iconAhmad H. Alomari, Ph.D.; and ORCID ID iconEnas Abu Lebdeh
Published online: July 20, 2022

Issue 9 - September 2022
Public Acceptance of and Confidence in Navigating Intersections with Alternative Designs: A Bivariate Ordered Probit Analysis
ORCID ID iconSarah E. Adsit; Theodora Konstantinou, S.M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconKonstantina Gkritza, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and Jon D. Fricker, Ph.D.
Published online: June 20, 2022

Issue 8 - August 2022
Analysis of Roadway Segment Vulnerability and Risk Factors for Crashes While Driving in the Wrong Direction
Mohamed Osman, Ph.D., P.E.; ORCID ID iconSabyasachee Mishra, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconKakan Dey, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE; Said El Said, P.E.; and ORCID ID iconDiwas Thapa
Published online: May 19, 2022

Issue 7 - July 2022
Deep Decarbonization and Transportation Engineering
ORCID ID iconChris Hendrickson, Ph.D., NAE, Dist.M.ASCE; and ORCID ID iconLaurence Rilett, Ph.D., F.ASCE
Published online: April 27, 2022

Issue 6 - June 2022
Engineers’ Roles and Responsibilities in Automated Vehicle Ethics: Exploring Engineering Codes of Ethics as a Guide to Addressing Issues in Sociotechnical Systems
ORCID ID iconAllanté Whitmore, S.M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconConstantine Samaras, A.M.ASCE; H. Scott Matthews; and Gabrielle Wong-Parodi
Published online: March 23, 2022

Issue 5 - May 2022
Connected Preceding Vehicle Identification for Enabling Cooperative Automated Driving in Mixed Traffic
ORCID ID iconZheng Chen; and ORCID ID iconB. Brian Park, M.ASCE
Published online: February 22, 2022

Issue 4 - April 2022
Development of a Knowledge Base for Multiyear Infrastructure Planning for Connected and Automated Vehicles
Fehintola Sanusi, S.M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconJuyeong Choi, A.M.ASCE; Yong Hoon Kim; and Ren Moses
Published online: January 27, 2022

Issue 2 - February 2022
Mobility Impacts of Ramp Metering Operations on Freeways
Henrick J. Haule, S.M.ASCE; Priyanka Alluri, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE; and Thobias Sando, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Published online: November 30, 2021

Issue 1 - January 2022
Proposed Equations for HCM-6 Passenger Car Equivalent Values
ORCID ID icon Antonio Hurtado-Beltran, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and ORCID ID icon Laurence R. Rilett, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
Published online: November 12, 2021

Volume 147

Issue 12 – December 2021
Evaluating Wrong-Way Driving Incidents at Highway Exit Ramps and the Effect of Mitigation
ORCID ID icon Ty A. Lasky; Kin Yen; and ORCID ID icon Bahram Ravani
Published online: September 23, 2021

Issue 11 – November 2021
Effect of Redesigning Public Shared Space Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Distancing and Traffic Safety
ORCID ID icon Maged Gouda, S.M.ASCE; Jie Fan; Kelly Luc; Shewkar Ibrahim, Ph.D., P.Eng.; and Karim El-Basyouny, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Published online: August 26, 2021

Issue 10 – October 2021
Determining Road Networks’ Platoonability
ORCID ID icon Egemen Okte, S.M.ASCE; and Imad L. Al-Qadi, Dist.M.ASCE
Published online: July 27, 2021, 2021

Issue 9 – September 2021
Road Sign Occlusion under Truck Platooning
ORCID ID icon Ibrahim Alsghan, Ph.D.; Madhav V. Chitturi, Ph.D.; and ORCID ID icon David A. Noyce, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
Published online: June 28, 2021

Issue 8 – August 2021
Preliminary Safety Evaluation of Self-Driving, Low-Speed Shuttle
ORCID ID icon Yunpeng “Felix” Shi; Andrew P. Bartlett, Ph.D.; Roman Dmowski; ORCID ID icon David Duchscherer, P.E., F.ASCE; ORCID ID icon Qing He, Ph.D.; Chunming Qiao, Ph.D.; and ORCID ID icon Adel W. Sadek, Ph.D.
Published online: May 17, 2021

Issue 7 – July 2021
It Is Time to Recognize Communications as a Mode of Transportation
Stan Caldwell; ORCID ID icon Chris Hendrickson, Ph.D., NAE, Dist.M.ASCE; and ORCID ID icon Laurence R. Rilett, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
Published online: April 22, 2021

Issue 6 – June 2021
Reflections on the History of the ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering
ORCID ID icon Kumares C. Sinha, Ph.D., P.E., NAE, Hon.M.ASCE
Published online: March 17, 2021

Issue 5 – May 2021
Multistate Assessment of Roadway Travel, Social Separation, and COVID-19 Cases
Scott Parr, Ph.D., P.E.; ORCID ID icon Brian Wolshon, Ph.D., P.E.; ORCID ID icon Pamela Murray-Tuite, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; and Tim Lomax, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
Published online: February 17, 2021

Issue 4 – April 2021
Traffic Density versus Rear-End Crash Risk on Freeways: Empirical Model, Mechanism Model, and Transfer to Automated Vehicles
Gary A. Davis, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; Indrajit Chatterjee, Ph.D.; ORCID ID iconJingru Gao; and John Hourdos, Ph.D.
Published online: January 27, 2021

Issue 3 – March 2021
Improving Short-Term Travel Speed Prediction with High-Resolution Spatial and Temporal Rainfall Data
ORCID ID iconCorey D. Harper, Ph.D.; Sean Qian, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and ORCID ID iconConstantine Samaras, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Published online: January 12, 2021

Issue 2 – February 2021
Impact of CAV Truck Platooning on HCM-6 Capacity and Passenger Car Equivalent Values
ORCID ID iconAntonio Hurtado-Beltran and Laurence R. Rilett, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Published online: December 04, 2020

Issue 1 – January 2021
Innovative Methods for Delivering Fresh Food to Underserved Populations
ORCID ID iconYoungmin Choi, S.M.ASCE; Paul M. Schonfeld, Ph.D., F.ASCE; Young-Jae Lee, Ph.D.; and Hyeon-Shic Shin, Ph.D.
Published online: October 18, 2020

Volume 146

Issue 12 – December 2020
Calibrating the Highway Capacity Manual Arterial Travel Time Reliability Model
ORCID ID iconErnest Tufuor, Ph.D.; ORCID ID iconLaurence R. Rilett, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE; and Li Zhao, Ph.D.
Published online: September 16, 2020

Issue 11 – November 2020
Quantitative Analysis of Changes in Freight Train Derailment Causes and Rates
Brandon Z. Wang, Ph.D.; Christopher P. L. Barkan, Ph.D.; and M. Rapik Saat, Ph.D.
Published online: August 31, 2020

Issue 10 – October 2020
Modeling and Evaluating Public Transit Equity and Accessibility by Integrating General Transit Feed Specification Data: Case Study of the City of Charlotte
ORCID ID iconYang Li and ORCID ID iconWei “David” Fan, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Published online: July 22, 2020

Issue 9 – September 2020
Edge-Based Traffic Flow Data Collection Method Using Onboard Monocular Camera
ORCID ID iconYifan Zhuang; Ruimin Ke, A.M.ASCE; and Yinhai Wang, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
Published online: July 06, 2020

Issue 8 – August 2020
Leveraging Connected Vehicles to Provide Enhanced Roadway Condition Information
ORCID ID iconHowell Li; ORCID ID iconJoerg C. Wolf; ORCID ID iconJijo K. Mathew; Nitin Navali; ORCID ID iconSteven D. Zehr; Brandon L. Hardin; and Darcy M. Bullock, M.ASCE
Published online: May 29, 2020

Issue 6 – June 2020
Measures of Travel Reliability on an Urban Rail Transit Network
ORCID ID iconJie Liu; ORCID ID iconPaul M. Schonfeld, F.ASCE; Qiyuan Peng; and Yong Yin
Published online: March 27, 2020

Issue 5 – May 2020
Establishing Multisource Data-Integration Framework for Transportation Data Analytics
ORCID ID iconZhiyong Cui, S.M.ASCE; Kristian Henrickson, Ph.D.; ORCID ID iconSalvatore Antonio Biancardo; ORCID ID iconZiyuan Pu, S.M.ASCE; and Yinhai Wang, F.ASCE
Published online: February 19, 2020

Issue 4 – April 2020
ITS Technologies for Decision Making during Evacuation Operations: A Review
ORCID ID iconChristina Iliopoulou, Ph.D.; Maria A. Konstantinidou; ORCID ID iconKonstantinos L. Kepaptsoglou, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and Antony Stathopoulos, Ph.D.
Published online: January 23, 2020

Issue 3 – March 2020
Optimization of Traffic Signal Offsets with High Resolution Event Data
ORCID ID iconChristopher M. Day, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE; and Darcy M. Bullock, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Published online: December 19, 2019

Issue 2 – February 2020
Effect of Autonomous Vehicles on Performance of Signalized Intersections
Ecem Şentürk Berktaş and ORCID ID iconSerhan Tanyel
Published online: November 27, 2019

Issue 1 – January 2020
Data Fusion Approach for Evaluating Route Choice Models in Large-Scale Complex Urban Rail Transit Networks
Wei Zhu; Jin Wei; and ORCID ID iconWei “David” Fan, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Published online: October 28, 2019

Volume 145

Issue 12 – December 2019
Evaluation of Truck-Mounted Automated Flagger Assistance Devices in Missouri: Case Study
ORCID ID iconZhu Qing, S.M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconSiyang Zhang; Henry Brown, P.E.; and Carlos Sun, Ph.D., J.D., P.E.
Published online: September 18, 2019

Issue 11 – November 2019
Environmental Effects of BEV Penetration Considering Traffic Status
ORCID ID iconLong Pan; Enjian Yao; Don MacKenzie; and Rui Zhang
Published online: September 11, 2019

Issue 10 – October 2019
Modeling and Analysis of Daily Driving Patterns of Taxis in Reshuffled Ride-Hailing Service Market
Qingyu Ma; Hong Yang, Ph.D.; Hua Zhang, Ph.D.; ORCID ID iconKun Xie, Ph.D.; and Zhenyu Wang
Published online: August 05, 2019

Issue 9 – September 2019
What Papers Does the Journal of Transportation Engineering Want?
Chris Hendrickson, Ph.D., NAE, Dist.M.ASCE; and Larry Rilett, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Published online: July 08, 2019

Issue 8 – August 2019
Field Verification of Directional Rumble Strips to Deter Wrong-Way Freeway Driving
ORCID ID iconChennan Xue, S.M.ASCE; Huaguo Zhou, M.ASCE; Dan Xu, S.M.ASCE; and Pan Liu, M.ASCE
Published online: May 22, 2019

Issue 7 – July 2019
Estimation of Route Travel Time Distribution with Information Fusion from Automatic Number Plate Recognition Data
Fengjie Fu, Ph.D.; Wei Qian; and Hongzhao Dong, Ph.D.
Published online: May 07, 2019

Issue 6 – June 2019
Driver Response to Variable Speed Limits on I-66 in Northern Virginia
Richard A. Boateng; Michael D. Fontaine, Ph.D., P.E.; and Zulqarnain H. Khattak
Published online: March 26, 2019

Issue 4 – April 2019
Real-Time Visualization Method for Estimating 3D Highway Sight Distance Using LiDAR Data
ORCID ID iconYang Ma; Yubing Zheng; Jianchuan Cheng; and Said Easa, M.ASCE
Published online: January 31, 2019

Issue 3 – March 2019
Safety and Operational Effects of the Interstate 66 Active Traffic Management System
Nancy Dutta; Richard Atta Boateng; and Michael D. Fontaine, Ph.D., P.E.
Published online: December 20, 2018

Issue 2 – February 2019
Feasibility Assessment for Implementing Adaptive Traffic Signal Control
Abhay D. Lidbe, Ph.D.; Elsa G. Tedla; Alexander M. Hainen, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and Steven L. Jones Jr., Ph.D., M.ASCE
Published online: November 21, 2018

Issue 1 – January 2019
If Safety Matters, Let’s Measure It: Nationwide Survey Results for Bicycle and Pedestrian Treatment Prioritization
ORCID ID icon Alice Grossman; Michael O. Rodgers, Ph.D.; Yanzhi Xu, Ph.D.; Randall Guensler, Ph.D.; and Kari Watkins, Ph.D.
Published online: November 15, 2018