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Identification of the vibration environment of railway infrastructure
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The subject matter of vibrations in railway transport is still an ongoing cognitive issue. In terms of an increase of speed, size, as well as weight of rail vehicles, the scale of effects of vibrations generated when a ... -
Assessment of critical infrastructure elements in transport
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The paper describes the long process of developing the transport system of risk assessment models. Researchers in Central European countries many years solved the risk assessment models which are based on the accident ... -
Balanced scorecard use in passenger transport companies performing at Polish market
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The presented paper discusses the theoretical issues concerning the development and implementation of the Balanced Scorecard. Thus, the briefly literature review in this research area is provided. Following this, on the ... -
Examination of the effect of superhydrophobic coated pavement under wet conditions
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)Accidents cause vital loss and property damage. The possibility of an accident when the surface is under wet conditions is an indisputable fact. In addition, drivers slow down when the pavement is wet and this affects the ... -
Efficacy of data security in managing the database of SIMMAG 3D system
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The basis of functioning of the systems from different industries are reliable data. They can be both input parameters for operation of individual modules and representation of their work results. Due to multitude of ... -
Simulation support of freight delivery schedule in urban areas
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)Determining of the delivery schedule in urban areas requires consideration of points of view of various players, such as suppliers, customers, but also (indirectly) inhabitants of city. Taking into account these interests ... -
Significance of criteria and resulting significance of factors affecting quality of services provided by Lithuanian road freight carriers
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)This article is a follow-up to the article published in the TRANSBALTICA 2015: proceedings of the 9th international scientific conference, which was dedicated to the identification of factors that affect quality of services ... -
Efficient and ecological indicators of CI engine fuelled with different diesel and LPG mixtures
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The effect of additionally fed LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) on the energy and environmental performance of a compression ignition (CI) engine that operates of diesel fuel and the combustion process in it has been examined. ... -
The usage of cognitive maps in the comparison of marketing mix of railway passenger transport
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The transport company that decides to enter the transport market in passenger transport usually has defined its business objectives. However, the objectives are flexibly changing under the influence of the development of ... -
Comparison of rail freight transportation markets in Lithuania and Poland
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The objective of the article is to compare rail freight markets in Lithuania and Poland. The comparison is mainly focused on rail and road transport competition in various freight segments – oil, fertilizers, grain, coal ... -
Information management of demand-responsive mobility service based on autonomous vehicles
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The autonomous road vehicle (AV) technology implies significant alteration of urban mobility services. The identified transit modes based on AVs are the individual cars, the demand-responsive public transportation with ... -
Tramway reliability and safety influencing factors
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The paper presents the factors have influence on the operation process safety of tramway rolling stock, and in consequence will have influence on service intervals. The main goal is to collect a set of factors, which will ... -
Comparison of utilization of conventional and advanced methods for traffic accidents scene documentation in the Czech Republic
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)Documentation of the traffic accidents scene is one of the main assumptions and input facts for subsequent accident process analysis. This contribution points out major deficiencies (especially lower accuracy and efficiency) ... -
Speed distributional trends on two-lane roads with mixed traffic under heavy flow
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The present paper describes a method of modelling speed data on two-lane roads under heavy flow when traffic is heterogeneous in character. The effect of heterogeneity in traffic mix results in deviation of speed distribution ... -
Knowledge sharing strategy as a key element of the h2020 programme: Enhancing excellence and innovation capacity in sustainable transport interchanges (Alliance) project
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The knowledge sharing among researchers, decision makers and practitioners becomes necessary for understanding new transportation trends and incorporating innovative transportation strategies in urban planning according ... -
The issues of selection warehouse process strategies
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)Paper presents problems of designing and organization logistic processes in warehouse facilities. Highlighted the need of improving logistics facilities actions as a key aspect of increasing productivity, flexibility and ... -
Traffic congestion modelling based on origin and destination
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)This study attempts to make use of traffic behaviour on the aggregate level to estimate congestion on urban arterial and sub-arterial roads of a city exhibiting heterogeneous traffic conditions by breaking the route into ... -
Modelling of bicycle traffic in the cities using VISUM
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)Decisions concerning development of the transport system in district, city or region should be undertaken after careful analysis. One of the methods to carry it out is utilization of a computerized traffic model which is ... -
An improvement in ant algorithm method for optimizing a transport route with regard to traffic flow
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The modification of ant algorithm method for optimizing the transportation route with regard to traffic flow in the street network has been developed in this paper. It was also made possible to confirm the results of ... -
The concept of initial air traffic situation assessment as a stage of medium-term conflict detection
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)Key decisions in the air traffic control system are supported by various technical systems. The most important include conflict detection and resolution (CD&R) systems. The main subject of this paper is a medium-term ...