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Characterization of heavy vehicle headways in oversaturated interrupted conditions: Towards development of passenger car equivalency factors
Ghanim, Mohammad Shareef; Abu-Lebdeh, Ghassan (Elsevier, 2021)Passenger car equivalency (PCE) of heavy trucks is often studied using filed observation and microscopic simulation models, especially for signalized intersections. While the Highway Capacity Manual recommends a single ... -
Evaluations of Sustainable Concepts in Civil Engineering Program
Al-Tamimi, Adil; Mortula, Maruf; Abu-Lebdeh, Ghassan; Beheiry, Salwa (2011)Sustainability has been very critical for civil engineering graduates. A lack of understanding the fundamentals of sustainable material brings obstacles in implementing the concepts of sustainability ... -
A Holistic Intersection Rating System (HIRS)—A Novel Methodology to Measure the Holistic Operational Performance of Signalized Urban Intersections
Saba, Wesam Emad; Beheiry, Salwa; Abu-Lebdeh, Ghassan; Al-Tekreeti, Mustafa Sahban (MDPI, 2021)Signalized urban intersections are key components of urban transportation networks. They are traditionally viewed and designed as primarily motorized traffic facilities, and thus their physical and operational designs have ... -
Integrating Sustainability Education in a Classical Civil Engineering Program: The Case of Transportation and Construction Courses
Beheiry, Salwa; Abu-Lebdeh, Ghassan; Mortula, Maruf; Al-Tamimi, Adil (2011-10)Sustainability has emerged as a common theme in many processes related to urban life and the built environment. However, most engineering curricula still lacks the fundamentals of sustainable practices education that ...