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An Assessment of the Port of London as a Node for Critical Supplies in the United Kingdom by Breckenridge, Stephanie

“…The Port of London is the second largest United Kingdom (UK) port but that fact alone may not be enough for it to qualify (Department for Transport, 2010). The first step in answering the question is to define what should be considered critical national infrastructure. …”
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Port resilience: a primer by Grainger, Andrew, Achuthan, Kamal

“…The aim of this conceptual paper is to help stimulate further research and enquiry into UK Port Resilience and is a product of the EPSRC funded Knowledge Transfer Collaboration between the University of Nottingham and the Department for Transport (DfT). The paper draws on collaborative work between the authors and senior policy makers within the DfT, as well as on workshops, meetings and an extensive interview series with members of the UK’s port sector in order to address four key questions: • How important are ports for the UK? …”
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Key opportunities for the future of roads to contribute to Australia's climate change response by Hargroves, Charlie, Beattie, C., Wilson, L., Newman, Peter, Matan, Annie, Desha, C.

“…The paper has been developed with funding and support provided by Australia’s Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre (SBEnrc), working with partners including Main Roads Western Australia, NSW Roads and Maritime Services, Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, John Holland Group, the Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia, Roads Australia, and the CRC for Low Carbon Living.…”
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Case Study: Living Smart in Australian Households: Sustainability Coaching as an Effective Large-Scale Behaviour Change Strategy by Ashton-Graham, C., Newman, Peter

“…The Living Smart Households project was developed by the Department of Transport in Western Australia to build upon successful behavioural interventions in small group sustainability and large-scale transport and water demand management. …”
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The Fatality Index of Public Transport (Express Bus) in Malaysia by Ahmad Termida, Nursitihazlin

“…Thus, the fatality index is stated as per billion PKT which has been used by Department for Transport of United Kingdom. In this study, the fatality index of public transport (express buses) in Malaysia is 0.000009 per billion PKT as compared to the fatality index in the Unitad Kingdom which is 0.4 per billion PKT for the year 2005. …”
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The fatality index of public transport (express bus) in Malaysia by Ahmad Termida, Nursitihazlin

“…Thus, the fatality index is stated as per billion PKT which has been used by Department for Transport of United Kingdom. In this study, the fatality index of public transport (express buses) in Malaysia is 0.000009 per billion PKT as compare d to the fatality index in the United Kingdom whic h is 0.4 per billion PKT for the yea r 2005 . …”
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Navigating the future of roads – considering potential impacts of environmental and social trends on road infrastructure by Whistler, L., Matan, Annie, Wilson, K., Hargroves, Charlie, Desha, C., Newman, Peter, Farr, A.

“…The project was supported financially and through peer review and contribution, by Main Roads Western Australia, QLD Department of Transport and Main Roads, Parsons Brinckerhoff, John Holland Group, and the Australian Green Infrastructure Council (AGIC).The project highlighted several potential trends that are expected to affect road agencies in the future, including predicted resource and materials shortages, increases in energy and natural resources prices, increased costs related to greenhouse gas emissions, changing use and expectations of roads, and changes in the frequency and intensity of weather events. …”
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An Analysis of Traffic Incidents on an Australian Urban Road Network by Hojati, A.T, Fereirra, L., Charles, P., Kabit, M.R

“…A comprehensive data mining research project was undertaken to analyse traffic incident data, obtained from the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads’ STREAMS Incident Management System (SIMS) for a one year period ending in November 2010. …”
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Laboratory assessment of pavement foundation materials by Cheung, Lam Wah

“…The large one is for specimens of size 280 mm diameter and 560 mm high and is suitable for full scale Department of Transport Type 1 sub-base granular materials. …”
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Road crash injury severity prediction using a graph neural network framework by Sattar, Karim A., Ishak, Iskandar, Affendey, Lilly Suriani, Mohd Rum, Siti Nurulain

“…The data was obtained from the Department for Transport open data portal. All models underwent training using the training dataset, followed by performance evaluation using diverse metrics such as the accuracy, precision, recall, f1-score, Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC), confusion matrix, and computational cost on the test dataset. …”
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Durability testing of fine grained stabilised soils by Notman, C.F.

“…Two high profile failures attributed to the expansion of stabilised capping layers were the M40 Banbury IV contract and the more recently constructed A10 Wadesmill Bypass. Both were Department for Transport (DfT) contracts in which the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) swell test was used as part of the quality control and/or investigation procedure. …”
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High water mark determination based on the wave runup height distribution and spatial continuity by Liu, X., Xia, Jianhong (Cecilia), Wright, Graeme, Mahoney, R., Arnold, L.

“…A range of HWM indicators are used to determine HWM in this paper including the Mean Higher High Water (MHHW); suggested heights determined by Landgate experienced surveyors in the field (Landgate) and the engineer in Department of Transport (DoT); Highest Tide Records (HTR) derived from tidal records, and natural features on the beach such as sudden change of beach slope (SCoS) and the High Water Line (HWL, boundary between wet sand and dry sand). …”
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Evaluation of indicator tests for identification of segregation in flexible pavements : a case study by Hainin, Mohd. Rosli

“…A study, funded by the Kansas Department of Transportation, was conducted on a newly constructed pavement to evaluate the effectiveness of indicator tests in detection of segregation. …”
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Measurement of ground motion near piles during driving by Woods, Richard, Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Adda, Gkrizi, Athena, Pietrangelo, Anthony, Zimmerman, Andrew

“…Problems of settlement due to pile driving have been experienced recently by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) during operations associated with replacement of deteriorating bridges. …”
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Tube Suction Test to Measure Moisture Susceptibility of Australian Pavements by Yeo, Yang Sheng, Nikraz, Hamid, Jitsangiam, Peerapong

“…This study utilises the Tube Suction Test (TST), developed by Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), to assess its robustness as an engineering tool to measure moisture ingress and to determine the relationship between water ingress and cement content. …”
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Moisture Ingress of Cemented Basecourse by Yeo, Yang sheng, Jitsangiam, Peerapong, Nikraz, Hamid

“…This paper assessed the Sorptivity of cement treated crushed rocks based on results from the Tube Suction Test procedures developed by Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The tests shows that Sorpitivity decreases with the increase in cement content which means that higher cement content reduces the moisture sensitivity of pavements. …”
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Moisture Susceptibility of Cement Stabilised Basecourse by Yeo, Yang Sheng, Jitsangiam, Peerapong, Nikraz, Hamid

“…The Tube Suction Test (TST), developed by Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), is used. The TST is a non-destructive testing method that measures the dielectric permittivity of materials which is a measure of the moisture content in a material. …”
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Immediate effects of some corrective maintenance interventions on flexible pavements by Qiao, Yaning, Dawson, Andrew, Parry, Tony, Flintsch, Gerardo W.

“…A method was introduced to validate maintenance effect models, using the pavement management information from Virginia Department of Transportation. The method included a data mining process to extract data and apply regression analysis of maintenance effect models. …”
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The legal rights of the consumer in cases of air travel disruption by Khalil, Raed Ahmed, Yaacob, Nurli, Mohamed, Khadijah

“…At present, many states and groups of states have enacted legislation s to address these issues and protect consumers in air transport sector; either through the enactment of specific legislation such as EC Regulation 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the adoption of government administrative rules such as "Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections: Final Rule" which was issued by the US Department of Transportation (DOT).This study attempts to provide an overview of consumers’ rights according to these legislation s which led to significant benefits for consumers in air transport sector and grant them rights much wider than the limited rights granted by the Warsaw and the Montreal Conventions. …”
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Comparison of pavement network management tools and its probabilistic of pavement engineering for Western Australia by Nega, Ainalem, Nikraz, Hamid, Leek, Colin

“…For instance, the successful implementation of the Network Optimization Systems (NOSs) in the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) in the 1980-82 was one of a tremendous effort that represented advancement in predication methodology and engineering technique by using Markov Chain-Process based to define the transition process of pavement network condition. …”
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