Private car use continues to increase in most urban areas around the world, exacerbating various associated problems such as traffic congestion, environmental degradation and high fuel consumption. With the dispersion ...

Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) contamination of groundwater is of concern because it has a strong and unpleasant taste and odor, even at low concentrations. MTBE is a known animal carcinogen at high concentrations. This ...

In general, U.S. industry has witnessed dramatic changes in the way it accomplishes its core processes over the past 25 years. Well-understood technological and managerial advances have allowed the manufacturing sector, ...

Many studies reveal the positive impacts of best practice use on overall project performance, resulting in a consensus of opinion in the industry that implementation of certain practices leads to improvement. Yet there ...

Deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is providing researchers and practitioners with an unprecedented amount of valuable on-line and archived traffic data. To date, ITS data have been used primarily to ...