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In recent decades, maritime transport demand has increased along with world population and global trades. This is associated with higher pollution levels, including the emissions of GHG and other polluting gases. Ports are important elements within maritime transport and contribute themselves to pollutant emissions. This paper aims to offer a comprehensive yet technical review of the latest related technologies, explaining and covering aspects that link ports with emissions, i.e., analyzing, monitoring, assessing, and mitigating emissions in ports. This has been achieved through a robust scientific analysis of very recent and significant research studies, to offer an up-to-date and reliable overview. Results show the correlation between emissions and port infrastructures, and demonstrate how proper interventions can help with reducing pollutant emissions and financial costs as well, in ports and for maritime transportation in general. Besides, this review also wishes to propose new ideas for future research: new future experimental studies might spin-off from it, and perhaps port Authorities might be inspired to experiment and implement dedicated technologies to improve their impact on environment and sustainability.
Salvatore Barberi; Mariacrocetta Sambito; Larysa Neduzha; Alessandro Severino. Pollutant Emissions in Ports: A Comprehensive Review. Infrastructures 2021, 6, 114 .
AMA StyleSalvatore Barberi, Mariacrocetta Sambito, Larysa Neduzha, Alessandro Severino. Pollutant Emissions in Ports: A Comprehensive Review. Infrastructures. 2021; 6 (8):114.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSalvatore Barberi; Mariacrocetta Sambito; Larysa Neduzha; Alessandro Severino. 2021. "Pollutant Emissions in Ports: A Comprehensive Review." Infrastructures 6, no. 8: 114.
Nowadays, transport systems efficiency plays a key role for communities’ liveability and economy, being in addition an important factor in the economic integration of countries. The purpose of the article is to develop multi-stage models of tourist activities for optimizing the development of operating companies. For the implementation of models, the authors evolved the relevant system of organizational-functional support for the development of railway tourism. The research will enable us to take into consideration risks when planning tourist routes by railway, determine the order of construction or start of routes, and assess their profitability. This will provide to earn the expected incomes of all interested parties in tourist activities for the specified period. The authors created economic-mathematical models of the discrete optimal planning of the railway tourism operations. This takes into account conditions of risks and cooperation, and allows to determine which sets of effective routes are the most profitable ones. The results of the realization of the developed models include the task of the succession of the tourist route introduction according to the present and future infrastructure, availability of the rolling stock, etc. In this, consideration is given to obtaining maximum profit from tourism businesses for every participant during an established period.
Alessandro Severino; Larysa Martseniuk; Salvatore Curto; Larysa Neduzha. Routes Planning Models for Railway Transport Systems in Relation to Passengers’ Demand. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8686 .
AMA StyleAlessandro Severino, Larysa Martseniuk, Salvatore Curto, Larysa Neduzha. Routes Planning Models for Railway Transport Systems in Relation to Passengers’ Demand. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):8686.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandro Severino; Larysa Martseniuk; Salvatore Curto; Larysa Neduzha. 2021. "Routes Planning Models for Railway Transport Systems in Relation to Passengers’ Demand." Sustainability 13, no. 16: 8686.
Smart cities aim to integrate technological development with different functions/components such as mobility, management of energy, natural resources, water, and the waste cycle, air quality, land use, service network, construction, but also the economy, social participation, increased employment, and citizen safety. It includes a series of coordinated and integrated social, environmental and economic interventions to enhance human capital, reduce environmental impacts and solve ecological emergencies. The holistic approach is particular to smart cities, including several mobility aspects in the main European classifications. In particular, the development of smart cities depends on several factors related to transport supply (i.e., mobility service, infrastructure details, ICT) and demand (socio-demographic aspects), and the size of the city. This paper provides an overview of the development of smart cities by defining a methodology that allows the identification of criteria for determining the optimisation of urban mobility with a particular interest in the development of future autonomous mobility. The analysis of current literature on the concept of smart cities and new mobility technologies made it possible to analyse the compatibility between them and possible criticalities. The definition of criteria lays the groundwork for future research steps focused on the application of multicriteria analysis.
Tiziana Campisi; Alessandro Severino; Muhammad Al-Rashid; Giovanni Pau. The Development of the Smart Cities in the Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) Era: From Mobility Patterns to Scaling in Cities. Infrastructures 2021, 6, 100 .
AMA StyleTiziana Campisi, Alessandro Severino, Muhammad Al-Rashid, Giovanni Pau. The Development of the Smart Cities in the Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) Era: From Mobility Patterns to Scaling in Cities. Infrastructures. 2021; 6 (7):100.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTiziana Campisi; Alessandro Severino; Muhammad Al-Rashid; Giovanni Pau. 2021. "The Development of the Smart Cities in the Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) Era: From Mobility Patterns to Scaling in Cities." Infrastructures 6, no. 7: 100.
With the growing rate of urban population and transport congestion, it is important for a city to have bike riding as an attractive travel choice but one of its biggest barriers for people is the perceived lack of safety. To improve the safety of urban cycling, identification of high-risk location and routes are major obstacles for safety countermeasures. Risk assessment is performed by crash data analysis, but the lack of data makes that approach less effective when applied to cyclist safety. Furthermore, the availability of data collected with the modern technologies opens the way to different approaches. This research aim is to analyse data needs and capability to identify critical cycling safety events for urban context where bicyclist behaviour can be recorded with different equipment and bicycle used as a probe vehicle to collect data. More specifically, three different sampling frequencies have been investigated to define the minimum one able to detect and recognize hard breaking. In details, a novel signal processing procedure has been proposed to correctly deal with speed and acceleration signals. Besides common signal filtering approaches, wavelet transformation and Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) techniques have been applied to remove more efficiently the instrument noise and align the signals with respect to the reference. The Euclidean distance of the DTW has been introduced as index to get the best filter parameters configuration. Obtained results, both during the calibration and the investigated real scenario, confirm that at least a GPS signal with a sampling frequency of 1
Emanuele Murgano; Riccardo Caponetto; Giuseppina Pappalardo; Salvatore Cafiso; Alessandro Severino. A Novel Acceleration Signal Processing Procedure for Cycling Safety Assessment. Sensors 2021, 21, 4183 .
AMA StyleEmanuele Murgano, Riccardo Caponetto, Giuseppina Pappalardo, Salvatore Cafiso, Alessandro Severino. A Novel Acceleration Signal Processing Procedure for Cycling Safety Assessment. Sensors. 2021; 21 (12):4183.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEmanuele Murgano; Riccardo Caponetto; Giuseppina Pappalardo; Salvatore Cafiso; Alessandro Severino. 2021. "A Novel Acceleration Signal Processing Procedure for Cycling Safety Assessment." Sensors 21, no. 12: 4183.
Due to urbanization, large portions of vegetated territory have been replaced by waterproof surfaces. The consequences are greater outflows, lower infiltration, and lower evapotranspiration. Pavement systems made with permeable surfaces allow the infiltration of water, ensuring reduction of runoff volume. In this paper, the methods of analysis of the hydrological and environmental performance of the pavement systems are reviewed in the context of urban drainage and regarding their durability. The purpose is to present an overview of the studies published during the last decade in the field. The Pubmed and Web Science Core Collection electronic databases were used to conduct the scientific literature survey. This generated 1238 papers, of which only 17 met the criteria and were included and discussed in this review. The evidence drawn from the knowledge on which the document is based provides useful critical interpretations of existing studies to progress the current understanding on hydrological performance and environment impacts in terms of conventional pollutant removal efficiency and the current permeable pavement systems.
Mariacrocetta Sambito; Alessandro Severino; Gabriele Freni; Larysa Neduzha. A Systematic Review of the Hydrological, Environmental and Durability Performance of Permeable Pavement Systems. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4509 .
AMA StyleMariacrocetta Sambito, Alessandro Severino, Gabriele Freni, Larysa Neduzha. A Systematic Review of the Hydrological, Environmental and Durability Performance of Permeable Pavement Systems. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4509.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMariacrocetta Sambito; Alessandro Severino; Gabriele Freni; Larysa Neduzha. 2021. "A Systematic Review of the Hydrological, Environmental and Durability Performance of Permeable Pavement Systems." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4509.
Autonomous driving is a technological innovation that involves the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the automotive area, representing the future of transport and whose applications will influence the concept of driving and many other features of modern society. Indeed, the introduction of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) on the market, along with the development of related technologies, will have a potential impact not only on the automotive industry but also on urban transport systems. New mobility-related businesses will emerge, whereas existing ones will have to adapt to changes. There are various aspects that affect urban transport systems: in this work, we highlight how road markings, intersections, and pavement design upgradings have a key role for AVs operation. This work aims to describe how contemporary society will be influenced by Autonomous Vehicles’ spread in regard to urban transport systems. A comprehensive analysis of the expected developments within urban transport systems is hereby presented, and some crucial issues concerning benefits and drawbacks are also discussed. From our studies, it emerges that the detection performed by vehicles is mainly affected by road markings characteristics, especially at intersections. Indeed, the need for a new cross-sections type arise, since vehicles wandering phenomena will be reduced due to AVs position-keeping systems.
Alessandro Severino; Salvatore Curto; Salvatore Barberi; Fabio Arena; Giovanni Pau. Autonomous Vehicles: An Analysis Both on Their Distinctiveness and the Potential Impact on Urban Transport Systems. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 3604 .
AMA StyleAlessandro Severino, Salvatore Curto, Salvatore Barberi, Fabio Arena, Giovanni Pau. Autonomous Vehicles: An Analysis Both on Their Distinctiveness and the Potential Impact on Urban Transport Systems. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (8):3604.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandro Severino; Salvatore Curto; Salvatore Barberi; Fabio Arena; Giovanni Pau. 2021. "Autonomous Vehicles: An Analysis Both on Their Distinctiveness and the Potential Impact on Urban Transport Systems." Applied Sciences 11, no. 8: 3604.
In the modern era, characterized by intense urbanization and frequent travel between interconnected communities, the constant expansion of cities, associated with high densities and growing need for traveling, has led to a significant increase in road traffic volumes. More than ever, road traffic today requires effort to be managed effectively in order to improve performance and safety conditions, given the greater probability of unpleasant events such as accidents or road congestion with related delays and the increased stress levels of the user and infrastructure. Fortunately, there are already various engineering tools, such as ramp metering, that can be used for this purpose. Ramp metering allows for achieving the aforementioned desired benefits, including improving mobility, reliability, efficiency, and safety, and even reducing environmental impact. It also has been shown to be cost-effective from the existing literature. Further research will be necessary to strengthen the quality, efficacy, and efficiency of ramp metering, especially considering the fast-paced progress in technology (e.g., connected autonomous vehicles and drones used for surveys) and new challenging scenarios (e.g., congested industrial areas and emergency vehicles). This review’s scope is to present a general overview of principal ramp metering solutions, focusing on current research studies in the last couple of years and highlighting some of the main algorithms used for this purpose, depending on diverse scenarios. With this article, the authors desire to present the subject of ramp metering, providing a general overview of its story, evolution, and recent analytical models.
Salvatore Trubia; Salvatore Curto; Salvatore Barberi; Alessandro Severino; Fabio Arena; Giovanni Pau. Analysis and Evaluation of Ramp Metering: From Historical Evolution to the Application of New Algorithms and Engineering Principles. Sustainability 2021, 13, 850 .
AMA StyleSalvatore Trubia, Salvatore Curto, Salvatore Barberi, Alessandro Severino, Fabio Arena, Giovanni Pau. Analysis and Evaluation of Ramp Metering: From Historical Evolution to the Application of New Algorithms and Engineering Principles. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (2):850.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSalvatore Trubia; Salvatore Curto; Salvatore Barberi; Alessandro Severino; Fabio Arena; Giovanni Pau. 2021. "Analysis and Evaluation of Ramp Metering: From Historical Evolution to the Application of New Algorithms and Engineering Principles." Sustainability 13, no. 2: 850.
Road departure is one of the main causes of single vehicle and frontal crashes. By implementing lateral support systems, a significant amount of these accidents can be avoided. Typical accidents are normally occurring due to unintentional lane departure where the driver drifts towards and across the line identifying the edge of the lane. The Lane Support Systems (LSS) uses cameras to “read” the lines on the road and alert the driver if the car is approaching the lines. Anyway, despite the assumed technology readiness, there is still much uncertainty regarding the needs of vision systems for “reading” the road and limited results are still available from in field testing. In such framework the paper presents an experimental test of LSS performance carried out in two lane rural roads with different geometric alignments and road marking conditions. LSS faults, in day light and dry pavement conditions, were detected on average in 2% of the road sections. A decision tree method was used to analyze the cause of the faults and the importance of the variable involved in the process. The fault probability increased in road sections with radius less than 200 m and in poor conditions of road marking.
Giuseppina Pappalardo; Salvatore Cafiso; Alessandro Di Graziano; Alessandro Severino. Decision Tree Method to Analyze the Performance of Lane Support Systems. Sustainability 2021, 13, 846 .
AMA StyleGiuseppina Pappalardo, Salvatore Cafiso, Alessandro Di Graziano, Alessandro Severino. Decision Tree Method to Analyze the Performance of Lane Support Systems. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (2):846.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppina Pappalardo; Salvatore Cafiso; Alessandro Di Graziano; Alessandro Severino. 2021. "Decision Tree Method to Analyze the Performance of Lane Support Systems." Sustainability 13, no. 2: 846.
Transport engineering has recently undergone several significant changes and innovations, one of which is the appearance and spread of autonomous vehicles; with this technology becoming more common and ordinary by the day, it is now necessary to implement some systems and contexts to facilitate autonomous vehicle operations. Consequently, a different perspective is now arising when dealing with road infrastructures, aiming to simplify and improve efficiency and maintenance of the existing roads, increase the life cycle of newly built ones, and minimize the economic and financial impact at the same time. Roadway pavements are one of the primary factors affecting vehicle operations; over time, this distinctive aspect has gone through various mechanical and physical changes due to the adoption of new materials or design methods. Consequently, to the spread of autonomous vehicles, scientific research has begun to study and develop systems to make road pavements and platforms not exclusively aimed at bearing loads, but rather at considering them as a means of communication and information exchange, if not even as a source of energy. This new approach introduces the so-called “Smart Roads,” i.e., road infrastructures capable of communicating with vehicles and self-monitoring fundamental perspectives concerning driverless vehicles and the roadway platform life cycle. This paper examines the characteristics of Smart Roads, considering their broad field of application and their potential advantages and drawbacks. This paper also pursues the objective of describing the global vision, the possible future direction of these innovations concerning the automotive and transport industries, and a particular focus on infrastructures and roadways.
Salvatore Trubia; Alessandro Severino; Salvatore Curto; Fabio Arena; Giovanni Pau. Smart Roads: An Overview of What Future Mobility Will Look Like. Infrastructures 2020, 5, 107 .
AMA StyleSalvatore Trubia, Alessandro Severino, Salvatore Curto, Fabio Arena, Giovanni Pau. Smart Roads: An Overview of What Future Mobility Will Look Like. Infrastructures. 2020; 5 (12):107.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSalvatore Trubia; Alessandro Severino; Salvatore Curto; Fabio Arena; Giovanni Pau. 2020. "Smart Roads: An Overview of What Future Mobility Will Look Like." Infrastructures 5, no. 12: 107.
The goal of civil engineering has always been the research and implementation of methods, technologies, and infrastructures to improve the community’s quality of life. One of the branches of civil engineering that has the strongest effect on progress is transport. The quality of transport has a profound economic and social impact on our communities regarding trade (freight transport) and city livability (public transport systems). However, innovation is not the only way to improve the features above-mentioned, especially public transport, considering that it is usually beneficial to enhance and repurpose vehicles with appropriate adjustments to offer more efficient services. Other perspectives that influence public transport systems are the costs and times of design and construction, maintenance, operating costs, and environmental impact, especially concerning CO2 emissions. Considering these issues, among the various types of existing public transport systems, those of the so-called Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) offer worthwhile results. The BRT system is a type of public road transport operated by bus on reserved lanes, and it is significantly profitable, especially from an economic point of view, in areas where there are existing bus routes. Nonetheless, for the construction of works minimization, it is closely linked to other features that improve its usefulness, depending on the vehicles’ quality such as capacity, but above all, the propulsion or driving autonomy that would guarantee high efficiency. This paper introduces an analysis of some BRT systems operating worldwide, presenting the background, general technical features, and the correlation with autonomous vehicles.
Salvatore Trubia; Alessandro Severino; Salvatore Curto; Fabio Arena; Giovanni Pau. On BRT Spread around the World: Analysis of Some Particular Cities. Infrastructures 2020, 5, 88 .
AMA StyleSalvatore Trubia, Alessandro Severino, Salvatore Curto, Fabio Arena, Giovanni Pau. On BRT Spread around the World: Analysis of Some Particular Cities. Infrastructures. 2020; 5 (10):88.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSalvatore Trubia; Alessandro Severino; Salvatore Curto; Fabio Arena; Giovanni Pau. 2020. "On BRT Spread around the World: Analysis of Some Particular Cities." Infrastructures 5, no. 10: 88.
In recent years, the smart car sector has been increasing enormously in the Internet of Things (IoT) market. Furthermore, the number of smart cars seems set to increase over the next few years. This goal will be achieved because the application of recent IoT technologies to the automotive sector opens up innovative opportunities for the mobility of the future, in which connected cars will be more and more prominent in smart cities. This paper aims to provide an overview of the current status and future perspectives of smart cars, taking into account technological, transport, and social features. An analysis concerning the approaches to making smart a generic car, the possible evolutions that could occur in the coming decades, the characteristics of 5G, ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems), and the power sources is carried out in this paper.
Fabio Arena; Giovanni Pau; Alessandro Severino. An Overview on the Current Status and Future Perspectives of Smart Cars. Infrastructures 2020, 5, 53 .
AMA StyleFabio Arena, Giovanni Pau, Alessandro Severino. An Overview on the Current Status and Future Perspectives of Smart Cars. Infrastructures. 2020; 5 (7):53.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabio Arena; Giovanni Pau; Alessandro Severino. 2020. "An Overview on the Current Status and Future Perspectives of Smart Cars." Infrastructures 5, no. 7: 53.
Road safety is an active area of research for the automotive industry, and certainly one of ongoing interest to governments around the world. The intelligent transportation system (ITS) is one of several viable solutions with which to improve road safety, where the communication medium (e.g., among vehicles and between vehicles and the other components in an ITS environment, such as roadside infrastructure) is typically wireless. A typical communication standard adopted by car manufacturers is IEEE 802.11p for communications. Thus, this paper presents an overview of IEEE 802.11p, with a particular focus on its adoption in an ITS setting. Specifically, we analyze both MAC and PHY layers in a dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) environment.
Fabio Arena; Giovanni Pau; Alessandro Severino. A Review on IEEE 802.11p for Intelligent Transportation Systems. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks 2020, 9, 22 .
AMA StyleFabio Arena, Giovanni Pau, Alessandro Severino. A Review on IEEE 802.11p for Intelligent Transportation Systems. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks. 2020; 9 (2):22.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabio Arena; Giovanni Pau; Alessandro Severino. 2020. "A Review on IEEE 802.11p for Intelligent Transportation Systems." Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks 9, no. 2: 22.
Connected cars and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication scenarios are attracting more researchers. There will be numerous possibilities offered by V2X in the future. For instance, in the case of vehicles that move in a column, they could react to the braking of those in front of it through the rapid information exchanges, and most chain collisions could be avoided. V2X will be desiderated for routes optimizations, travel time reductions, and accident rate decrease in cases such as communication with infrastructures, traffic information exchanges, functioning of traffic lights, possible situations of danger, and the presence of construction sites or traffic jams. Furthermore, there could be massive conversations between smartphones and vehicles performing real-time dialogues. It is relatively reasonable to expect a connection system in which a pedestrian can report its position to all surrounding vehicles. Regarding this, it is compelling to perceive the positive effects of the driver being aware of the presence of pedestrians when vehicles are moving on the roads. This paper introduces the concepts for the development of a solution based on V2X communications aimed at vehicle and pedestrian safety. A potential system architecture for the development of a real system, concerning the safety of vehicles and pedestrians, is suggested to draft some guidelines that could be followed in new applications.
Fabio Arena; Giovanni Pau; Alessandro Severino. V2X Communications Applied to Safety of Pedestrians and Vehicles. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks 2019, 9, 3 .
AMA StyleFabio Arena, Giovanni Pau, Alessandro Severino. V2X Communications Applied to Safety of Pedestrians and Vehicles. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks. 2019; 9 (1):3.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabio Arena; Giovanni Pau; Alessandro Severino. 2019. "V2X Communications Applied to Safety of Pedestrians and Vehicles." Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks 9, no. 1: 3.
Generally the safety of public areas plays a fundamental role in the liveability of a city. Different evacuation simulations are carried out over the years in order to mitigate the problems connected to a chaotic movement of pedestrians. The panicgenerated by a possible risky event, often involves variations in the trajectories assumed in the same spaces in safe conditions. This is due to the variations in speed, pedestrian density in the sub-areas and if not properly evaluated, the evacuation process could generate crowds and therefore congestion, reducing the distance from the area object of an event. The present study focuses on the evaluation of different scenarios applied to the named square of Kalamaria (Greece) which is located near the two biggest pedestrian areas of the city. The study approach, based on pedestrian micro-simulation, is focused on the dynamic assignment,implemented in order to shape the path pedestrian choice behaviour by omitting the creation of static routes and using the OD matrix as flow input instead. Different steps are established in order to enquire input data, to calibrate the tool and obtain the results. These are based on the definition of areas and sub-areas in accordance with the pedestrian social force model.Through dynamic pedestrian assignment, different parameters were compared including speeds, density pedestrian and the LOS (Level Of Service), crossing the main square which may lead to benefits or criticalities as the risk level increases.
Giovanni Tesoriere; Antonino Canale; Alessandro Severino; Iva Mrak; Tiziana Campisi. The management of pedestrian emergency through dynamic assignment: Some consideration about the “Refugee Hellenism” Square of Kalamaria (Greece). PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING 2019 (ICCMSE-2019) 2019, 2186, 160004 .
AMA StyleGiovanni Tesoriere, Antonino Canale, Alessandro Severino, Iva Mrak, Tiziana Campisi. The management of pedestrian emergency through dynamic assignment: Some consideration about the “Refugee Hellenism” Square of Kalamaria (Greece). PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING 2019 (ICCMSE-2019). 2019; 2186 (1):160004.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Tesoriere; Antonino Canale; Alessandro Severino; Iva Mrak; Tiziana Campisi. 2019. "The management of pedestrian emergency through dynamic assignment: Some consideration about the “Refugee Hellenism” Square of Kalamaria (Greece)." PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING 2019 (ICCMSE-2019) 2186, no. 1: 160004.
Intelligent transportation solutions and smart information and communication technologies will be the core of future smart cities. For this purpose, these topics have captivated noteworthy interest in the investigation and construction of cleverer communication protocols or the application of artificial intelligence in the connection of in-vehicle devices by wireless networks, and in in-vehicle services for autonomous driving using high-precision positioning and sensing systems. This special issue has focused on the collection of high-quality papers aimed at solving open technical problems and challenges typical of mobile communications for Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Giovanni Pau; Alessandro Severino; Antonino Canale. Special Issue “New Perspectives in Intelligent Transportation Systems and Mobile Communications towards a Smart Cities Context”. Future Internet 2019, 11, 228 .
AMA StyleGiovanni Pau, Alessandro Severino, Antonino Canale. Special Issue “New Perspectives in Intelligent Transportation Systems and Mobile Communications towards a Smart Cities Context”. Future Internet. 2019; 11 (11):228.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Pau; Alessandro Severino; Antonino Canale. 2019. "Special Issue “New Perspectives in Intelligent Transportation Systems and Mobile Communications towards a Smart Cities Context”." Future Internet 11, no. 11: 228.
Generally, the noise concept can be defined as an element of disturbance in daily human actions. The perception of noise and its disturbance depends on many factors such as the age and gender of the exposed persons but also on environmental and cultural factors. Noise pollution is defined as the introduction of noise into the living environment or in the external environment such as to cause annoyance or disturbance to resting and human activities, danger to human health, deterioration of ecosystems, gods material goods, monuments, the living environment or the external environment o such as to interfere with the legitimate use of the environments themselves. unlike other environmental pollutants that are still present, noise pollution it is perceived as a sensory stimulus and immediately interferes with individual and collective activities, well before reaching the levels to which you are they verify biological damages. it has been observed, both in laboratory and field studies, that levels of noise produced by traffic with the value of LAMAX (noise levels using the A-weighting) above 40 dBA cause psychophysiological reactions during sleep, in terms of effects on cardiac rhythm and respiration. For such reactions, hardly an addiction occurs during the night and between the different one’s nights. Children show a greater psychophysiological reactivity than the adults. in schools, noise disrupts communication, reading, learning, remembering, and solving complex tasks in classes. in kindergartens, noise can be disturbing while playing, singing, or sleeping. in this article we illustrate how important it is to integrate environmental and health issues in order to convey a key message considering different required data to be officially reported to the European Commission. our results show that children in primary schools and kindergartens in Enna, in the middle of Sicily, Italy, are potentially exposed to excess levels of road traffic noise. these results will also be valuable for spatial planning in the Municipality of Enna, Sicily.
Giovanni Tesoriere; Tiziana Campisi; Antonino Canale; Alessandro Severino. The effects of urban traffic noise on children at kindergarten and primary school: A case study in Enna. AIP Conference Proceedings 2018, 2040, 140005 .
AMA StyleGiovanni Tesoriere, Tiziana Campisi, Antonino Canale, Alessandro Severino. The effects of urban traffic noise on children at kindergarten and primary school: A case study in Enna. AIP Conference Proceedings. 2018; 2040 (1):140005.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Tesoriere; Tiziana Campisi; Antonino Canale; Alessandro Severino. 2018. "The effects of urban traffic noise on children at kindergarten and primary school: A case study in Enna." AIP Conference Proceedings 2040, no. 1: 140005.
The percentage of the passengers linked to airport activities often reflects not only the level of economic and touristic aspects of a city but also the development of the transport system. The airport area thus becomes a node in the transport system characterized by a high percentage of users, mostly passengers. Numerous studies state that incorporating the behaviour of groups of individuals, especially interactions with fellow travellers and people working within the same transit area, can significantly affect the performance and use of services in the terminals airport. The benefits and the criticalities induced by the movement of a large number of people within confined areas are linked to the definition of impacts that can be seen in terms of time spent in each processing unit, preference of discretionary activity and level of service (LOS) in the processing areas. On the basis of the airport passenger flow model that includes group dynamics, a case study was carried out regarding the movement of users inside the departures area of Fontanarossa-Catania airport. The evaluation of the social forces acting has been carried out through the definition of nodes and arcs with the aid of dedicated software. Some parameters are investigated in order to characterize the iterations between individuals or groups of individuals characterized by common parameters. Among these parameters both closeness and betweenness are particularly important, ie those parameters that show how much they measure the proximity of the various individuals that can limit the movement and the correlation between them The simulation of transit flows and iterations between passengers can be useful to investigate different scenarios inside a terminal such as the maintenance of certain areas that could limit the transit or even simulate evacuation scenarios in emergencies. For designers and airport operators, the model also provides a convenient way to investigate the effectiveness of the design space and services allocations, which can help improve the experience of passengers in Airports. In this sense, the presented work turns out to be fundamental for the definition of the areas and the flows and therefore can provide useful details for the subsequent implementation through micro-simulation tools of the pedestrian outflow.
Giovanni Tesoriere; Tiziana Campisi; Antonino Canale; Alessandro Severino; Fabio Arena. Modelling and simulation of passenger flow distribution at terminal of Catania airport. AIP Conference Proceedings 2018, 2040, 140006 .
AMA StyleGiovanni Tesoriere, Tiziana Campisi, Antonino Canale, Alessandro Severino, Fabio Arena. Modelling and simulation of passenger flow distribution at terminal of Catania airport. AIP Conference Proceedings. 2018; 2040 (1):140006.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Tesoriere; Tiziana Campisi; Antonino Canale; Alessandro Severino; Fabio Arena. 2018. "Modelling and simulation of passenger flow distribution at terminal of Catania airport." AIP Conference Proceedings 2040, no. 1: 140006.
In the last few years, numerous research efforts have been conducted to merge the Internet of Things (IoT) with smart city environments. The goal to make a city “smart” is arising as a possible solution to lessen the issues caused by the urban population growth and fast urbanization. Attention also has focused on the pedestrian crossings because they are one of the most dangerous places in the transport field. Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) can undoubtedly be an excellent support in developing infrastructures that can best manage pedestrian crossing. For this reason, this paper introduces a fuzzy logic-based solution able to manage dynamically the traffic lights’ phases in signalized pedestrian crossings. The proposed approach provides the possibility to change the phases of the traffic light taking into account the time of the day and the number of pedestrians about to cross the road. The paper presents a thorough description of the fuzzy logic controller configuration, an in-depth analysis of the application scenario and simulative assessments obtained through Vissim simulations.
Giovanni Pau; Tiziana Campisi; Antonino Canale; Alessandro Severino; Mario Collotta; Giovanni Tesoriere. Smart Pedestrian Crossing Management at Traffic Light Junctions through a Fuzzy-Based Approach. Future Internet 2018, 10, 15 .
AMA StyleGiovanni Pau, Tiziana Campisi, Antonino Canale, Alessandro Severino, Mario Collotta, Giovanni Tesoriere. Smart Pedestrian Crossing Management at Traffic Light Junctions through a Fuzzy-Based Approach. Future Internet. 2018; 10 (2):15.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Pau; Tiziana Campisi; Antonino Canale; Alessandro Severino; Mario Collotta; Giovanni Tesoriere. 2018. "Smart Pedestrian Crossing Management at Traffic Light Junctions through a Fuzzy-Based Approach." Future Internet 10, no. 2: 15.