scholarly journals Development of a Methodology for Estimating the Availability of ADAS-Dependent Road Infrastructure

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9512
Author(s):  
Sujanie Peiris ◽  
Janneke Berecki-Gisolf ◽  
Stuart Newstead ◽  
Bernard Chen ◽  
Brian Fildes
Keyword(s):  
Support Systems ◽  
Aerial Imagery ◽  
Mapping Data ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Funding Model ◽  
Driver Support

Advanced driver assist systems are being promoted with the expectation that enhanced driver support will mitigate road trauma. While these technologies are optimised for certain road and traffic conditions, not all roads across Australasia are equipped with ADAS-supportive infrastructure. This study developed a desk-top methodology for using road classes (disaggregated by remoteness levels) to estimate the presence of quality roads, road delineation and speed signage in Victoria, Australia. Aerial imagery and mapping data were used to assess a number of random locations based on a developed protocol. The methodology demonstrated that in Victoria, major and arterial roads across all remoteness levels had high-quality sealed surfaces but 42% of all remote roads were unsealed. Delineation (crucial for lane support systems) were absent across 73% of sub-arterial roads independent of remoteness, and absent across 96% of sub-arterial roads in regional and remote areas. Speed sign availability across remote and regional areas was sparse, with only 65% of all roads assessed having signage. Results are reflective of Victoria’s road funding model and consistent with on-road audits conducted by other researchers. This methodology enables the proportion ADAS-ready roads to be estimated so the benefits of ADAS technologies can be quantified and investments into ADAS-supportive infrastructure be readily allocated.

Recruiting, Evaluating, and Retaining Kinesiology Faculty Members

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry L. Rizzo ◽  
Penny McCullagh ◽  
Donna Pastore
Keyword(s):  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Department Chairs ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Retention Strategies ◽  
Quality Faculty

This paper offers direction and guidance to help departments develop fair and equitable search, evaluation, and retention strategies for their faculty. Included is how to attract a diverse candidate pool and successfully recruit diverse candidates. In addition, the paper provides guidelines about evaluating faculty members, emphasizing the need for formative evaluation that offers faculty ample opportunities, resources, and support systems for improving their performance before any summative evaluations administered by a department or college. Finally, the paper presents retention stratagems as guidelines to help departments support and retain their high-quality faculty members. Achieving the goals of recruitment, retention, and advancement requires the involvement and leadership of university officers, school deans, department chairs/heads, and faculty.

Analysis of selected ITS services used in urban public transport

2018 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 211-222
Author(s):  
Damian Lach ◽  
Elżbieta Macioszek
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport Systems ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Immediate Response

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are a set of tools that enable better and more efficient use of existing road infrastructure. They support the operation of transport systems in selected areas. ITS services are not only related to the improvement of cars traffic conditions but also to the functioning of urban public transport in the area of their impact. Thanks to the available ITS functions, supervision over the functioning of urban public transport has become easier and allows to achieve the intended effects in the form of increasing the importance of urban public transport (UPT) in transport systems of cities and agglomerations. Establishing transport priorities for UPT vehicles, closing streets for cars, supervising the movement of UPT vehicles, dynamic passenger information systems or immediate response to emergency situations is one of many available ITS functions in public transport. The article presents an analysis of the functioning of selected ITS services supporting the functioning of urban public transport in selected areas of the Silesian Voivodeship.

Job Placement: An Unseemly Occupation?

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-207
Author(s):  
Donald E. Galvin
Keyword(s):  
Counselor Education ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Job Placement ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Service Training

The author addresses what he sees as the paradoxical or inconsistent posture of rehabilitation educators and administrators who pay lip service to the central role of job placement in the rehabilitation process but fail to provide sufficient training or effective administrative support systems to ensure that clients receive high quality placement assistance. The author suggests that some may see job placement as “academically tainted and professionally unseemly,” The author plays “devil's advocate” by suggesting that those who hold such views would need to support their position by accepting one of four proposition: 1) Work is not important. 2) Clients of rehabilitation agencies do not need special job placement assistance. 3) Agencies have been successful in job placement and should redirect their allention elsewhere. 4) Counselor education programs and in-service training efforts have equipped practicing rehabilitation counsellors with all requisite skills and knowledge to do effective placement. The author then disputes each proposition drawing from available evidence and concludes by arguing for more concerted and systematic attention to job placement as a professional practice and a vital service to clients.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document