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1. Design and Innovations in Transportation Systems for 'Make in India'
Avitesh 1
2. Influence of Moisture Damage on Resilient Modulus of Asphalt Concrete
Saad Issa Sarsam, Hanan Kadim Husain 12
3. Intelligent Transport System for the Development of Smart Cities
Rohit Rathi 20
4. Comparative Modeling of Pavement Surface Texture Variables Using ANN and SPSS Software
Saad Issa Sarsam, Basim Hussein Al-Obaydi, Huda Nadhr Al-Shareef 30
5. Wild Owls' Foraging Efficiency Reduces Due to Traffic Noise
Ankita Singh 41
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Design and Innovations in Transportation Systems for ‘Make in
India’
Avitesh*
Faculty of Architecture, Centre for Architecture, BGI, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India
ABSTRACT
Increasing demand for passenger and freight transport in urban areas is a challenge for
governments and transport authorities in India. Energy use, space use, road safety, air
quality and noise pollution are a few of the road transport–related issues that Indian cities
have to cope with. Every day, our mayors and councillors are concerned about finding
solutions to urban transport problems that do not slow down the local economy but bring
local communities to prosperity. Step by step, Indian cities are establishing an Indian model
for urban transport solutions. It has been an interesting time, working against a backdrop of
Indian, national and local policies to tackle the economic crisis. It was also a time when the
Indians prepared decisive policy documents in the field of transport, and urban transport in
particular (the Urban Mobility Action Plan).
Keywords: challenges, India, new innovations, road networks, solutions for tomorrow
INTRODUCTION
Transportation system is very large in
India. Every year this sector contributed
very much in development. Road
transportation is very important in
transportation system for development of
India.
The main objective of this study is to carry
out the main challenges and all about
transportation of India. We will also
discuss about Design and new Innovations
in Transportation system in India. In this
paper a brief discussion will be about the
future of transportation finding solutions
for tomorrow’s world.
Transport is an important part of Indian
economy. As we are developing with time
and now we have different type of
transportation system in India such as by
air, water, train and road.
Good connectivity between rural and
urban areas is also a reason of economic
growth and Indian growing economy has
witnessed a rise in demand for
transportation and services.[1–4]
However,
the sector has not been able to keep pace
with rising demand and is proving to be a
drag on the economy. Major
improvements in the sector are required to
support the country's continued economic
growth and to reduce poverty.
Public transport remains the primary mode
of transport for most of the livelihood in
India, and India's public transport systems
are among the most heavily used in the
world.
India's rail network is the 4th longest and
the most heavily used system in the
world, transporting 8,224 million
passengers and over 969 million tones of
freight annually, as of 2012.

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Influence of Moisture Damage on Resilient Modulus of Asphalt
Concrete
Saad Issa Sarsam*
, Hanan Kadim Husain
Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Iraq
ABSTRACT
Deterioration of asphalt concrete pavement by the action of moisture damage is a major
problem facing the serviceability and durability of flexible pavement, it starts with micro
cracking of the pavement surface due to load repetitions, and followed by stripping and
disintegration of pavement layer. In this investigation, the influence of moisture damage on
resilient modulus of asphalt concrete had been assessed under repeated tensile and shear
stresses. Asphalt concrete specimens have been prepared at optimum asphalt content, and at
an additional 0.5% asphalt above and below the optimum. Specimens were divided into two
groups, the first group was subjected to repeat tensile and shear under constant stress for
specific load repetitions to initiate micro cracks. The second group was subjected to moisture
damage cycle, then it was tested as the first group. It was concluded that Moisture damage
causes reduction in resilient modulus by (20, 33, 16.5) % after 50 load repetitions while it
decreases by (33, 30, 24) % after 500 load repetitions for (4.4, 4.9, 5.4) % asphalt content
respectively when tested by ITS. The resilient modulus decreases (44, 14, 25) % after 50 load
repetitions while it decreases by (40, 16.5, 24) % after 500 load repetitions for (4.4, 4.9, 5.4)
% asphalt content respectively when tested by PSS after moisture damage. The resilient
modulus when tested by (ITS) is 10 folds higher than that when tested by (PSS). Optimum
asphalt content exhibit high resistance to moisture damage for ITS and PSS test conditions.
Keywords: asphalt concrete, resilient modulus, moisture damage
INTRODUCTION
Moisture damage is the loss of strength
and durability in asphalt concrete mixtures
due to the effect of moisture vapour. It
tends to accelerate the presence of the
distress types such as disintegration and
pot holes. It was stated in ref.[1]
that the
indirect tensile strength (ITS) and tensile
strength ratio (TSR) test are conducted to
evaluate the moisture susceptibility of an
asphalt mixture. The impact of moisture
damage on asphalt concrete mix properties
was investigated in ref.[2]
It was concluded
that the moisture - damaged mix has lower
resistance to permanent deformation by
93% as compared with the control mixture.
It was stated in ref.[3]
in the experimental
results that, in general, the mixes subjected
to moisture damage give low resistance to
indirect tensile strength and low resilient
modulus at 40 °C, by (19%, 21%),
respectively as compared with reference
mixture. A study in ref.[4]
concluded that
the impact of moisture conditioning of
asphalt concrete is lowering the indirect
tensile strength and punching shearby
(19% and 33%) respectively as compared
with un-condition mix. The increase in
asphalt content from the optimum to 0.5%
above optimum leads to decrease the
tensile and shear strength after the impact
of moisture damage by 23% and 38%

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Intelligent Transport System for the Development of Smart Cities
Rohit Rathi*
Department of civil engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, India
ABSTRACT
Increment in activity thickness on the planet brings about more blockage, air contamination
and mishaps. Consequently Intelligent Transport System (ITS) has been risen as an answer
for different transport related issues. The point of this examination paper is to lead precise
investigation on ITS. Strategies/Statistical Analysis: ITS is characterized as the arrangement
of uses which are progress and plan to apply keen data and correspondence advancements
keeping in mind the end goal to give administrations to transport and movement
administration. ITS have consolidated different advancements, for example, Data gathering,
Communication, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Database
Management. By consolidating these data innovations ITS have given different applications,
for example, Traffic control, Fault location frameworks, In-vehicle data and route
frameworks and driver help frameworks. Discoveries: We have considered the most
applicable distributed work from 2008 ahead with respect to our target from various famous
advanced libraries. We have abridged this work into issues in ITS and methods used to
illuminate.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, intelligent transport system, smart city
INTRODUCTION
Transport is the basic for the ordinary
working of economy and the general
public. Throughout the most recent couple
of decades there is seen the start,
advancement, arrangement and gigantic
development in transport framework and
huge impact of these improvements in our
general public and life. Consequently we
can rethink transport framework as ITS.
Presently a day's not just considerate and
mechanical building ranges manage
innovative work of transportation. Or
maybe the software engineering designing
ideas, for example, Artificial Intelligence
(AI), machine learning, correspondence,
web and numerous other rising building
and data sciences regions turn into the
center of ITS. In this manner, ITS is
characterized as the arrangement of uses
which are progress and mean to apply
clever data and correspondence
advancements keeping in mind the end
goal to give administrations to transport
and movement administration. ITS plays a
vital.[1,2]
part in decreasing numerous issues like air
contamination, long travel time, fuel
utilization, activity clog and mischances,
which have been expanded because of
development in populace. ITS associations
are doing innumerable endeavors with a
specific end goal to discover answers for
these basic issues by creating movement
correspondence and vehicular networking
1,2. Movement control and administration
worldview is isolated into 5 particular
phases3. In the underlying stage PCs are
extensive in size and costly. Along these
lines entire activity administration is done
utilizing unified model. In the second stage

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Comparative Modeling of Pavement Surface Texture Variables
Using ANN and SPSS Software
Saad Issa Sarsam*
, Basim Hussein Al-Obaydi, Huda Nadhr Al-Shareef
Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
ABSTRACT
The health of Roadway pavement surface is considered as one of the major issues for safe
driving. Pavement surface condition is usually referred to micro and macro textures which
enhances the friction between the pavement surface and vehicular tires, while it provides a
proper drainage for heavy rainfall water. Measurement of the surface texture is not yet
standardized, and many different techniques are implemented by various road agencies
around the world based on the availability of equipment’s, skilled technicians’ and funds. An
attempt has been made in this investigation to model the surface macro texture measured
from sand patch method (SPM), and the surface micro texture measured from out flow time
(OFT) and British pendulum number (BPN) testing techniques. Flexible and rigid pavement
surfaces have been investigated in this work. A total of 300 testing locations have been
selected, and the three testing procedures were conducted for each location. The modeling
was conducted by implementation of the statistical package (SPSS-19) and the artificial
neural network package (ANN). Data were fed to the packages and the correlation of each
testing method with the other two methods have been obtained through statistical analysis. It
was concluded that (ANN) software is more reliable in providing the correlation between the
testing techniques implemented as compared to (SPSS-19) software. Modeling could provide
an instant determination of pavement surface health when the advanced testing techniques
are scares.
Keywords: ANN, asphalt concrete, modeling, rigid pavement, SPSS, surface texture
INTRODUCTION
Roadway pavement surface is responsible
of providing the required skid resistance
for vehicular wheel especially at rainy
season, while it should control the noise
emission to a reasonable level which is
accepted by environment protection
agency EPA. Such requirements are
supported by the macro and micro surface
textures.[1]
The roadway surface texture
should be rough enough to provide the
skid resistance as well as enhancing the
proper drainage of heavy rain fall water,
on the other hand, the roadway surface
texture should be smooth enough to
furnish the required silence and noise
reduction especially when the roadway
passes residential areas.[2]
Measurement of
the surface texture is not yet standardized,
and many different techniques are
implemented by various road agencies
around the world based on the availability
of equipment’s, skilled technicians’ and
funds. The most common test methods for
determining pavement surface texture
were labor intensive and time-consuming.
The pavement surface texture has been
investigated by[3]
using three texture
measurement techniques namely (sand
patch, outflow time, and Pendulum

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Wild Owls’ Foraging Efficiency Reduces Due to Traffic Noise
Ankita Singh*
Department of Biotechnology, Amity University, India
ABSTRACT
A group of specialists has found that wild owls searching effectiveness decreases because of
Traffic clamor by up to 89 percent. The group's reality first study analyzed how diverse levels
of such clamor influence the chasing productivity of these nighttime predators, which utilize a
sharp sound-related sense to find prey in the obscurity.
Keywords: foraging, traffic noise
RESEARCH
As transportation systems quickly create
far and wide, concerns have been uplifting
over the antagonistic impacts of movement
commotion on wild creatures, especially
"acoustic predators," which rely on upon
their intense feeling of hearing to catch
prey. In any case, as it is hard to watch
wild owls' evening time scavenging
exercises, the theory that movement
commotion decreases the chasing
productivity of acoustic predators was
unconfirmed preceding this study.[1]
Source: Wikipedia.
The group of scientists from Hokkaido
University's Graduate School of
Agriculture, the Forestry and Forest
Products Research Institute, and California
Polytechnic State University built up a
simulated prey stirring sound to draw in
owls and therefore encourage perception
of the feathered creatures' evening time
chasing interests. From December 2014 to
March 2015, the group led tests at 103
areas in Yufutsu Plain in Hokkaido and
Sendai Plain in Miyagi Prefecture - both in
northern Japan - where owls overwinter. In
the examinations, analysts investigated the
scrounging exercises of 78 owls (45 short-
eared owls and 33 since a long time ago
eared owls) while playing back various
levels of recorded activity commotion and
a steady level of a simulated prey stirring
sound. The analyses demonstrated that the
rate of owls recognizing the simulated
sound lessened by 17 percent even at the
most minimal movement commotion level
of 40dB (comparable to the clamor level of
a calm local location), while the rate
dropped by 89 percent at the most elevated
commotion level of 80dB (like the
commotion level inside a train). The group
evaluates that the impacts of movement
clamor on owls' capacity to distinguish
prey stretches out similarly as 120 meters
from a street, which is more distant than
already suspected. A past study utilizing
hostage bats demonstrated that their

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