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Bus Following Model: A Case Study in Edinburgh

Journal Article
Appiah, J., Galevko, A., Saleh, W., & Kumar, R. (2015)
Bus Following Model: A Case Study in Edinburgh. International Journal of Transportation, 3(2), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.14257/ijt.2015.3.2.01
A number of car following models have been developed and calibrated for the purpose of understanding and simulating the behaviour of driving under various traffic an...

Does motorcycle driving behaviour affect emission and fuel consumption?

Journal Article
Kumar, R., & Saleh, W. (2015)
Does motorcycle driving behaviour affect emission and fuel consumption?. International Journal of Transportation, 3(2), 31-44. https://doi.org/10.14257/ijt.2015.3.2.03
The behaviour of motorcycles driver is influenced by many factors, which include the personal characteristics (attitude, experience etc.) environmental (road geometry, traffic...

Sustainability indicators for sustainable transport infrastructure development.

Book Chapter
Kumar, R. (2014)
Sustainability indicators for sustainable transport infrastructure development. In Soveniour on 'Infrastructure development in Bihar: Strength, opportunities and challenges'NIT Patna and ICE Patna
To preserve resources for future generation, there is rising agreement that transportation system sustainability should capture attributes of system effectiveness and system i...

Multinominial logistic regression modelling for perception evaluation of commuters to work.

Presentation / Conference
Gupta, K., Kumar, R., & Tomar, S. (2014, May)
Multinominial logistic regression modelling for perception evaluation of commuters to work. Paper presented at Colloquium on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management
Commuting to work by bus is still one of the major transportation system in Delhi. Delhi government has introduced several reforms in services and it is found that the per cap...

Evaluation of following headway behaviour in mixed traffic condition in north east part of India.

Conference Proceeding
Kumar, R., & Parida, P. (2013)
Evaluation of following headway behaviour in mixed traffic condition in north east part of India. In A. Ahmed (Ed.), 2013 World Sustainable Development Outlook: Sustainable Development - New Multi-Disciplinary Approaches and Methodologies, (365-390
Purpose: Both a lack of understanding of the issues for following headway behaviour of the driver and a lack of sufficient data in different traffic condition have been major ...

Idling emission at intersection and exploring suitable mitigation measures

Journal Article
Kumar, R., Parida, P., Tiwari, D., & Gangopadhaya, S. (2013)
Idling emission at intersection and exploring suitable mitigation measures. Journal of traffic and logistics engineering (JTLE), 1, 184-194. https://doi.org/10.12720/jtle.1.2.184-190
Variety of road based transport modes catering to the transport demand ply in large number on the road system of urban India. As a result, the traffic and transportation probl...

Driving cycle pattern for cars in medium sized city of India.

Book Chapter
Sinha, S., & Kumar, R. (2013)
Driving cycle pattern for cars in medium sized city of India. In A. Fujiwara (Ed.), Proceedings of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 224. Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
The regulatory modified Indian driving cycle has uniform acceleration and deceleration pattern and uniform speed as it is adopted from European driving cycle. In medium sized ...

Finding suitable exploratory measures to reduce fuel and emission due to idling of engine at intersection.

Journal Article
Kumar, R., Parida, P., & Chaudhary, S. (2013)
Finding suitable exploratory measures to reduce fuel and emission due to idling of engine at intersection. Bharatiya Vaigyanik evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika, 21, 103-112
There are many types of vehicles ply in urban parts of India. The continuous increase in their number or ownership of vehicles are creating various types of traffic and transp...

Modelling motorcycles driving cycles and emissions in Edinburgh

Thesis
Kumar, R. Modelling motorcycles driving cycles and emissions in Edinburgh. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3047
The level of ownership and use of motorcycling has increased rapidly in Edinburgh and the UK in the last ten years. In this study, motorcycle driving cycles (rural and urban) ...