Repositorio DSpace at LNEC: Recent submissions

  • Benchmarking road safety in Latin American countries 
    Vieira Gomes, S.; Feypell, V.; Wegman, F. (IRTAD, 2017-10)
    Benchmarking can be defined as a systematic process of searching for best practices, innovative ideas and highly effective operating procedures that lead to superior performance. In this sense, benchmarking is the first ...
  • The use of international data on fuel sales and vehicle fleet for the estimation of yearly national traffic volumes 
    Cardoso, J. L. (Elsevier, 2005-01)
    International comparisons are frequently used to assess the road safety performance of a country or to monitor its development over time, at a national or regional level. In most instances either accident or injury risks ...
  • Exposure data and risk indicators for safety performance assessment in Europe 
    Papadimitriou, E.; Yannis, G.; Bijleveld , F.; Cardoso, J. L. (Elsevier, 2013-11)
    The objective of this paper is the analysis of the state-of-the-art in risk indicators and exposure data for safety performance assessment in Europe, in terms of data availability, collection methodologies and use. More ...
  • Automatic vehicle trajectory extraction by aerial remote sensing 
    Lima Azevedo, C.; Cardoso, J. L.; Ben-Akiva, M.; Costeira, J.; Marques, M. (Elsevier, 2014)
    Research in road users’ behaviour typically depends on detailed observational data availability, particularly if the interest is in driving behaviour modelling. Among this type of data, vehicle trajectories are an important ...
  • Dealing with uncertainty in detailed calibration of traffic simulation models for safety assessment 
    Lima Azevedo, C.; Ciuffo, B.; Cardoso, J. L.; Ben-Akiva, M. (Elsevier, 2015-09)
    With the increasing level of detail of traffic simulation models, the need for a consistent understanding of simulators’ performance and the adequate calibration and validation procedures to control uncertainty is crucial, ...
  • BENCHMARKING ROAD SAFETY IN LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES 
    Vieira Gomes, S. (17th Road Safety in Five Continents, 2016-05)
    This presentation refers to the Joint ITF/FIA/OISEVI Project on Road Safety Benchmarking in Latin America. The objective of this project was to assess road safety performance in a selection of Latin America countries ...
  • A integração das vias cicláveis na rede rodoviária. O caso particular dos acessos a parques, garagens e caminhos particulares 
    Vieira Gomes, S.; Pires, I. (CRP, 2016-04)
    A utilização de velocípedes continua a implicar problemas de segurança consideráveis, em grande parte devido às condições providas pelas infraestruturas existentes. Constata-se também que os guias da especialidade ...
  • The role of urban parks in cities’ quality of life 
    Vieira Gomes, S.; Florentino, T. (22nd European Real Estate Society Annual Conference, 2015-06)
    The concerns on the preservation of the natural environment have focus mainly on large ecosystems protection. These areas are usually distant from the urban environment, where only relatively smaller natural spaces can ...
  • Performance Assessment System to Wastewater Utilities Strategic Planning 
    Almeida, M. C.; Brito, R.; Jorge, C.; Cardoso, M. A. (MDPI, 2021-09)
    Urban water utilities face growing challenges in compliance with increasingly demanding legislation, tightening budgets, ageing personnel, decreasing infrastructure reliability, increasing operational costs, regulatory ...
  • Portuguese mainland road network safety performance indicator 
    Vieira Gomes, S.; Cardoso, J. L.; Lima Azevedo, C. (ELSEVIER, 2017-10)
    This paper presents the results of the application of the methodology proposed in the SafetyNet project to determine the road network safety performance indicator (SPI) to the entire Portuguese road network. This SPI aims ...
  • Portuguese mainland road network safety performance indicator 
    Vieira Gomes, S.; Cardoso, J. L.; Lima Azevedo, C. (WCTR, 2016-07)
    This paper presents the results of the application of the methodology proposed in the SafetyNet project to determine the road network safety performance indicator (SPI) to the entire Portuguese road network. This SPI aims ...
  • The traffic noise influence in the housing market. A case study for Lisbon 
    Vieira Gomes, S. (21ª European Real Estate Society Annual Conference, 2014-06)
    The objective of this paper is to provide an empirical analysis of the influence of traffic noise has on the housing market. Traffic noise can be considered as an environmental externality from road transport system. As ...
  • The influence of the infrastructure characteristics in urban road accidents occurence 
    Vieira Gomes, S. (Transport Research Arena, 2012-04)
    The knowledge of factors affecting accident occurrence has been a relevant research area for many decades due to enormous costs to society of road accidents. In Portugal, the developments in this area have focused mainly ...
  • Distribuição de acidentes Rodoviários por tipo de pavimento na cidade de Lisboa 
    Vieira Gomes, S.; Carvalheira, C.; Cardoso, J. L.; Picado Santos, L. (XV Congresso Ibero-Latinoamericano do Asfalto – CILA, 2009-11)
    Segundo as estatísticas nacionais, uma elevada percentagem de acidentes e vítimas ocorre em zonas urbanas: entre 2004 e 2006, 70% dos acidentes com vítimas e 44% das vítimas mortais ocorreu nestas áreas. As características ...
  • A ESTIMATIVA DE FREQUÊNCIAS ESPERADAS DE ACIDENTES NA IDENTIFICAÇÃO DE ZONAS DE ACUMULAÇÃO DE ACIDENTES 
    Vieira Gomes, S. (AFESP, 2015-05)
    Neste artigo são apresentadas ferramentas destinadas ao planeamento e gestão das redes viárias que consideram explicitamente a segurança dos utentes vulneráveis. Essas ferramentas referem-se à criação de uma base de dados ...
  • Portuguese mainland road network safety performance indicator 
    Vieira Gomes, S.; Cardoso, J. L.; Lima Azevedo, C. (ELSEVIER, 2018-09)
    Stepping away from traditional crash-based road safety measurements, several safety performance indicators (SPI) have been proposed in the past few years. SPI can incorporate quantitative and qualitative information on ...
  • Proposal and validation of a performance assessment framework for urban storm water systems 
    Santos, L.F. (2021-08)
    Over the past two decades, performance assessment (PA) has been one of the areas show-ing the greatest advancement in the water sector. PA aims to measure effectiveness and/or efficiency of an activity or process using ...
  • The prediction of floods in Venice: methods, models and uncertainty 
    Umgiesser, G.; Bajo, M.; Ferrarin, C.; Cucco, A.; Lionello, P.; Zanchettin, D.; Papa, A.; Tosoni, A.; Ferla, M.; Coraci, E.; Morucci, S.; Crosato, F.; Bonometto, A.; Valentini, A.; Orlic, M.; Haigh, I.; Nielsen, J.; Bertin, X.; Fortunato, A. B.; Gómez, B.; Fanjul, E.; Paradis, D.; Jourdan, D.; Pasquet, A.; Mourre, B.; Tintoré, J.; Nicholls, R. (Copernicus Publications, 2021-09)
    This paper reviews the state-of-the-art in storm surge forecasting and its particular application in the northern Adriatic Sea. The city of Venice relies crucially on a good flood forecasting system in order to protect ...
  • Ensaio aerodinâmico de uma ponte pedonal suspensa 
    Marques da Silva, F. (Associação Portugusa de Análise Experimental de Tensões, 2021-10-03)
    O trabalho apresentado refere-se à avaliação do comportamento aerodinâmico da ponte pedonal suspensa 516 Arouca. Para tal realizaram-se ensaios em túnel de vento sobre um modelo reduzido de modo a obter os seus coeficientes ...
  • Investigação em segurança rodoviária em Portugal: a utilização de bases de dados hospitalares e sua ligação a outras bases 
    Santiago, R.; Roque, C. A.; Lavinha, P.; Nunes, C. (Centro Rodoviário Português, 2019)
    Da evolução crescente das tecnologias de informação, com a recolha de dados de forma sistemática e ininterrupta ao longo do tempo, associada aos avanços mais recentes nas metodologias estatísticas aplicadas à informação ...