title: Developing a web-based advisory expert system for implementing traffic calming strategies.
abstract: Lack of traffic safety has become a serious issue in residential areas. In this paper, a web-based advisory expert system for the purpose of applying traffic calming strategies on residential streets is described because there currently lacks a structured framework for the implementation of such strategies. Developing an expert system can assist and advise engineers for dealing with traffic safety problems. This expert system is developed to fill the gap between the traffic safety experts and people who seek to employ traffic calming strategies including decision makers, engineers, and students. In order to build the expert system, examining sources related to traffic calming studies as well as interviewing with domain experts have been carried out. The system includes above 150 rules and 200 images for different types of measures. The system has three main functions including classifying traffic calming measures, prioritizing traffic calming strategies, and presenting solutions for different traffic safety problems. Verifying, validating processes, and comparing the system with similar works have shown that the system is consistent and acceptable for practical uses. Finally, some recommendations for improving the system are presented.
authors.affiliation: Sustainable Urban Transport Research Centre (SUTRA), Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Falamarzi
authors.affiliation: Sustainable Urban Transport Research Centre (SUTRA), Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Muhamad Nazri
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Borhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Riza Atiq O K
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rahmat
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001334:Automobile Driving; D002958:City Planning / Q000379:methods; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004779:Environment Design; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*