The development of the world economy increases trade, thereby inducing a large amount of goods transportation. In many developing countries, such as Brazil, the transportation system is predominated by the highway mode. ...

The main objective of this paper is to establish the procedures necessary to the development of a model for the environmental risk assessment of accidents involving Transporting Hazardous Materials by Road (THMR). Quantifying ...

We appreciate the commentary by Prof. Horsburgh on our article, particularly as it stimulates further discussion on where the true annual risk of infection (ARI) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lies. Even though the phenomenon ...

Animals may divert time and energy in similar ways in the presence of predators, humans or landscape infrastructures. Roads have facilitated the economic and social development of human populations. Nevertheless their ...

Traffic accidents are a major cause of death and serious injuries in developing countries, such as Brazil. Despite several actions on road safety in the last decade, the worldwide accident mortality rate has stagnated, ...

The value of road safety is the fundamental input in social cost-benefit analysis of road safety schemes. It is also an increasingly important input in the social evaluation of almost any transport infrastructure project. ...

Roads play an important role in the economic development of cities and regions, but the transport of cargo along highways may represent a serious environmental problem because a large portion of transported goods is composed ...