Sustainable solutions for railways and transportation engineering [electronic resource] : proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 -- the official international congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE) / Sherif El-Badawy, Jan Valentin.

Estimation of railway track longitudinal profile using vehicle-based inertial measurements.- Soil reinforcement using recycled plastic waste for sustainable pavements.- Overview of soil stabilization methods in road construction.- Sustainability of the ballasted track -- a comprehensive review on reducing the use of mineral aggregates and the role of sub-ballast as a protective layer.- Impact of climate change on traffic controls in developing countries.- Reaction behavior of drivers to road markings: case study of main south road lesotho -- n8 road south africa.- Resilient characteristics of asphalt stabilized soil.- Analytical study of headway time distribution on congested arterial: a case study palestine road in baghdad city.- Attenuation effect of material damping on impact vibration responses of railway concrete sleepers.- Peridynamic modeling of rail squats.- Influence of oil palm shell (ops) on the compaction behavior and strength improvement of soil-ops composites: a pilot study.- Multi-modal transportation system using multi-functional road interchanges.- Deformation behavior for different layered cushion material after freeze-thaw cycles.- Detecting of mud pumping using tubing-floater device.

This volume brings together scientific experts in different areas that contribute to the railway track and transportation engineering challenges, evaluate the state-of-the-art, identify the shortcomings and opportunities for research and promote the interaction with the industry.