To effectively address these elements, the workshop discussion focused on four comprehensive areas: networks and connectivity, data needs, tools to address bike/ped safety, and equity considerations/ladders of opportunity. USDOT modal representatives and UTC researchers discussed the critical criteria necessary for pedestrians and bicyclists with regard to connectivity, including how to define and measure networks, how to document “nodes” (the intersections between bike/ ped paths and a road), how to include networks and connectivity in planning, consistency issues with regard to research data, and how best to assess improvements.
Highlights from the research illustrate the effects of the Nation’s traffic problems: The amount of delay endured by the average commuter was 38 hou...
In the fall of 2012, a research group headed by Darrow and Daanen teamed-up with a drill crew from the Alaska DOT&PF to conduct two field investigatio...
In April 2012, the Council of University Transportation Centers sponsored a National Transportation Workforce Summit to address the dynamic needs of t...
In its inaugural year, NURail concentrated efforts on promoting renewed faculty and student interest in railway engineering education and research. On...
In the latest State of the Union address, President Obama reported to the American public on the status of our national infrastructure: over 25 percen...
Prior research has shown that the commonly used "conventional" lane merge design (CLM), specified in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MU...
Research by the University of Washington and partners has led to the creation and implementation of a roadway sustainability rating system called Gree...
University of Nevada, Reno. Center for Advanced Transportation Education and Research
2015-01-01 | UTC Spotlight Newsletter
Abstract:
In a case study conducted in October 2014 for the California Department of Transportation, Tian and his students helped retime a 1.7-mile segment of a...
Researchers at MATC analyzed more than 6,000 cable barrier crashes from 12 different states in order to determine the causes of cable median barrier c...
Researchers at the National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management (NCTSPM) are developing an advanced wireless monitoring syst...
Upon Ivey’s return to the University of Memphis, the IFTI team assembled a diverse group of Memphis area female transportation leaders including eng...
This study, Bridge-Vehicle Impact Assessment, revealed that a majority of these strikes occur on low-vertical clearance bridges over parkways or other...
This research includes analytical investigation of the effectiveness of bridge retrofit in enhancing seismic resilience of highway bridges. A reinforc...
Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT)
2015-03-01 | UTC Spotlight Newsletter
Abstract:
This massive project epitomizes Rutgers CAIT’s commitment to advancing state of good repair by addressing what is one of the most critical infrastru...
Rutgers University. Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
2013-02-01 | UTC Spotlight Newsletter
Abstract:
During the course of the study, the team scanned roughly 80 miles of storm-ravaged neighborhoods—including Seaside Heights and Mantoloking, New Jers...
Cycling is rapidly rising as a popular transportation mode in North America, especially in urban areas where people are using bicycles to bridge the h...
Assuming the technologies mature and connected vehicles hit the market, a valid question is whether or not we still need traditional intersection cont...
A current project on Powell combines research on advanced traffic controls, transit signal priority and air quality to understand how all road users e...
According to National Highway Administration, crashes caused by vehicles leaving their travel lanes led to more than 18,000 of the 33,808 motor vehicl...
Despite the relationship between vision, aging, and driving, there is little research on the role that vision care providers (VCPs) play in assessing ...
Highlights from the research illustrate the effects of the Nation’s traffic problems: The amount of delay endured by the average commuter was 38 hou...
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), pedestrian fatalities increased 75% from 2012 to 2021 in urban areas. A team ...
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