University Transportation Centers Program Points of Pride 2009

University Transportation Centers Program
Points of Pride

2009

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Safety »

• Age-Related Changes in Driver Response
New England University Transportation Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The goal of this ongoing project is to develop a vehicle platform that reveals how a person reacts in various driving situations and identifies physical changes associated with distraction, lack of confidence, health issues, or other conditions that might diminish the ability to drive.
• Smart Signals: Real-Time Guidance for Low-Vision Pedestrians
National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology (NIATT), University of Idaho
"Smart" traffic signals can improve safety and traffic flow.
• Communicating Incident Information from Remote Locations
Western Transportation Institute (WTI), Montana State University
When transportation maintenance personnel respond to incidents in rural areas having sparse communications coverage, it can be difficult to accurately convey the extent of the situation to those involved in managing the incident scene.
• Onboard Automotive Electronic/Electrical Communications Systems
• Emergency Medical Services and Congestion
• Mitigating Crash Fires with Use of Mist-Controlling Additives
• Plan4Safety: Website for Crash Data Analysis
• Risk Maps for Improving Roadway Safety: A Pilot Program
• New Transportation Safety and Security Journal
• Risk Analysis of Maritime Traffic in Harbors and Waterways
• Intermodal Transportation Safety and Security Workshop
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Workforce Development »

• Website for UTC
Michigan Center for Advancing Safe Transportation Throughout the Lifespan (M-CASTL), University of Michigan
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The construction of a website (http://m-castl.org) provided M-CASTL with visibility and the means to disseminate information to help ensure that resources and information about Center activities are available to M-CASTL staff, the public, researchers submitting proposals, advisory board and executive committee members, and interested colleagues.
• Integrating a Service Learning Approach to Transportation Education
Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC), University of Oregon
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Educating future transportation workers is as much a part of OTREC's mission as is conducting research. At OTREC, service learning is a widely used educational model that provides teams of students with hands-on experience in developing products for real-world clients.
• Guide to Transportation Funding Options: New Website
Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), Texas A&M University
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To help transportation leaders and policymakers obtain the information and data that they need to make funding decisions, researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute developed a concise, user-friendly website, A Guide to Transportation Funding Options (TFO).
• September 11th Memorial Program: Academic Initiative
• Transportation Scholars Program
• Competency Model for the Recruitment, Retention, and Development of Intermodal Transportation Workers
• Use of Campus "Smart" Buses as a Tool for Empirical Education and Research
• Global Transportation Supply-Chain Management: Building a Global Network of Scholars and Educators
• Integrating Transportation Technology and New Educational Paradigms
• Teaching Engineering in the K-12 Classroom: Summer Conference
• Transportation Research and Education Conference
• First Annual Student Conference on Transportation and Congestion
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Economy and Infrastructure Investment »

• FHWA Long-Term Bridge Performance Program
Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), Rutgers University, and Utah State University Transportation Center, Utah State University
The U.S. highway system is immense and is aging rapidly, yet it is being used more frequently and heavily every day. The FHWA Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) program was envisioned as a 20-year comprehensive examination of the nation's highway bridges.
• Evaluation of Highway Bridge Cables Using Acoustic Emission Sensors
Eastern Seaboard Intermodal Transportation Applications Center (ESITAC), Hampton University
With 14 to 16 percent of highway bridges falling into the functionally obsolete or structurally deficient categories, there is a need for advanced technologies that structural engineers can use to assess the "health" of these structures and monitor them.
• Innovative Nondestructive Evaluation Technologies for Assessing Bridges
Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety (CTIS), Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T)
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Researchers at CTIS are developing new technologies for inspecting and assessing the performance of existing and new bridges.
• Reducing Bumps at Pavement-Bridge Interfaces
• Use of Advanced Materials in Infrastructure Systems
• Road Condition Maintenance Decision Support System: Benefit-Cost Analysis
• Efficient Movement of Goods in Large Metropolitan Areas
• Capital Cost Elements for Light-Rail Transit
• Impacts of Employer-Based Transportation Demand Management Programs on Traffic Delays
• Memphis Regional Intermodal Infrastructure Assessment
• Assessing the Socioeconomic Effects of Vehicle Mileage Fees
• Systematic Monitoring of Arterial Road Traffic and Signals (SMART-SIGNAL)
• Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration System for Real-Time Traffic Management Prototype
• Increasing the Traffic-Management Knowledge Base in Portland, Oregon
• Warehousing Regionally Archived Data from Transportation Management Centers: The STEWARD Project
• Improving Dual-Loop Truck Data
• Handbook of Scour Countermeasures Designs
• Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition Conducts Collaborative Freight Research
• Mapping Freight Bottlenecks and Parking Data
• Intermodal Freight GIS Network Development
• Geospatial Intermodal Freight Transportation Model
• Intermodal Container Security Monitoring Systems
• Sensor Network Design for Multimodal Freight Transportation Systems
• Regional Freight Information Resources for Identifying Market Opportunities in the Great Lakes Maritime Transportation System
• A Nationwide High-Speed Rail Network for Freight Distribution
• Potential for Increased Use of Titanium in Civil Structures
• National Urban Freight Conference
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Livability/Focus on People and Communities »

• Urban Mobility Report - Detailed Analysis of Congestion in U.S. Cities
Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), Texas A&M University
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The 2007 Urban Mobility Report addresses the issue of congestion, a problem shared by all of the nation's cities. The report gives a very detailed picture of a problem that is worsening.
• Transit-Oriented Development
Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI), San Jose State University
In the 1950s, young families were moving away from urban areas and creating new suburban communities.
• Travel Behavior as It Relates to Public Transportation
National Center for Transit Research (NCTR), University of South Florida
NCTR extensively examined the USDOT Surveys - National Personal Travel Survey and the National Household Travel Survey - which are regarded as the most detailed sources of information on ways that people travel nationwide, including their use of public transportation.
• Mitigating the Impact of Highway Development on a Community
• Introducing WiFi on Commuter Rails in Utah
• Driver-Assistive Technologies for Bus Rapid Transit
• Travel Assistant Device Aids Transit Riders with Special Needs
• Educational Booklet for Widowed Drivers
• North American Older Adult License Policies
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Sustainability/Sustainable Transportation »

• Greenroads: An Environmental Rating System for Design and Construction of Sustainable Roadways
Transportation Northwest (TransNow), University of Washington
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TransNow is contributing to the development of Greenroads- an environmental rating system used to distinguish more sustainable new, reconstructed, and rehabilitated roads.
• Sustainable Streets: Greening Communities, Improving Mobility
Sustainable Transportation Center (STC), University of California, Davis
Sustainable streets are thoroughfares that apply sustainable-design principles, promote least-polluting ways to connect people and goods to their destinations, and contribute to livable communities.
• Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure Solutions
University Transportation Center for Materials in Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (MiSTI), Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech)
MiSTI researchers have focused on the use of recycled and recovered industrial materials in transportation infrastructure.
• Advanced Ceramic-Metallic Composites for Lightweight Vehicle Braking Systems
• Portable Petroleum Byproducts Chemical Sensor
• Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle Infrastructure
• Plug-in Hybrid-Electric Vehicles: Collaborative Research
• Catalytic Converter Advanced Material Research
• Use of Recycled/Recovered Industrial Materials in Transportation Infrastructure
• National Wildlife Vehicle Collision Reduction Study
• The Clean Snowmobile Challenge
• Motor Carrier Tracking and Interdiction Study
• Infrastructure Security and Emergency Preparedness: Emergency Evacuation in Delaware
• A Network Robustness Index as a Transportation-Planning Tool
• Symposium on Climate Change and Transportation: Impacts and Solutions
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