2018 Projects

2018 Project 01. Use of Multisensor Data in Modeling Freeway Travel Time Reliability
Principal Investigator: Wei Fan – The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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2018 Project 02. Using General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) Data as a Basis for Evaluating and Improving Public Transit Equity
Principal Investigator: Wei Fan and Martin Kane – The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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2018 Project 03. Evaluating the Potential Use of Crowdsourced Bicycle Data in North Carolina
Principal Investigator: Wei Fan and Yu Wang – The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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2018 Project 04. Impact of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) on Freeway Capacity
Principal Investigator: Wei Fan – The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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2018 Project 05. Optimal Variable Speed Limit Control for the Mixed Traffic Flows in a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Environment
2018 Principal Investigator: Wei Fan – The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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2018 Project 06. Characterization of Bicycle Rider Behavior among Various Street Environments
Principal Investigator: Randy Machemehl – The University of Texas at Austin

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2018 Project 07. Evolution of Advanced Transit Signal Priority with Gap-Based Signal Recovery Strategy
Principal Investigators: Randy Machemehl – The University of Texas at Austin

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2018 Project 08. Assessment of Parcel Delivery Systems Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Principal Investigator: Stephen D. Boyles – The University of Texas at Austin

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2018 Project 09. Deep-Learning Based Trajectory Forecast for Safety of Intersections with Multimodal Traffic
Principal Investigator: Christian Claudel – The University of Texas at Austin

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2018 Project 10. Investigating the Linkage Between Transit Access to Services and Affordable Housing Availability
Principal Investigator: Nicholas Lownes, Charles Patton, Kelly Bertolaccini – The University of Connecticut

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2018 Project 11. Development of Continuous Time, Temporally Constrained and Behaviorally Consistent Tour Pattern Generation System for Modeling the Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle Future
Principal Investigator: Karthik Charan Konduri – The University of Connecticut

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2018 Project 12. What Do We Want from Autonomous Vehicles (AVs)? Using Participatory Planning and Scenario Analysis of Alternative Features to Identify Stakeholders’ Desired Outcomes from the Strategic Deployment of Emerging Transportation Technology
Principal Investigator: Norman Garrick, Carol Atkinson-Palombo – The University of Connecticut

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2018 Project 13. Determination of Freeway Acceleration Lane Length for Smooth and Safe Truck Merging
Principal Investigator: Yi Qi, Mehdi Azimi, Qun Zhao – Texas Southern University

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2018 Project 14. Innovative Countermeasures for Reducing the Truck Wait Time at Marine Terminals
Principal Investigator: Yi Qi, Mehdi Azimi, Qun Zhao – Texas Southern University

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2018 Project 15. Investigating the Impact of Different Attributes on Bicycling Mode Share as A Multimodal Connectivity Strategy in Large Cities: A Case Study in Houston
Principal Investigator: Mehdi Azimi, Yi Qi, Qun Zhao – Texas Southern University

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2018 Project 16. Developing Friction Data to Support the Optimal Use of Pre-wet Deicing Salt for Enhanced Winter Mobility
Principal Investigator: Xianming Shi – Washington State University

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2018 Project 17. Modeling the Macroscopic Effects of Winter Maintenance Operations on Traffic Mobility on Washington Highways
Principal Investigator: Xianming Shi – Washington State University

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