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• Automated Enforcement of Red-Light Running & Speeding Laws in Minnesota: Bridging Technology and Public Policy
  Oct 2009, CTS 09-26
• Development and Evaluation of a Cellular Phone Based Teen Driver Support System
  Sep 2009, CTS 09-22
• Real-time Nonintrusive Detection of Driver Drowsiness
  May 2009, CTS 09-15
• Identifying Methods and Metrics for Evaluating Interagency Coordination in Traffic Incident Management
  May 2009, CTS 09-13
• Feasibility of a Quantitative Rural Safety Policy Improvement Index (RSPII): Phase I
  May 2009, CTS 09-14
• The Effect of Rumble Strips on Drivers Approaching Rural, Stop-Controlled Intersections
  Apr 2009, 200642TS
• ITS and Transportation Safety: EMS System Data Integration to Improve Traffic Crash Emergency Response and Treatment
  Jan 2009, CTS 09-02
• The Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Driving Performance
  Jan 2009, CTS 09-03
• Five-County Minnesota Case Study: Rural Roadway Fatal Crash Characteristics and Select Safety Improvement Programs
  Dec 2008, CTS 08-03
• Directional Sound for Long Distance Auditory Warnings from a Highway Construction Work Zone
  Dec 2008, CTS 08-20
• Places and Networks: The Changing Landscape of Transportation and Technology Final Summary Report of the STAR-TEA 21 Project
  Dec 2008, CTS 08-15
• Psychological and Roadway Correlates of Aggressive Driving
  Dec 2008, CTS 08-30
• Development of Real-Time Traffic Adaptive Crash Reduction Measures for the Westbound I-94/35W Commons Section
  Dec 2008, CTS 08-28
• Enhanced Micro-Simulation Models for Accurate Safety Assessment of Traffic Management ITS Solutions
  Nov 2008, CTS 08-17
• Overview of Rural Intersection Crashes at Candidate Intersections for the Intersection Decision Support (IDS) System
  Nov 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-53
• Places and Networks: The Changing Landscape of Transportation and Technology
  Oct 2008, None
• Review of California's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  Oct 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-52
• Accident Prevention Based on Automatic Detection of Accident Prone Traffic Conditions: Phase I
  Sep 2008, CTS 08-12
• Review of Nevada's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  Aug 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-31
• The Effectiveness and Safety of Traffic and Non-Traffic Related Messages Presented on Changeable Message Signs-Phase II
  Aug 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-27
• Review of New Hampshire's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  Aug 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-30
• Cross Median Crashes: Identification and Countermeasures
  Jun 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-17
• The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota: Inventory, Analysis and Prospectus - Technical Summary
  Apr 2008, Mn/DOT 200704TS
• Rural and Urban Safety Cultures: Human-Centered Interventions Toward Zero Deaths in Rural Minnesota - Technical Summary
  Apr 2008, Mn/DOT 200741TS
• Rural Transportation Safety and the Strategic Highway Safety Plan: An Examination of Select State Programs and Practices
  Feb 2008, CTS 08-02
• Enhancing Environment and Health in Transportation Project Design
  Dec 2007, CTS 07-08
• Effects of Alcohol on Motorcycle Riding Skills
  Dec 2007, DOT HS 810 877
• Rural and Urban Safety Cultures: Human-Centered Interventions Toward Zero Deaths in Rural Minnesota
  Nov 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-41
• Driving Performance During 511 Information Retrieval: Cell Phone 2
  Nov 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-48
• Freeway Network Traffic Detection and Monitoring Incidents
  Oct 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-40
• Benefit-Cost Analysis for Intersection Decision Support
  Oct 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-32
• Intersection Decision Support: An Overview
  Sep 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-33
• Traffic Safety Methodologies
  Sep 2007, CTS 07-11
• A Simulator-Based Evaluation of Smart Infrastructure Concepts for Intersection Decision Support for Rural Thru-STOP Intersections
  Aug 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-31
• Evaluation of Minnesota's Operation NightCAP Program
  Aug 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-29
• Developing Driving Support Systems to Mitigate Behavioral Risk Patterns Among Teen Drivers
  Aug 2007, CTS 07-05
• Intersection Decision Support Surveillance System: Design, Performance and Initial Driver Behavior Quantization
  Aug 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-30
• Review of Iowa's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  Jul 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-27
• Review of Georgia's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  Jul 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-28
• Safety Effects of Left-Turn Phasing Schemes at High-Speed Intersections
  Jan 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-03
• The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota: Inventory, Analysis and Prospectus
  Jan 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-04
• Stopping Behavior at Real-World Stop-Controlled Intersections With and Without In-Lane Rumble Strips
  Nov 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-42
• Review of North Carolina's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  Aug 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-32
• Review of Michigan's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  Aug 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-33
• Improving the Ability of Drivers to Avoid Collisions With Snowplows in Fog and Snow
  Jul 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-29
• Identification and Simulation of a Common Freeway Accident Mechanism: Collective Responsibility in Freeway Rear-end Collisions
  Apr 2006, CTS 06-02
• Case Control Study of Speed and Crash Risk, Technical Report 1: Aggregation Biases in Road Safety Research and a Mechanism Approach to Accident Modeling
  Apr 2006, CTS 06-01A
• A Case Control Study of Speed and Crash Risk, Technical Report 3: Speed as a Risk Factor in Run-off Road Crashes
  Apr 2006, CTS 06-01C
• A Case Control Study of Speed and Crash Risk, Technical Report 2 Bayesian Reconstruction of Traffic Accidents and the Causal Effect of Speed in Intersection and Pedestrian Accidents
  Apr 2006, CTS 06-01B
• Review of Wisconsin's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  Apr 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-10
• Statistical Modeling for Intersection Decision Support
  Feb 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-03
• Driving Performance During Cell Phone Conversations and Common In-Vehicle Tasks While Sober and Drunk
  Oct 2005, Mn/DOT 2005-41
• Identification of Causal Factors and Potential Countermeasures for Fatal Rural Crashes
  Oct 2005, Mn/DOT 2005-42
• Finding What the Driver Does
  May 2005, CTS 05-03
• The Effects of In-Lane Rumble Strips on the Stopping Behavior of Sleep-Deprived Drivers
  Mar 2005, Mn/DOT 2005-16
• Real-Time Collison Warning and Avoidance at Intersections
  Nov 2004, Mn/DOT 2004-45
• GPS Based Real-Time Tire-Road Friction Coefficient Identification
  Sep 2004, Mn/DOT 2005-04
• Monitoring Driver Activities
  Sep 2004, CTS 04-05
• Reducing Risk Taking at Passive Railroad Crossings With Active Warnings
  Jun 2004, Mn/DOT 2004-33
• Review of Minnesota's Rural Intersection Crashes: Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  Mar 2004, Mn/DOT 2004-31
• Accident Analysis of Significant Crash Rates for Low to Very Low Volume Roadways in 10 Statewide Minnesota Counties
  Mar 2004, Mn/DOT 2004-22
• Deer Avoidance: The Assessment of Real World Enhanced Deer Signage in a Virtual Environment
  Jan 2004, Mn/DOT 2004-13
• System Performance and Human Factors Evaluation of the Driver Assistive System (DAS)
  Dec 2003, Mn/DOT 2004-09
• Evaluation Report Volume 1: System Performance and Human Factors
  Nov 2003, Mn/DOT 2004-07
• Evaluation Report Volume 2: Benefit Analysis
  Nov 2003, Mn/DOT 2004-08
• System Performance and Human Factors Evaluation of the Driver Assistive System (DAS): Supplemental Track Test Evaluation
  Nov 2003, Mn/DOT 2004-12
• Reducing Crashes at Controlled Rural Intersections
  Jul 2003, Mn/DOT 2003-15
• The Effectiveness and Safety of Traffic and Non-Traffic Related Messages Presented on Changeable Message Signs (CMS)
  Jun 2003, Mn/DOT 2004-27
• The Effectiveness of Auditory Side- and Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings on Snow Covered Roads in Conditions of Poor Visibility
  Jun 2003, Mn/DOT 2003-14
• Driver Assistive Systems for Snowplows
  Mar 2003, Mn/DOT 2003-13
• Effects of Vision Enhancement Systems (VES) on Older Drivers' Ability to Drive Safely at Night & in Inclement Weather:Visual Human Factors:Analysis of In-Vehicle Heads Up Display (HUD)
  Jun 2002, Mn/DOT 2002-27
• Personal Safety and Transit: Paths, Environments, Stops, and Stations
  Apr 2002, CTS 02-05
• Forward Looking Blindspots: A report of A-Pillar induced field-of-view obstruction and driver performance in a simulated rural environment
  Mar 2002, Mn/DOT 2002-16
• The Effect of Centerline Treatments on Driving Performance
  Mar 2002, Mn/DOT 2002-35
• A Re-assessment of Road Accident Data-Analysis Policy: Applying Theory from Involuntary, High-Consequence, Low-Probability Events like Nuclear Power Plant Meltdowns to Voluntary, Low-Consequence, High-Probability Events like Traffic Accidents
  Feb 2002, CTS 02-02
• Investigating the Effects of Traffic Calming Strategies on Driver Behavior
  Jan 2002, Mn/DOT 2002-20
• The Effects of In-Lane Rumble Strips on the Stopping Behavior of Attentive Drivers
  Oct 2001, Mn/DOT 2002-11
• Detecting Driver Fatigue Through the Use of Advanced Face Monitoring Techniques
  Sep 2001, CTS 01-05
• Investigation the Effect on Driver Performance of Advanced Warning Flashers at Signalized Intersections
  Jul 2001, Mn/DOT 2002-05
• Development and Testing of Methods for Estimating the Impact of Safety Improvements
  Mar 2001, Mn/DOT 2001-08
• A GPS Based Heads Up Display System for Driving Under Low Visibility Conditions
  Jan 2000, Mn/DOT 2003-03
• Automatic Detection of Driver Fatigue - Phase 3
  Jun 1999, Mn/DOT 1999-30
• Investigating Differences In Driver Accident Involvement: The Influence of Perceptual Motor Competence, Competitive Athletics, and Gender
  Apr 1999, CTS 99-03
• Human Factors Evaluation of Gains, a Prototype In-Vehicle Navigation System
  Apr 1999, Mn/DOT 1999-14
• Radar Based Longitudinal Virtual Bumper Collision Avoidance System Implemented on a Truck
  Mar 1999, Mn/DOT 2000-07
• Differential GPS Based Control of a Heavy Vehicle
  Jan 1999, Mn/DOT 2000-05
• Simulation Validation: Evaluating Driver Performance In Simulation and the Real World
  Jul 1998, Mn/DOT 1998-28
• Effect of Compliance Reviews on Out-of-Service Rates of Region 5 Carriers: A Study
  Jul 1998, Mn/DOT 1999-27
• Effectiveness of marketing campaigns for grade crossing safety
  Jan 1998, Mn/DOT 1998-02
• SAFETRUCK: Sensing and Control to Enhance Vehicle Safety
  Dec 1997, Mn/DOT 1998-29
• The Virtual Bumper: A Control Based Collision Avoidance System for Highway Vehicles
  Oct 1997, Mn/DOT 1998-30
• Variable Message Signage Content: Survey Test of Meaning and Simulation Test of Usability
  Sep 1997, CTS 97-03
• Motor Carrier Compliance Reviews: Measuring Their Impact on Improved Safety Performance Among Interstate Freight Motor Carriers Based in Minnesota
  May 1997, Mn/DOT 1997-10
• Rollover protection and wheelchair securement for special transportation systems
  Mar 1997, Mn/DOT 1997-11
• Human factors for transitway safety improvement : final report for phase 1
  Jul 1996,
• Lighted guidance devices : intelligent work zone traffic control
  Jun 1995, Mn/DOT 1996-05
• Collision avoidance : smart trucks on rural roads
  Mar 1995, Mn/DOT 1995-11
• Empirical Bayes identification of high hazard locations for older drivers final report
  Oct 1994, Mn/DOT 1995-23
• Trace driven driving simulation : towards integration of external lab with simulator and the integrated study of microscopic and macroscopic problems in IVHS : emulation of the I-394 external laboratory in a driving environment
  Jun 1994, Mn/DOT 1994-23