2008

Active and Completed Research Projects

• Smartphone Based Novice Teenage Driver Support System
  (12/2008) Status: Completed
• Development of the Next Generation Stratified Ramp Metering Algorithm Based on Freeway Density
  (12/2008) Status: Completed
• Toward Zero Deaths Administration and Outreach, 2009
  (12/2008) Status: Completed
• Development of a Weigh-Pad Based Portable WIM System
  (12/2008) Status: Completed
• Vehicle Position Tracking During Load Response Testing and Automated Faultmeter Control Software Program [OPTION-1]
  (12/2008) Status: Completed
• ITS and Transportation Safety: EMS System Data Integration to Improve Traffic Crash Emergency Response and Treatment- Phase II- FY09 Tech Plan
  (12/2008) Status: Completed
• Impact of Twin Cities Transitways on Regional Labor Market Accessibility: A Transportation Equity Perspective
  (11/2008) Status: Completed
• Implementation of methodology for weed management practices - Phase II
  (10/2008) Status: Completed
• MnDOT Roundabout Training FY09
  (10/2008) Status: Completed
• Utility Coordination Training for Local Agencies and Utility Owners, FY09
  (10/2008) Status: Completed
• Mn/DOT Essential Skills for Project Management Program, FY09
  (10/2008) Status: Completed
• Bus Signal Priority Based on GPS and Wireless Communications (Phase III) - Bus to Roadside Infrastructure Communications Framework for Intelligent Transit Applications
  (10/2008) Status: Completed
• State DOT CEO Leadership Forum, Spring/Summer 2009
  (10/2008) Status: Completed
• Deploy New Core CSS Workshop in FY08 & Develop Advanced Flexibility in Design Curriculum for FY09
  (10/2008) Status: Completed
• BRIDGE: Behavioral Response to the I-35W Disruption: Gauging Equilibration
  (10/2008) Status: Completed
• Minnesota UPA Telework Component
  (09/2008) Status: Completed
• Bridge scour monitoring technologies: Development of evaluation and selection protocols for application on river bridges in Minnesota
  (09/2008) Status: Completed
• Mining Bus Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) and Automatic Passenger Count (APC) Database for Intelligent Transit Applications
  (09/2008) Status: Completed
• Assessment of Capacity Estimation Methods for a Multi-lane Roundabout with Field Traffic Data
  (09/2008) Status: Completed
• Smart Border Systems for Localization and Tracking of Vehicles and Cargo
  (09/2008) Status: Completed
• Progressive Failure of Slopes and Excavations as Fracture Problems
  (09/2008) Status: Completed
• Requirements for Effective Fuel Economy Displays for Improving Fuel Economy and Safety
  (09/2008) Status: Completed
• The Urban Partnership Agreement: A Comparative Study of Technology and Collaboration in Transportation Policy Implementation- FY09 Tech Plan
  (08/2008) Status: Completed
• 2008 Toward Zero Deaths Conference
  (08/2008) Status: Completed
• Decision Tools for Assessing Transportation Impacts of School Policy and School Choice- FY09 Tech Plan
  (08/2008) Status: Completed
• Investigation of Flash LADAR 3D Imaging Sensor Technology For Non-Intrusive Roadside Traffic Measures
  (08/2008) Status: Completed
• Operational Research Program for Local Transportation Groups, 2009
  (08/2008) Status: Completed
• Substitution between E-shopping and Travel: Evidence from the Twin Cities- FY09 Tech Plan
  (08/2008) Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations, Phase 3: Measuring Accessibility by Automobile
  (08/2008) Status: Completed
• RSS Report Publication Services, 2009
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Assessment and Recommendations for Operation of Standard Sumps as Best Management Practices for Stormwater Treatment
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Statistical Analysis of the Soil Chemical Survey Data
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Real-time Nonintrusive Detection of Driver Drowsiness - Phase II - FY09 NATSRL
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Performance of Low Impact Development Practices on Stormwater Pollutant Load Abatement
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Detection of Water and Ice on Bridge Structures by AC Impedance and Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy (Phase II) - FY09 NATSRL
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Asphalt Mixture and Binder Fracture Testing for 2008 MnROAD Construction
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Value Capture for Transportation Finance
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Financing Transportation Through the Capture of Land Value Gains: Practical Integration and Stakeholder Involvement
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Financing Transportation Through the Capture of Land Value Gains: Taxes, Exactions and Synthesis
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• A New Test for Racial Profiling on Automobile Stops
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Snow Rendering for Interactive Snowplow Simulation: Supporting Safety in Snowplow Design - FY09 NATSRL
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Intelligent Pavement for Traffic Flow Detection - FY09 NATSRL
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Development of a Low-Cost Interface between Cell Phones and DSRC-based Vehicle Unit for Efficient Use of VII Infrastructure - FY09 NATSRL
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Financing Transportation Through the Capture of Land Value Gains: The Value Capture Strategies of TIF, SAD, and Joint Development
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Traffic Flow and Road User Impacts of the Collapse of the I-35W Bridge over the Mississippi River
  (06/2008) Status: Completed
• Vibrating Wire and Horizontal Clip Data Analysis
  (06/2008) Status: Completed
• Investigation of Low Temperature Cracking in Asphalt Pavements: National Pooled Fund Study Phase II
  (06/2008) Status: Completed
• Counting Empty Parking Spots at Truck Stops
  (06/2008) Status: Completed
• Value of Reliability
  (05/2008) Status: Completed
• Mn/ROAD Data Mining, Evaluation and Qualification - Phase 1
  (04/2008) Status: Completed
• Mn/DOT Peer Review and Risk Analysis Workshop
  (04/2008) Status: Completed
• Development of Design Methods for In-Stream Flow Control Structures
  (04/2008) Status: Completed
• Development of Algorithms for Travel Time Based Traffic Signal Timing, Phase I
  (04/2008) Status: Completed
• Bridge Health Monitoring- A Survey of Methods
  (03/2008) Status: Completed
• Implementing a Database Classification of Mn/DOT Steel Bridges with Fracture/Fatigue Critical Details
  (03/2008) Status: Completed
• Strategies for Reducing the Impacts of Surface Transportation on Global Climate Change: A Synthesis of Policy Research and State and Local Mitigation Strategies
  (03/2008) Status: Completed
• Evaluation of the SafeLaneTM Overlay System for Crash Reduction on Bridge Deck Surfaces
  (03/2008) Status: Completed
• 08-09 AirTAP Program
  (02/2008) Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations Study, Administration 2008 - 2009
  (02/2008) Status: Completed
• State Conservation Plan - Transportation Sub-Section of Land Use Practices Section
  (02/2008) Status: Completed
• Advanced Dynamic LED Warning Signs for Rural Intersections Powered By Renewable Energy
  (02/2008) Status: Completed
• Development of the Next Generation Metro-Wide Simulation Models for the Twin Cities' Metropolitan Area: Mesoscopic Modeling
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• Investigation of Policy-Based Statewide Safety Measure Quantification
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• A Computational Study of the I-35W Bridge Collapse
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• Understanding Transportation Impacts of Transitways: Demographic and Behavioral Differences between Transitway Riders and Other Transit Riders
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• Analysis of Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles ITS Concept of Operations
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• Transportation Funding in Minnesota: Past, Present, and Prospects
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• Operation of Traffic Systems in Oversaturated Conditions
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• Composite Pavements
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• Development of Next Generation Simulation Models for Twin Cities: Freeway Metro-wide simulation model, Phase 1
  (01/2008) Status: Completed