2012

Active and Completed Research Projects

• Understanding and Enhancing the Value of Freight Economy in Minnesota
  (12/2012) Status: Completed
• Pilot Project to Validate the Results of T-PICS: Phase 1
  (12/2012) Status: Completed
• Pilot Projects to Validate the Results of T-PICS: Phase II
  (12/2012) Status: Completed
• Information and Communications Support for the Minnesota Council on Transportation Access
  (11/2012) Status: Completed
• Estimation of Winter Snow Operation Performance Measures with Traffic Flow Data, Phase 2
  (11/2012) Status: Completed
• Transit Station and Stop Design and Travel Time Perceptions
  (11/2012) Status: Completed
• Automatic Generation of Traffic Signal Timing Plan
  (11/2012) Status: Completed
• Advanced Flexibility in Design and Complete Streets Worskshops and Webinars-Fiscal Year 2013
  (10/2012) Status: Completed
• Toward Zero Deaths Administration and Outreach 2012-2013
  (10/2012) Status: Completed
• Fiscal Year 2013 MnDOT Roundabout Training
  (10/2012) Status: Completed
• New Export and Data Quality Functions in ATR-TDA and SC-TDA Software Applications for Use with Regional Transportation Management Center Sensor Data
  (10/2012) Status: Completed
• Development of a Digital Highway Framework to Facilitate Crash Avoidance
  (10/2012) Status: Completed
• Investigating Deployment Potential for Automated Speed Enforcement in Minnesota
  (10/2012) Status: Completed
• Toward Zero Deaths Conference
  (10/2012) Status: Completed
• Using Truck GPS Data for Freight Performance Analysis in the Twin Cities Metro Area
  (09/2012) Status: Completed
• Development of Hybrid DSRC-PCMS Work Zone Information System Using DSRC Based V2V Communication
  (09/2012) Status: Completed
• Disk Shaped Compact Tension Testing of Asphalt Concrete
  (09/2012) Status: Completed
• Proposal for Water Permit Streamlining Task Force Report
  (09/2012) Status: Completed
• Design Considerations for Embankment Protection During Road Overtopping Events
  (09/2012) Status: Completed
• Multimodalism for Small Cities
  (09/2012) Status: Completed
• Evaluation of Concrete and Mortars for Partial Depth Repair
  (08/2012) Status: Completed
• Evaluate and Develop Innovative Pavement Repair and Patching: Taconite-Based Repair Options
  (08/2012) Status: Completed
• Development of Guidelines for Permitted Left-Turn Phasing Using Flashing Yellow Arrows
  (08/2012) Status: Completed
• Local Technical Assistance Program - Fiscal Year 2013
  (08/2012) Status: Completed
• Economic Benefits of Transportation Service Coordination in Minnesota: Case Studies
  (08/2012) Status: Completed
• A Model for Incorporating Slab/Underlying Layer Interaction into the MEPDG Concrete Pavement Analysis Procedures
  (08/2012) Status: Completed
• Minnesota Airport Technical Assistance Program - Fiscal Year 2013 and 2014
  (08/2012) Status: Completed
• Using Smartphone App to Help the Visually Impaired Navigate Work Zones Safely
  (08/2012) Status: Completed
• Investigation of the Impact the I-94 ATM System has on the Safety of the I-94 Commons High-Crash Area
  (08/2012) Status: Completed
• Development and Integration of Advanced Timber Bridge Inspection Techniques for NBIS
  (08/2012) Status: Completed
• Laboratory Study of Culvert Sedimentation for Fish Passage
  (08/2012) Status: Completed
• Lighting Levels for Isolated Intersections Leading to Safety Improvements
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• Mechanics-Based Reliability Analysis of Asphalt Structures at Low Temperatures
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• SmartDrive: A Cleaner and More Efficient Traffic System through Network Vehicles and Infrastructure
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• The Impact of Light Rail Transit (LRT) on Sustainable Travel and Obesity
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• Research Services Report Publication Services - Fiscal Year 2013
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• Driver Assist System Pilot for Minnesota Snowplows
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• MnDOT Review of Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Goals, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, and Procedures
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• Use of Biomass Wastes (Hydrochars) to Reduce Cement Content in Concrete
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• NiceStations: Optimally Locating NiceRide Minnesota Bike Share Stations
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• Linking On-Road Emissions with Traffic Flow Variations
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• Dynamic Pricing and Congestion Pricing: The Case of the MnPASS Program
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• Implementation of High Accuracy Radar Detectors for Traffic Safety Countermeasure Evaluation
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• Building Local Agency Capacity for Public Engagement in Local Road Systems Planning Decision-Making
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• Laboratory Performance Test for Asphalt Concrete
  (07/2012) Status: Completed
• Field Evaluation of Friction Measurement and Applicator Control Systems for Winter Road Maintenance on Low Volume Roads
  (06/2012) Status: Completed
• MnPASS Modeling and Pricing Algorithm Enhancement
  (06/2012) Status: Completed
• Monitoring of Fracture Critical Steel Bridges - Phase III
  (06/2012) Status: Completed
• Simplified Design Table for Minnesota Concrete Pavements
  (06/2012) Status: Completed
• Determination of Effective Impervious Area in Urban Watersheds
  (06/2012) Status: Completed
• Anchorage of Shear Reinforcement in Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders
  (06/2012) Status: Completed
• Time-Dependent Considerations of I35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge Including Long-Term Monitoring Applications
  (06/2012) Status: Completed
• Value Increase and Value Capture: TH 610 Case Study
  (06/2012) Status: Completed
• State DOT CEO Leadership Forum 2013:Performance-Based Management and Leadership
  (05/2012) Status: Completed
• Field Implementation, Testing, and Refinement of Density Based Coordinated Ramp Control Strategy
  (05/2012) Status: Completed
• Minnesota Field Test of CrashHelp
  (05/2012) Status: Completed
• Measuring particulate air pollution using a mobile, bicycle-based platform: Implications for cyclists' and pedestrians' exposure to urban air pollution
  (05/2012) Status: Completed
• Source Apportionment of Perfluorochemicals (PFCs) in Highway Runoff: Are Transportation Activities a Major Source of PFCs?
  (05/2012) Status: Completed
• 2012 Truck Weight Enforcement Training Program
  (04/2012) Status: Completed
• 2012 Focus Groups for the Local Road Research Board
  (03/2012) Status: Completed
• Reconciling the Public Land Surveying Process and the Available Records
  (03/2012) Status: Completed
• Statewide Cycloplan: A Bicycle Planning Tool with Online Participatory GIS
  (02/2012) Status: Completed
• Minnesota Department of Transportation FY 2012-2014 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Goals
  (01/2012) Status: Completed
• Truck Weight Compliance Education and Outreach Program - 2012-2013
  (01/2012) Status: Completed
• TERRA Membership Pooled Funds, Fiscal Year 2012-2014
  (01/2012) Status: Completed
• A Comprehensive System for Assessing Truck Parking Availability
  (01/2012) Status: Completed
• Analysis of the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) 2 Naturalistic Driving Study Data
  (01/2012) Status: Completed