2013

Active and Completed Research Projects

• Minnesota Council on Transportation Access Support, FY 14
  (12/2013) Status: Completed
• Truck Weight Compliance Education and Outreach Program 2014-2016
  (12/2013) Status: Completed
• Evaluation, Development and Implementation of 3D Ground Penetrating Radar for Assessment of Minnesota Infrastructure
  (12/2013) Status: Completed
• Impact of Exempting Low-Level Speed Violations
  (11/2013) Status: Completed
• Accessibility Observatory
  (11/2013) Status: Completed
• Preliminary Highway Design, Geometric and Alternate Intersection Workshops, FY 14
  (10/2013) Status: Completed
• Reserve Driver Online Scheduling
  (10/2013) Status: Completed
• Toward Zero Deaths Administration and Outreach 2013-2014
  (10/2013) Status: Completed
• Context-Sensitive Solutions Advanced Flexibility in Design and Complete Streets, FY 14
  (10/2013) Status: Completed
• Implementation of Traffic Data Quality Verification for Weigh-in-Motion Sites
  (10/2013) Status: Completed
• 2013-2014 Toward Zero Deaths Conference
  (09/2013) Status: Completed
• 2014-2015 Toward Zero Deaths Regional Support
  (09/2013) Status: Completed
• Comprehensive Field Evaluation of Asphalt Patching Techniques and Development of Best Practices Manual and Simple Decision Tree
  (09/2013) Status: Completed
• Evaluation of the Effectiveness of ATM Messages Used During Incidents
  (09/2013) Status: Completed
• Enhancement and Application of Minnesota Dry Swale Calculator
  (09/2013) Status: Completed
• Human Services Research and Transportation Planning
  (09/2013) Status: Completed
• I-35E MnPASS Extenstion Land Use and Transit Enhancement Study
  (08/2013) Status: Completed
• Develop Annual Arterial Congestion Report
  (08/2013) Status: Completed
• Fiscal Year 2014 Administrative Support for the Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee
  (08/2013) Status: Completed
• Culvert Design, Installation and Maintenance Independent On-Line Distance Learning Course
  (08/2013) Status: Completed
• Local Road Research Board Gravel Roads Video
  (08/2013) Status: Completed
• Transportation Investment and Economic Development in Minnesota Counties
  (08/2013) Status: Completed
• Minnesota Steel Culvert Pipe Service Life Map
  (07/2013) Status: Completed
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness
  (07/2013) Status: Completed
• Developing a Digital Highway Framework to Serve County Roads
  (07/2013) Status: Completed
• High Capacity Manual Unsignalized Crosswalk Level of Service Training
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• Advanced Solutions to Capture Mobility Data
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• Investigation of Optimal Mix Design of Full Depth Reclamation Stabilization with Cement and Emulsion
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• Local Technical Assistance Program - Fiscal Year 2014
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• Research Services Report Publication Services - Fiscal Year 2014
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• Development of an Improved Design Procedure for Unbonded Concrete Overlays
  (06/2013) Status: Active
• Effect of Temperature on Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girder Strand Stress During Fabrication
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• Sustainability for Superbus
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• Implementation of a Low-Cost Weigh-in-Motion System
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• Guidelines for Permeable Pavement Systems
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• SLPP/CTS Transportation Outreach Program
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• Concrete Strength Required to Open to Traffic
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• SmarTrAC: A Smartphone Solution for Travel and Activity Capturing
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• Impact of Lower Asphalt Binder for Coarse HMA Mixes
  (06/2013) Status: Completed
• Development of Guidelines for Work Zone Diversion Rate and Capacity Reduction
  (05/2013) Status: Completed
• Exploring Strategies for Promoting Modal Shifts to Transitways
  (05/2013) Status: Completed
• Flagger Operations: Investigating their Effectiveness in Capturing Driver Attention
  (05/2013) Status: Completed
• I-35E MnPASS Extension Community Outreach and Education Study (SP# 6281-46)
  (05/2013) Status: Completed
• Assessing the Use of Willow Shrub Species on Living Snow Fence Designs to Manage the Damaging Effects of Salt
  (05/2013) Status: Completed
• Deployment of Portable WIM Systems at ATR Sites for Data Collection and Comparative Study
  (04/2013) Status: Completed
• Implementing Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Counts and Data Collection
  (04/2013) Status: Completed
• Thickness and Bond Detection at MnROAD using Ultrasonic Tomography
  (04/2013) Status: Completed
• Optimizing Automatic Traffic Recorders Network in Minnesota
  (04/2013) Status: Completed
• Quantifying the Economic Impact of Bicycling: A Literature Review with Implications for Minnesota
  (04/2013) Status: Completed
• Transportation Planning to Support Economic Development in Minnesota
  (04/2013) Status: Completed
• Human Factors of Vehicle-Based Lane Departure Warning Systems
  (04/2013) Status: Completed
• Web-Based Preventative Blowing and Drifting Snow Control Calculator Decision Tool
  (04/2013) Status: Completed
• Travel Behavior Over Time
  (04/2013) Status: Completed
• Statistical Analysis of Fare Compliance
  (03/2013) Status: Completed
• Rural Intersection Conflict Warning System (RICWS) Reliability Evaluation
  (02/2013) Status: Completed
• Toward Zero Deaths Strategic Visioning Workshop
  (02/2013) Status: Completed
• Fiscal Year 2013 Highway Safety and Capacity Workshops for MnDOT
  (01/2013) Status: Completed
• Understanding District 8 Manufacturers' Perspectives on Transportation: An Industry Cluster Approach
  (01/2013) Status: Completed
• Enabling the Next Generation of Super Hybrid Transit Bus
  (01/2013) Status: Completed
• Septic System Evaluation at MnDOT Rest Stops and Truck Garages
  (01/2013) Status: Completed
• Complete Streets Guidance Document
  (01/2013) Status: Completed
• Can behavioral interventions be too salient? Evidence from traffic safety messages
  (01/2013) Status: Completed
• 2013 Environmental Stewardship and Streamlining Workshop
  (01/2013) Status: Completed
• Demand Focused Smart Energy Management in End User Environments for Sustainable Cities
  (01/2013) Status: Completed