2006

Research Reports | Active and Completed Projects

Research Reports

• 2006 CEO Leadership Forum: Advancing Practice in State DOTs from Good to Great: A Summary Report
  December 2006 Report no. 2006_CEO
• Water Quality Performance of Dry Detention Ponds with Under-Drains
  December 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-43
• Capacity Expansion in the Twin Cities: The Roads-Transit Balance
  December 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-44
• Developing ITS to Serve Diverse Populations
  November 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-41
• Stopping Behavior at Real-World Stop-Controlled Intersections with and without In-Lane Rumble Strips
  November 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-42
• Reducing CO2 emissions in the Upper Midwest : technology, resources, economics, and policy
  November 2006 Report no. P06-10
• Better Understanding the Potential Market of Metro Transit's Ridership and Service
  October 2006 Report no. CTS 06-09
• Load Rating of Composite Steel Curved I-Girder Bridges Through Load Testing with Heavy Trucks
  October 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-40
• Politics and Freeways: Building the Twin Cities Interstate System
  October 2006 Report no. CURA 06-01
• Minnesota Value Pricing Outreach and Education
  October 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-38
• Economic analysis : co-generation using wind and biodiesel-powered generators
  October 2006 Report no. P05-10
• Application of Precast Decks and Other Elements to Bridge Structures
  September 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-37
• State Aid Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation Best Practices Manual 2006
  September 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-31
• An Exploratory Survey of Potential Community Transportation Providers and Users
  September 2006 Report no. CTS 06-08
• Beyond Business as Usual: Ensuring the Network We Want Is the Network We Get
  September 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-36
• The Economics of harvesting and transporting corn stover for conversion to fuel ethanol : a case study for Minnesota
  August 2006 Report no. P06-12
• Review of Michigan's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  August 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-33
• Review of North Carolina's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  August 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-32
• Bus Signal Priority Based on GPS and Wireless Communications Phase I - Simulation Study
  July 2006 Report no. CTS 06-07
• Erosion Risk Assessment Tool For Construction Sites
  July 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-27
• Improving the Ability of Drivers to Avoid Collisions With Snowplows in Fog and Snow
  July 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-29
• Chemical Inventory and Database Development for Recycled Material Substitutes
  July 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-28
• Quick Edge: Rapid Underbody Plow Cutting Edge Changing System
  July 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-19
• Energy and chemicals from native grasses : production, transportation, and processing technologies considered in the Northern Great Plains
  June 2006 Report no. P06-11
• Contraflow Transportation Network Reconfiguration for Evacuation Route Planning
  June 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-21
• Moisture Effects on PVD and DCP Measurements
  June 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-26
• Development of Efficient Integrated Data Archival/Retrieval Model for R/WIS, RTMS, and Loop Traffic Data
  June 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-22
• Urbanization of Minnesota's Countryside, 2000-2025: Evolving Geographies and Transportation Impacts
  June 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-23
• Developing a Simple System for Public Involvement Conflict Management
  June 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-24
• Local Road Tax Options: Is Minnesota Really That Different?
  May 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-17
• Investigation of the Low-Temperature Fracture Properties of Three MnROAD Asphalt Mixtures
  May 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-15
• Access to Destinations: Development of Accessibility Measures
  May 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-16
• Development of a Novel Tilt-Controlled Narrow Commuter Vehicle
  May 2006 Report no. CTS 06-05
• Streamlining of the Traffic Modeling Process for Implementation in the Twin Cities Freeway Network - Phase II
  May 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-14
• Real-Time Traffic Prediction for Advanced Traffic Management Systems: Phase III
  May 2006 Report no. CTS 06-06
• Review of Wisconsin's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  April 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-10
• Real-Time Traffic Prediction for Advanced Traffic Management Systems: Phase II
  April 2006 Report no. CTS 06-04
• A Case Control Study of Speed and Crash Risk, Technical Report 3: Speed as a Risk Factor in Run-off Road Crashes
  April 2006 Report no. CTS 06-01C
• Identification and Simulation of a Common Freeway Accident Mechanism: Collective Responsibility in Freeway Rear-end Collisions
  April 2006 Report no. CTS 06-02
• Transportation Data Laboratory Annual Report 2004
  April 2006 Report no. CTS 06-03
• Case Control Study of Speed and Crash Risk, Technical Report 1: Aggregation Biases in Road Safety Research and a Mechanism Approach to Accident Modeling
  April 2006 Report no. CTS 06-01A
• 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
  April 2006 Report no. CTS 06-01B
• Fatigue-Resistant Design for Overhead Signs, Mast-Arm Signal Poles, and Lighting Standards
  March 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-07
• Impact of Alternative Storm Water Management Approaches on Highway Infrastructure: Guide for Selection of Best Management Practices - Volume 1
  February 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2005-49A
• Use of Adhesives to Retrofit Out-of-Plane Distortion Induced Fatigue Cracks
  February 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-04
• A Nonlinear State Space Approach to Arterial Travel Time Prediction
  February 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2006-05
• Statistical Modeling for Intersection Decision Support
  February 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-03
• Blind Deconvolution of Vehicle Inductance Signatures for Travel-Time Estimation
  February 2006 Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-06
• Impact of Alternative Storm Water Management Approaches on Highway Infrastructure: Project Task Reports - Volume 2
  February 2006 Report no. MnDOT 2005-49B

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Active and Completed Research Projects

• Improving Car-sharing and Transit Service with ITS
  (12/2006) Status: Completed
• Allowable Axle Loads on Pavements
  (11/2006) Status: Completed
• Mn/DOT Roundabout 'Manual' Training
  (11/2006) Status: Completed
• Development of Data Warehouse and Applications for Continuous Vehicle Class and Weigh-in-Motion Data
  (11/2006) Status: Completed
• The Strategic Highway Safety Plan: An Analysis of Process, Similarities and Differences, and Future Considerations
  (10/2006) Status: Completed
• Developing a Collaborative Leadership Approach to Managing Conflict and Consensus Building During Local Agency Transportation Project Development
  (10/2006) Status: Completed
• Investigation of In-Place Asphalt Film Thickness and Performance of Minnesota Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures
  (10/2006) Status: Completed
• Wetland Mitigation in Abandoned Gravel Pits
  (10/2006) Status: Completed
• Development of A Real-Time Arterial Performance Monitoring System Using Traffic Data Available from Existing Signal Systems
  (10/2006) Status: Completed
• Development of Flexural Vibration Inspection Equipment and Techniques to Rapidly Assess the Structural Health of Rural Bridge Systems; Phase II
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• MN Traffic Calming Website Update & Outreach
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Crack and Concrete Deck Sealant Performance
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Subsurface Drainage Manual for Pavements in Minnesota
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Towards Performance Dashboards for Integrated Rural Public Health and Transportation Safety Decision Making: A Policy Leader Approach
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Center for Excellence in Rural Safety - Training and Outreach
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Warning Efficacy of Active Versus Passive Warnings for Unsignalized Intersection and Mid-Block Pedestrian Cross-Walks
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Hydraulic, Mechanical, and Leaching Characteristics of Recycled Materials
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Discrepancies in Shear Strength of Prestressed Beams with Different Specifications
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Responding to the Unexpected: Development of a Dynamic Data Driven Traffic Operation Model for Effective Evacuation
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Use of Fly Ash for Construction of Bituminous Roads
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Rural Safety, Health, and Emergency Response
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Guidebook to Managing Small Airports
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Context Sensitive Design, Public Involvement and Design Flexibility
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Statistics for Mn/Model
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• The Effectiveness and Safety of Traffic and Non-Traffic Related Messages Presented on Changeable Message Signs: Phase II
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Project Management Academy
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Investigating Rural Safety: A Minnesota Case Study
  (09/2006) Status: Completed
• Non Motorized Transportation Project
  (08/2006) Status: Completed
• Identifying Physical Opportunities and Barriers for Transit in MNPass I-394 Corridor
  (08/2006) Status: Completed
• 2006 Toward Zero Deaths Conference
  (08/2006) Status: Completed
• Guidance Augmentation Using VPS for Transit Applications
  (08/2006) Status: Completed
• Examining the Success of Bus Only Shoulder Lanes
  (08/2006) Status: Completed
• Center for Excellence in Rural Safety (CERS)
  (08/2006) Status: Completed
• New Battery-less Wireless Traffic Sensors as a Replacement for Loop Detectors
  (08/2006) Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations: How Close is Close Enough? Estimating Accurate Distance Decay Functions for Different Purposes and Multiple Modes
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations: Parcel Level Land Use Data Acquisition & Analysis for Measuring Non-Auto Accessibility
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations: Monitoring land use activity changes in the Twin Cities Metropolitan region
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• NCHRP Project 10-71 Cast-in-Place Concrete Connections for Precast Deck Systems
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• The Role of Well-Designed Transportation Projects Enhancing Communities: Promoting Economic Development
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• An Inventory of the Public Land Survey Records for Minnesota
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• The Use of Video Feedback in Urban Teen Driving
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Accelerated Corrosion of Piers in the Duluth Harbor
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• The Role of Well-Designed Transportation Projects Enhancing Communities: A Study Synthesis
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Estimating Running Time and Demand for a Bus Rapid Transit Corridor
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Cellular Wireless Mesh Sensor Network for Comprehensive Spatial Traffic Movement Detection and Data Fusion - FY07 NATSRL
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Mechanistic Modeling of Dynamic Cone Penetrometer Test
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Impact of Bicycle Facilities on Commute Mode Share
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Mn/DOT Cost Estimating Process Improvement and Organizational Integration, Phases I, II, III, and IV
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Models For Predicting RWIS Sensor Misalignments and Their Causes - FY07 NATSRL
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Impending Box Impact Warning System for Prevention of Snowplow-Bridge Impacts - FY07 NATSRL
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Effects of Seasonal Changes on Ride Quality at MnROAD
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• The Role of Well Designed Transportation Projects Enhancing Communities: Public Participation Processes, Public - Private Outcomes
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• The Role of Well-Designed Transportation Projects Enhancing Communities: Traffic Safety Methodologies
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• The Role of Well-Designed Transportation Projects Enhancing Communities: Community Identity, Vision, Aesthetic, Architectural Design, Cultural and Scenic Benefits
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Job-Housing Mismatch: An Affinity Model of Worker-Job Matching
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• Using Archived ITS Data To Improve Transit Performance and Management
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• The Role of Well Designed Transportation Projects Enhancing Communities: Protecting Public Health, Safety and the Environment
  (07/2006) Status: Completed
• CICAS Stop Sign Assist (SSA) System
  (06/2006) Status: Completed
• Employment of the Traffic Management Laboratory for the Evaluation and Improvement of Stratified Metering Algorithm: Phase IV
  (06/2006) Status: Completed
• Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power
  (06/2006) Status: Completed
• Study of Environmental Effects of De-icing Salt on Water Quality in Minnesota
  (06/2006) Status: Completed
• History of Minnesota Highways
  (05/2006) Status: Completed
• LRRB - RIC Best Practices for Concrete Repair for Local Streets and County Roads Field Handbook
  (05/2006) Status: Completed
• Scoping in Environmental Review for Transportation Projects
  (05/2006) Status: Completed
• LRRB - RIC To Pave or Not to Pave
  (05/2006) Status: Completed
• I-394 MnPASS: Enforcement, Planning, Outreach and Education
  (05/2006) Status: Completed
• Revision of the MnROAD Offline Data Peak-picking Program
  (04/2006) Status: Completed
• Colleges and Universities in Greater Minnesota as Highway Traffic Generators
  (04/2006) Status: Completed
• Utility Coordination Implementation - Phase II
  (04/2006) Status: Completed
• 2006 Toward Zero Deaths Administration and Outreach
  (04/2006) Status: Completed
• Mn/DOT Labor Compliance Workshop Proposal
  (04/2006) Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations: Twin Cities Metro-wide Traffic Micro-Simulation: Feasibility Investigation
  (03/2006) Status: Completed
• Mn/DOT Roundabout Conference
  (03/2006) Status: Completed
• Canada Thistle Seed Movement
  (03/2006) Status: Completed
• Modeling Traffic Impact on Denali Park Road
  (03/2006) Status: Completed
• Column Supported Embankment on TH 241
  (03/2006) Status: Completed
• PIARC Technical Committee 1.3 Performance of Road Administrations - Meeting
  (03/2006) Status: Completed
• RSS Research Report Management
  (03/2006) Status: Completed
• Freeway Network Traffic Detection and Monitoring Incidents
  (02/2006) Status: Completed
• Driver Performance During 511 Information Retrieval
  (02/2006) Status: Completed
• Motorcycle Riding Impairment at Different BAC Levels
  (02/2006) Status: Completed
• Cross-Median Crashes-Identifications and Countermeasures
  (02/2006) Status: Completed
• Development of a Trash Harvester for MNDoT Phase 2
  (01/2006) Status: Completed
• 06-07 AirTAP Program
  (01/2006) Status: Completed
• Transit Coordination Outreach for Mn/DOT
  (01/2006) Status: Completed
• The Road to a Thoughtful Street Tree Master Plan
  (01/2006) Status: Completed
• Research, Development, and Marketing of Minnesota's Iron Range Aggregate Materials for Midwest and National Transportation Applications
  (01/2006) Status: Completed
• Mobile and Fixed Wireless Localization using Antenna Arrays
  (01/2006) Status: Completed