2007

Research Reports | Active and Completed Projects

Research Reports

• Employment of the Traffic Management Lab for the Evaluation and Improvement of Stratified Metering Algorithm - Phase IV
  December 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-51
• Transportation as Catalyst for Community Economic Development
  December 2007 Report no. CTS 07-07
• Enhancing Environment and Health in Transportation Project Design
  December 2007 Report no. CTS 07-08
• Effects of Alcohol on Motorcycle Riding Skills
  December 2007 Report no. DOT HS 810 877
• Shear Capacity of Prestressed Concrete Beams
  November 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-47
• Rural and Urban Safety Cultures: Human-Centered Interventions Toward Zero Deaths in Rural Minnesota
  November 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-41
• Interim Report to the U.S. Congress on the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program SAFETEA-LU Section 1807
  November 2007 Report no. NTPP Interim 2007
• Driving Performance During 511 Information Retrieval: Cell Phone 2
  November 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-48
• Performance Assessment of Underground Stormwater Treatment Devices
  November 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-46
• Biological Control of Canada Thistle in Wetland Prairie Restoration
  October 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-38
• Benefit-Cost Analysis for Intersection Decision Support
  October 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-32
• Development of a PC-Based Eight-Channel WIM System
  October 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-45
• Freeway Network Traffic Detection and Monitoring Incidents
  October 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-40
• Using Archived ITS Data to Improve Transit Performance and Management
  October 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-44
• Investigation of Low Temperature Cracking in Asphalt Pavements National pooled Fund Study 776
  October 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-43
• Management Practices for Weed Control in Roadway Rights-of-Way
  October 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-42
• Enhancing Transportation: The Effects of Public Involvement in Planning and Design Processes - Full Report
  September 2007 Report no. CTS 07-10
• Automated Winter Road Maintenance Using Road Surface Condition Measurements
  September 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-37
• Traffic Safety Methodologies
  September 2007 Report no. CTS 07-11
• Moving Communities Forward: Synthesis
  September 2007 Report no. CTS 07-12
• Intersection Decision Support: An Overview
  September 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-33
• Moving Design: Spaces of Transportation
  September 2007 Report no. CTS 07-09
• Enhancing Transportation: The Effects of Public Involvement in Planning and Design Processes - Executive Summary
  September 2007 Report no. CTS 07-10
• Cone Penetration Testing In Pavement Design
  September 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-36
• Developing Driving Support Systems to Mitigate Behavioral Risk Patterns Among Teen Drivers
  August 2007 Report no. CTS 07-05
• Implementation of Ground Penetrating Radar
  August 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-34
• Access to Destinations: Travel Time Estimation on Arterials
  August 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-35
• Evaluation of Minnesota's Operation NightCAP Program
  August 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-29
• A Simulator-Based Evaluation of Smart Infrastructure Concepts for Intersection Decision Support for Rural Thru-STOP Intersections
  August 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-31
• Intersection Decision Support Surveillance System: Design, Performance and Initial Driver Behavior Quantization
  August 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-30
• Modeling Issues Associated with Sensor Technologies for the Nondestructive Evaluation of Timber Bridges
  August 2007 Report no. CTS 07-04
• Review of Iowa's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  July 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-27
• Review of Georgia's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  July 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-28
• Resilient Modulus Development of Aggregate Base and Subbase Containing Recycled Bituminous and Concrete for 2002 Design Guide and MnPave Pavement Design
  June 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-25
• Access to Destinations: Refining Methods for Calculating Non-Auto Travel Times
  June 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-24
• Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program Evaluation Study, Phase 1
  June 2007 Report no. NTPP Evaluation 07-06
• Project Delivery Workforce Management Review (NCHRP 20-07/Task 205)
  June 2007 Report no.
• Local Road Funding History in Minnesota
  June 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-26
• Adaptation of the 2002 Guide for the Design of Minnesota Low-Volume Portland Cement Concrete Pavements
  June 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-23
• Incorporation of Fatigue Detail Classification of Steel Bridges into the Minnesota Department of Transportation Database
  June 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-22
• Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Minnesota Speed Management Program
  May 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-21
• Determining Economic Strategies for Repair and Replacement of Low Slump Overlays of Bridge Decks
  May 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-14
• Commuter Bicyclist Behavior and Facility Disruption
  May 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-15
• Appendices to Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Minnesota Speed Management Program
  May 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-21A
• Employment of the Traffic Management Lab for the Evaluation and Improvement of Stratified Metering Algorithm - Phase III
  May 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-13
• Pavement Design Using Unsaturated Soil Technology
  May 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-11
• Asking the Right Questions About Transportation and Land Use: Access to Destinations Research Summary No. 1
  March 2007 Report no. CTS 07-03
• The Transportation Needs of People with Developmental Disabilities
  January 2007 Report no. CTS 07-02
• The Transportation Needs of Seniors
  January 2007 Report no. CTS 07-01
• Strength and Stability of Prestressed Concrete Through-Girder Pedestrian Bridges Subjected to Vehicular Impact
  January 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-08
• Safety Effects of Left-Turn Phasing Schemes at High-Speed Intersections
  January 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-03
• The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota: Inventory, Analysis and Prospectus
  January 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-04
• Reasons for Recent Large Increases in Commute Durations
  January 2007 Report no. MnDOT 2007-02
• Resilient Modulus and Strength of Base Course With Recycled Bituminus Material
  January 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-05
• MnROAD Lessons Learned
  January 2007 Report no. Mn/DOT 2007-06

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Active and Completed Research Projects

• MnDOT Roundabout Training FY08
  (12/2007) Status: Completed
• Development of Transit Coordination Web Site
  (12/2007) Status: Completed
• Automated Vehicle Location, Friction Measurement and Applicator Control for Winter Road Maintenance
  (12/2007) Status: Completed
• MnDOT Bid Preparation Training, FY08
  (12/2007) Status: Completed
• Wetlands: Role of Buffers in Upland Infiltration, Nutrient Absorption and Wildlife Habitat
  (12/2007) Status: Completed
• Estimating the Size Distribution of Suspended Sediments in Minnesota Stormwater
  (12/2007) Status: Completed
• Toward Zero Deaths Administration and Outreach, 2008
  (12/2007) Status: Completed
• Vehicle Position Tracking During Load Response Testing and Automated Faultmeter Control Software Program
  (11/2007) Status: Completed
• Post-Construction Evaluation of Forecast Accuracy
  (11/2007) Status: Completed
• Real Time Arterial Performance Monitoring System
  (11/2007) Status: Completed
• Implementation of a Survey Method for Noxious Weeds
  (11/2007) Status: Completed
• Technology for Transit: Lane Guidance for Shoulder-running Buses
  (11/2007) Status: Completed
• Operational Research Program for Local Transportation Groups, 2007
  (10/2007) Status: Completed
• Economic Impact of Upgrading Roads
  (10/2007) Status: Completed
• Analysis of Practical Methods for Counting Bicycling and Pedestrian Use of a Transportation Facility
  (10/2007) Status: Completed
• Cost Analysis of Alternative Culvert Installation Practices in Minnesota
  (10/2007) Status: Completed
• Mn/DOT Master Level Project Manager Development Pilot Program
  (10/2007) Status: Completed
• Effects of Implements of Husbandry (Farm Equipment) on Pavement Performance
  (10/2007) Status: Completed
• TPF-5(149) Composite Pavements
  (10/2007) Status: Completed
• Cost Estimating and Cost Management Capacity Building Workshop
  (09/2007) Status: Completed
• Optimal Workforce Planning and Shift Scheduling for Snow & Ice Removal
  (09/2007) Status: Completed
• STREET: Simulating Transportation for Realistic Engineering Education and Training
  (09/2007) Status: Completed
• Development and Evaluation of a Second Generation In-Vehicle Driver Assistance for Teenagers to Facilitate a Reduction in Crash Rates
  (09/2007) Status: Completed
• SGER: Responding to the Unexpected: Understanding Travelers' Behavioral Choices in the Wake of the MS River Bridge Collapse
  (09/2007) Status: Completed
• Guidance Augmentation using VPS for Transit Applications: Year 2 of 2
  (09/2007) Status: Completed
• Statistical Methods for Materials Testing
  (08/2007) Status: Completed
• Data Mining of Traffic Video Sequences
  (08/2007) Status: Completed
• Speed and Efficiency in Government Procurement of Transportation-Related Construction Services
  (08/2007) Status: Completed
• Assessment and Maintenance of Stormwater Best Management Practices
  (08/2007) Status: Completed
• Analysis of Highway Design and Geometric Effects on Crashes
  (08/2007) Status: Completed
• III-CXT: Spatio-temporal Graph Databases for Transportation Science
  (08/2007) Status: Completed
• Transportable Low Cost Traffic Data Collection Device for Rapid Deployment for Intersections and Arterials
  (08/2007) Status: Completed
• Super Bus Project Phase I: Energy Audit
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• Economic Impacts of Transitways, Part 1: The Hiawatha Light Rail Line
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• 2007 Toward Zero Deaths Conference
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• School Travel and the Implications for Advances in Transportation Related Technology - FY08 TechPlan
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• Automated Enforcement of Red-Light Running & Speeding Laws in Minnesota: Bridging Technology and Public Policy
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• The Implications of Current and Emerging Privacy Law for ITS - FY08 TechPlan
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• Intelligent Compaction Implementation: Research Assessment
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• Minnesota's Statewide Participation Plan: Hear Every Voice II Implementation and Training
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• Automatic Safety Alert System for Work Zones with Flag Operators
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• ITS and Transportation Safety: ITS and EMS System Data Integration for Safety, Emergency, and Crisis Response Planning - FY08 TechPlan
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• The Effect of Nystagmus and Albinism on Driving
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• GPS Augmentation for Robust Lane Assistance on Cedar Avenue in Support of the Urban Partnership Agreement
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• The Role of Social Networks and ICT on Destination Choice - FY08 TechPlan
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations: Arterial Data Acquisition and Network- Wide Travel Time Estimation (Phase II)
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• Community Transportation Outreach and Implementation for Hennepin County, 2007-08
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• CarFit: Adjusting Their Autos to Suit Older Drivers
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• Transportation Policy and Technology Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Minnesota
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• Bidding for MnDOT Repair Contracts: An Empirical Analysis
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• Enhancement and Field Test Evaluation of New Battery-Less Wireless Traffic Sensors
  (07/2007) Status: Completed
• Detection of Water and Ice on Bridge Structures by AC Impedance and Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy (Phase I) - FY08 NATSRL
  (06/2007) Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations: Application of Accessibility Measures for Non-Auto Travel Modes
  (06/2007) Status: Completed
• Cellular Wireless Mesh Sensor Network for Comprehensive Spatial Traffic Movement Detection and Data Fusion: Phase 2 - FY08 NATSRL
  (06/2007) Status: Completed
• Snow Rendering for Interactive Snowplow Simulation - Supporting Safety in Snowplow Design - FY08 NATSRL
  (06/2007) Status: Completed
• Technology and Collaboration in Effective Transportation Policy - FY2008 TechPlan
  (06/2007) Status: Completed
• Real-time Non-intrusive Detection of Driver Drowsiness - FY08 NATSRL
  (06/2007) Status: Completed
• Technology in Planning and Participatory Processes: Identifying New Synergies through Real World Application - FY08 TechPlan
  (06/2007) Status: Completed
• Assessing Coordination Between Agencies Involved in Traffic Incident Management - FY08 NATSRL
  (06/2007) Status: Completed
• Development of a New Tracking System based on CMOS Vision Processor Hardware: Phase I - FY08 NATSRL
  (06/2007) Status: Completed
• Development of a Platoon Priority Control Strategy Without Smart Advance Warning Flasher for Isolated High-Speed Intersection
  (05/2007) Status: Completed
• Assessment of Underground Stormwater Management Devices under High Flow Conditions (E08PS05)
  (05/2007) Status: Completed
• Algorithms and Software/Hardware Infrastructure for Distributed Miniature Robots
  (05/2007) Status: Completed
• Innovative Parking Pricing Demonstration Project
  (04/2007) Status: Completed
• 2007 Toward Zero Deaths Administration and Outreach
  (04/2007) Status: Completed
• Implementing Transportation Knowledge Networks - NCHRP 20-75
  (04/2007) Status: Completed
• TH-36 Full Closure Construction: Evaluation of Traffic Operations Alternatives
  (04/2007) Status: Completed
• Bike Leadership Project
  (04/2007) Status: Completed
• Establish and Support Transitway Impact Program Management Team
  (03/2007) Status: Completed
• Strategies for Evaluating Mn/DOT's Land Management Mapping Functions
  (03/2007) Status: Completed
• Mn/DOT's Program and Project Management Systems Training Development
  (03/2007) Status: Completed
• Minnesota's Statewide Participation Plan: Hear Every Voice II Handbook
  (03/2007) Status: Completed
• Evaluation of Cell Phone Traffic Data
  (03/2007) Status: Completed
• 2007 Environmental Stewardship and Streamlining Workshop
  (03/2007) Status: Completed
• National Commission Field Hearing
  (03/2007) Status: Completed
• Generational Perspectives on Teen and Older Drivers on Traffic Safety in Rural and Urban Communities
  (03/2007) Status: Completed
• Technology Analysis for Mileage Based User Fee System
  (02/2007) Status: Completed
• Phase III: Mn/DOT Utility Coordination Implementation - Local Agencies, Utility Owners, Consultants
  (02/2007) Status: Completed
• Development of Analysis Methods Using Recent Data
  (02/2007) Status: Completed
• Develop and Analyze ATRI Database
  (02/2007) Status: Completed
• Growth of Property Values Near Major Transportation Corridors
  (01/2007) Status: Completed
• Methodology to Incorporate Historic/Prehistoric Surface Hydrology layer in Mn/Model Using Existing GIS Data
  (01/2007) Status: Completed
• Examining the Impacts of Residential Self-selection on Travel Behavior: Methodologies and Empirical Findings
  (01/2007) Status: Completed