2008

Research Reports | Active and Completed Projects

Research Reports

• RPV/UAV Surveillance for Transportation Management and Security
  December 2008 Report no. CTS 08-27
• Psychological and Roadway Correlates of Aggressive Driving
  December 2008 Report no. CTS 08-30
• Places and Networks: The Changing Landscape of Transportation and Technology Final Summary Report of the STAR-TEA 21 Project
  December 2008 Report no. CTS 08-15
• Collaboration in Fighting Traffic Congestion: A Study of Minnesota's Urban Partnership Agreement
  December 2008 Report no. CTS 08-25
• A Bus Signal Priority System Using Automatic Vehicle Location / Global Position Systems and Wireless Communication Systems
  December 2008 Report no. CTS 08-18
• Development of a Real-Time Arterial Performance Monitoring System Using Traffic Data Available from Existing Signal Systems
  December 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2009-01
• Portable Cellular Wireless Mesh Sensor Network for Vehicle Tracking in an Intersection
  December 2008 Report no. CTS 08-29
• Five-County Minnesota Case Study: Rural Roadway Fatal Crash Characteristics and Select Safety Improvement Programs
  December 2008 Report no. CTS 08-03
• Directional Sound for Long Distance Auditory Warnings from a Highway Construction Work Zone
  December 2008 Report no. CTS 08-20
• Scoping in Environmental Review for Transportation Projects: A Study of NEPA Scoping Methods and Outcomes in State Departments of Transportation
  December 2008 Report no. CTS 08-04
• Development of Real-Time Traffic Adaptive Crash Reduction Measures for the Westbound I-94/35W Commons Section
  December 2008 Report no. CTS 08-28
• Lessons for High School Students: 2008 Implementation and Evaluation Report
  December 2008 Report no. CTS 08-19
• The Implications of Current and Emerging Privacy Law for ITS
  December 2008 Report no. CTS 08-26
• Overview of Rural Intersection Crashes at Candidate Intersections for the Intersection Decision Support (IDS) System
  November 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-53
• Access to Destinations: Computation of Travel Time Data for Access to Destinations Study
  November 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-38
• Enhanced Micro-Simulation Models for Accurate Safety Assessment of Traffic Management ITS Solutions
  November 2008 Report no. CTS 08-17
• Novel Battery-Less Wireless Sensors for Traffic Flow Measurement
  November 2008 Report no. CTS 08-16
• Generational Perspective on Teen and Older Drivers on Traffic Safety in Rural and Urban Communities - Technical Summary
  October 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 200836TS
• Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) for Prestressed Bridge Girders
  October 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-51
• Examining the Impacts of Residential Self-Selection On Travel Behavior: Methodologies and Empirical Findings
  October 2008 Report no. CTS 08-24
• Review of California's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  October 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-52
• Improved Methodologies for the Inoculation of Prairie Legumes in Roadside/Revegetation Settings
  October 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-48
• Places and Networks: The Changing Landscape of Transportation and Technology
  October 2008 Report no. STAR-TEA 21 Summary
• Portable Traffic Data Processor
  September 2008 Report no. CTS 08-14
• Monitoring and Analysis of MnDOT Precast Composite Slab Span System (PCSSS)
  September 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-41
• Accident Prevention Based on Automatic Detection of Accident Prone Traffic Conditions: Phase I
  September 2008 Report no. CTS 08-12
• Study of Environmental Effects of De-Icing Salt on Water Quality in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota
  September 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-42
• TDRL Projects: Solar/Wind Hybrid Renewable Light Pole, Gravel-Road Traffic Counter, DLL-Based Traffic Software Development Kit
  September 2008 Report no. CTS 08-21
• Development of Flexural Vibration Inspection Techniques to Rapidly Assess the Structural Health of Rural Bridge Systems
  September 2008 Report no. CTS 08-22
• Improving Carsharing and Transit Service with ITS
  September 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-43
• Production and Wind Dispersal of Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense L.) Achenes
  September 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-39
• Generational Perspective on Teen and Older Drivers on Traffic Safety in Rural and Urban Communities
  September 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-36
• The Impact of Bicycling Facilities on Commute Mode Share
  August 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-33
• Review of New Hampshire's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  August 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-30
• Design Tool for Controlling Runoff and Sediment from Highway Construction
  August 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-35
• Review of Nevada's Rural Intersection Crashes: Application of Methodology for Identifying Intersections for Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
  August 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-31
• Fleet Asset Life Cycle Costing with Intelligent Vehicles
  August 2008 Report no. CTS 08-13
• The Effectiveness and Safety of Traffic and Non-Traffic Related Messages Presented on Changeable Message Signs-Phase II
  August 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-27
• Development of a Trash Harvester for MnDOT - Phase II
  July 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-21
• Effects of Seasonal Changes on Ride Quality at MnROAD
  July 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-23
• Access to Destinations: Parcel Level Land Use Data Acquisition and Analysis for Measuring Non-Auto Accessibility
  July 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-19
• Intelligent Compaction Implementation: Research Assessment
  July 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-22
• Access to Destinations: Monitoring Land Use Activity Changes in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region
  July 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-26
• A Smaller Carbon Footprint: Research Suggests Combining Strategies to Meet Legislative Goals in the Transportation Sector
  June 2008 Report no. CTS 08-10S
• Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Transportation Sources in Minnesota
  June 2008 Report no. CTS 08-10
• Multi-Camera Monitoring of Human Activities at Critical Transportation Infrastructure Sites
  June 2008 Report no. CTS 08-08
• TH 241 Column-Supported Embankment
  June 2008 Report no. CTS 08-11
• Integration of Infrared Imaging for a Head Up Display Lane Keeping and Collision Avoidance System
  June 2008 Report no. CTS 08-09
• Cross Median Crashes: Identification and Countermeasures
  June 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-17
• Determination of Optimum Time for the Application of Surface Treatments to Asphalt Concrete Pavements - Phase II
  June 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-16
• Advanced BRT Volume II: Innovative Technologies for Dedicated Roadways
  June 2008 Report no. CTS 08-07
• Methods to Incorporate Historic Surface Hydrology Layer in Mn/Model [Phase 4] Using Existing Geographic Information System Data
  May 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-13
• Access to Destinations: How Close is Close Enough? Estimating Accurate Distance Decay Functions for Multiple Modes and Different Purposes
  May 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-11
• Access to Destinations: Twin Cities Metro-wide Traffic Micro-simulation Feasibility Investigation
  May 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-15
• An Inventory of the Public Land Surveys Records for Minnesota: The Special Instructions
  May 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-05
• Rural and Urban Safety Cultures: Human-Centered Interventions Toward Zero Deaths in Rural Minnesota - Technical Summary
  April 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 200741TS
• The Safety of Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel in Minnesota: Inventory, Analysis and Prospectus - Technical Summary
  April 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 200704TS
• Measuring the Material Properties of Aggregate Base Containing Recycled Materials - Technical Summary
  April 2008 Report no. MnDOT 200725TS
• Surveying Noxious Weeds in Roadway Rights-of-Way - Technical Summary
  April 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 200742TS
• Improving Capacity Planning for Demand-Responsive Paratransit Services
  April 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-09
• Advanced BRT Volume I: Innovative Technologies for Dedicated Roadways
  March 2008 Report no. CTS 08-06
• FY06 NATSRL-Integration of Automated Vehicle System Data Acquisition into Fleet Management
  March 2008 Report no. CTS 08-05
• Impact of Alternative Storm Water Management Approaches on Highway Infrastructure - Technical Summary
  February 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 200549TS
• Putting Research into Practice: Managing Conflicts Arising from Public Involvement in Transportation Projects - Technical Summary
  February 2008 Report no. MnDOT 200624TS
• Rural Transportation Safety and the Strategic Highway Safety Plan: An Examination of Select State Programs and Practices
  February 2008 Report no. CTS 08-02
• Development of Improved Test Rolling Methods for Roadway Embankment Construction
  February 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-08
• Pavement Rehabilitation Selection
  January 2008 Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-06
• Wet Meadow Revegetation Following Invasive Plant Control
  January 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-04
• Freight Performance Measure Systems (FPMS) System Evaluation and Data Analysis
  January 2008 Report no. CTS 08-01
• Compaction Remediation for Construction Sites
  January 2008 Report no. MnDOT 2008-01

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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
• 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
• Development of a Weigh-Pad Based Portable WIM System
  (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
• Requirements for Effective Fuel Economy Displays for Improving Fuel Economy and Safety
  (09/2008) Status: Completed
• Progressive Failure of Slopes and Excavations as Fracture Problems
  (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
• Statistical Analysis of the Soil Chemical Survey Data
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Performance of Low Impact Development Practices on Stormwater Pollutant Load Abatement
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Real-time Nonintrusive Detection of Driver Drowsiness - Phase II - FY09 NATSRL
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Assessment and Recommendations for Operation of Standard Sumps as Best Management Practices for Stormwater Treatment
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• RSS Report Publication Services, 2009
  (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
• Value Capture for Transportation Finance
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Asphalt Mixture and Binder Fracture Testing for 2008 MnROAD Construction
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Financing Transportation Through the Capture of Land Value Gains: Taxes, Exactions and Synthesis
  (07/2008) Status: Completed
• Financing Transportation Through the Capture of Land Value Gains: Practical Integration and Stakeholder Involvement
  (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
• Financing Transportation Through the Capture of Land Value Gains: The Value Capture Strategies of TIF, SAD, and Joint Development
  (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
• 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
• State Conservation Plan - Transportation Sub-Section of Land Use Practices Section
  (02/2008) Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations Study, Administration 2008 - 2009
  (02/2008) Status: Completed
• Advanced Dynamic LED Warning Signs for Rural Intersections Powered By Renewable Energy
  (02/2008) Status: Completed
• Investigation of Policy-Based Statewide Safety Measure Quantification
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• Development of the Next Generation Metro-Wide Simulation Models for the Twin Cities' Metropolitan Area: Mesoscopic Modeling
  (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
• Operation of Traffic Systems in Oversaturated Conditions
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• Transportation Funding in Minnesota: Past, Present, and Prospects
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• Analysis of Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles ITS Concept of Operations
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• Development of Next Generation Simulation Models for Twin Cities: Freeway Metro-wide simulation model, Phase 1
  (01/2008) Status: Completed
• Composite Pavements
  (01/2008) Status: Completed