2015

Research Reports | Active and Completed Projects

Research Reports

• Effect of Temperature on Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girder Strand Stress During Fabrication
  December 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-50
• National Transit Map - United States: Methodology Report
  December 2015 Report no. CTS 15-12
• Exploring Strategies for Promoting Modal Shifts to Transitways
  December 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-49
• Assessing the Impacts of Student Transportation on Public Transit
  December 2015 Report no. Metro Transit 2015
• The Influences of the Hiawatha LRT on Changes in Travel Behavior: A Retrospective Study on Movers
  November 2015 Report no. CTS 15-10
• Real Estate Development in Anticipation of the Green Line Light Rail Transit in St. Paul
  November 2015 Report no. CTS 15-09
• Teen Driver Support System (TDSS) Field Operational Test
  November 2015 Report no. CTS 16-04
• Assessing the Use of Shrub-Willows for Living Snow Fences in Minnesota
  November 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-46
• Real Estate Development Impacts of Transitway Funding Announcements (Research Brief)
  August 2015 Report no. CTS Research Brief 2015-01-V2
• Estimation of Winter Snow Operation Performance Measures with Traffic-Flow Data, Phase 2
  August 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-44
• Perception of Waiting Time at Transit Stops and Stations (Research Brief)
  August 2015 Report no. CTS Research Brief 2015-02
• Determination of Effective Impervious Area in Urban Watersheds
  July 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-41
• Interstate 35E MnPASS Managed Lanes Extension: Little Canada Road to County Road 96 Pre-Implementation Study
  June 2015 Report no. CTS 15-05
• Human Factors of Vehicle-Based Lane Departure Warning Systems
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-35
• Laboratory Performance Test for Asphalt Concrete
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-24
• Development of Active Traffic Management Strategies for Minnesota Freeway Corridors
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-26
• Develop Annual Arterial Congestion Report
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-32
• Development of Guidelines for Permitted Left-Turn Phasing Using Flashing Yellow Arrows.
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-27
• Appendix H I-35E MnPASS Extension Land Use Study Support, Encourage, and Enhance Transit & Carpool Use
  June 2015 Report no. CTS 15-05 Appendix H
• Protocols and Criteria for Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Fracture-Critical Steel Bridges
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-36
• Travel Behavior Over Time
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-23
• Permeable Pavements in Cold Climates: State of the Art and Cold Climate Case Studies
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-30
• Statewide Cycloplan: Bicycle Planning Tool & Participatory GIS
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-29
• The Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative: Implementation Study
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-34
• Minnesota Steel Culvert Pipe Service-Life Map
  June 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-31
• Web-Based Preventative Blowing and Drifting Snow Control Calculator Decision Tool
  May 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-21
• Access Across America: Walking 2014 Methodology
  May 2015 Report no. CTS 15-04
• MnPASS Modeling and Pricing Algorithm Enhancement
  May 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-22
• Implementation of Traffic Data Quality Verification for WIM Sites
  May 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-18
• Access Across America: Walking 2014
  May 2015 Report no. CTS 15-03
• Development of a Sensor Platform for Roadway Mapping: Part B - Mapping the Road Fog Lines
  April 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-11
• Matrix (Partially Grouted) Riprap Lab Flume Study
  April 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-15
• Transportation Investment and Economic Development in Minnesota Counties
  April 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-12
• Sediment Transport through Recessed Culverts: Laboratory Experiments
  March 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-08
• Evaluating Twin Cities Transitways Performance and their Interaction with Traffic on Neighboring Major Roads
  March 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-09
• Impact of Exempting the Recording of Low Level Speed Violations in Minnesota
  February 2015 Report no. CTS 15-01
• SmarTrAC: A Smartphone Solution for Context-Aware Travel and Activity Capturing
  February 2015 Report no. 2015 SmarTrAC
• The Impacts of LRT and Neighborhood Characteristics on Auto Ownership (Research Brief)
  January 2015 Report no. CTS Research Brief 2014-02
• Lighting Levels for Isolated Intersections: Leading to Safety Improvements
  January 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-05
• Development and Integration of Advanced Timber Bridge Inspection Techniques for NBIS
  January 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-01
• Transportation Planning to Support Economic Development: An Exploratory Study of Competitive Industry Clusters and Transportation in Minnesota
  January 2015 Report no. MnDOT 2015-02

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Active and Completed Research Projects

• Snow Control Web Tools: Maintenance and Administration FY16
  (12/2015) Status: Completed
• Those who Need it Most: Maximizing Transit Accessibility and Removing Barriers to Employment in Areas of Concentrated Poverty (Phase 3-Hennepin County)
  (12/2015) Status: Completed
• MnDOT Consultant Workshop, 2016
  (12/2015) Status: Completed
• Cost-competitive Timber Bridge Designs for Long Term Performance
  (12/2015) Status: Completed
• Evaluation of the Smart Work Zone Speed Notification System
  (11/2015) Status: Completed
• Develop a Tool to Determine MnPASS Access Spacing
  (11/2015) Status: Completed
• Assessing the Impact of Pedestrian-Activated Crossing Systems
  (11/2015) Status: Completed
• Specific Strategies for Achieving Transit-Oriented Economic Development: Applying National Lessons to the Twin Cities -- Phase 2
  (11/2015) Status: Completed
• Development of a Road Condition Recovery Time Estimation System for Winter Snow Events
  (10/2015) Status: Completed
• LRRB Focus Groups, 2016 - 2017
  (10/2015) Status: Completed
• Advanced Flexibility in Design and Complete Streets, FY16
  (10/2015) Status: Completed
• Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) Admin/Outreach, 2015-2016
  (10/2015) Status: Completed
• RICWS Evaluation and Design Investigation
  (10/2015) Status: Completed
• RS Report Publication Services, FY16
  (10/2015) Status: Completed
• Towards Zero Deaths (TZD) Conference, 2015-2016
  (09/2015) Status: Completed
• Minnesota Council on Transportation Access (MCOTA) Support - Regional Coordination Workshops/Design Assistance
  (09/2015) Status: Completed
• CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Dynamic Methods of Traffic Control that Impact Quality of Life in Smart Cities
  (09/2015) Status: Completed
• Minnesota Council on Transportation Access (MCOTA) Outreach Support FY16
  (09/2015) Status: Completed
• Project Manager Workshops, FY16
  (09/2015) Status: Completed
• Expanding the Adoption on Private Lands: Blowing and Drifting Snow Control Treatments and the Cost Effectiveness of Permanent versus Non-Permanent Treatment Options.
  (09/2015) Status: Completed
• Feasibility of vibration-based long-term bridge monitoring using I35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge
  (09/2015) Status: Completed
• Administrative Support for the Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee (MFAC) - Fiscal Year 2016
  (08/2015) Status: Completed
• Traffic Sign Retro-Reflectivity Training Workshops FY16
  (08/2015) Status: Completed
• National Accessibility Evaluation
  (07/2015) Status: Completed
• Transportation Policy and Economic Competitiveness, year 3
  (07/2015) Status: Completed
• Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), FY16
  (07/2015) Status: Completed
• Hydraulic Power Supply for the Mechanical Testing of Resilient and Sustainable Structures, Pavements, Geomaterials, and Medical Devices
  (07/2015) Status: Completed
• Constrained Market Pricing and Revenue Adequacy: Regulatory Implications for Rail Carriers and Shippers
  (07/2015) Status: Completed
• SRN: Integrated Urban Infrastructure Solutions for Environmentally Sustainable, Healthy and Livable Cities
  (07/2015) Status: Completed
• CPS: Breakthrough: Improving Metropolitan-Scale Transportation Systems with Data-Driven Cyber-Control
  (07/2015) Status: Completed
• Reducing Emissions from Open Burning through Biomass Gasification
  (07/2015) Status: Completed
• In-Vehicle Work Zone Messages
  (07/2015) Status: Completed
• Understanding Manufacturers' Perspectives on Transportation in Four MnDOT Districts: An Industry Cluster Approach
  (07/2015) Status: Completed
• National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) at University of Minnesota
  (06/2015) Status: Completed
• MnPAVE-Rigid 2.0
  (06/2015) Status: Active
• Development of Travel Time Reliability Measurement System
  (05/2015) Status: Completed
• A Mechanistic Design Approach for Novel Graphene Nanoplatelet (GNP) Reinforced Asphalt Pavements for Low Temperature Applications
  (05/2015) Status: Completed
• Collaborative Consumption in Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing
  (05/2015) Status: Completed
• Test and Demonstration of Connected Vehicles Applications to Maintenance Operations
  (05/2015) Status: Completed
• Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Tool for Minnesota Pavements
  (05/2015) Status: Completed
• Slope Stabilization and Repair Solutions for Local Government Engineers
  (05/2015) Status: Completed
• Enhanced capabilities of BullReporter and BullConverter
  (05/2015) Status: Completed
• The Transportation Futures Project: Planning for Technology Change
  (04/2015) Status: Completed
• Exploring Walking Tolerance of Transitway Users
  (04/2015) Status: Completed
• Expanding the Success of Salt-Tolerant Roadside Turfgrasses through Innovation and Education
  (04/2015) Status: Completed
• Comparing Properties of Water Absorbing/Filtering Media for Bioslope/Bioswale Design
  (04/2015) Status: Completed
• Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) Sensor and Controller Operation and Performance Comparison
  (04/2015) Status: Completed
• Pothole Prevention and Innovative Repair
  (04/2015) Status: Completed
• Investigate the Effectiveness of Using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Technology to Trigger In-Vehicle Messages at Work Zones
  (04/2015) Status: Completed
• University of Minnesota Snow Control Web Tools: Maintenance and Administration
  (03/2015) Status: Completed
• Regional Accessibility Website
  (03/2015) Status: Completed
• Advanced Flexibility in Design and Complete Streets, FY15
  (03/2015) Status: Completed
• Building Expertise for Connected Vehicle Safety Applications
  (02/2015) Status: Completed
• American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials, Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures, Meeting
  (02/2015) Status: Completed
• App: Travel and Activity Recapper
  (01/2015) Status: Completed
• Spatial and Skills Mismatch of Unemployment and Job Vacancies: Opportunities for Integrated Transit and Workforce Development
  (01/2015) Status: Completed
• Innovative Technology Workshop on 3D Lidar
  (01/2015) Status: Completed
• New CEO Orientation and Peer Exchange
  (01/2015) Status: Completed
• Integration of Advanced Timber Bridge Inspection Techniques
  (01/2015) Status: Completed