Enhancing Bicycle and Pedestrian Education through Curriculum and Faculty Development
Lynn Weigand
This project was intended to provide relevant curriculum on bicycle and pedestrian transportation that can be used by planning and engineering faculty to integrate these topics into their course offerings. We developed a module-based curriculum for b ...
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Investigation of Extant Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) Tools
John Gliebe
A case study was undertaken in order to evaluate the potential use of dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) tools by Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and its partner agencies. The objectives of this study were to provide insight into the nature ...
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A comprehensive roadmap for the development of low/no emission vehicle infrastructure in the Portland Metro region
John MacArthur
Peter Murchie , George Beard
The shift from combustion engines to low- and no-emission electric vehicles is underway and gaining momentum. During the last year, Oregon has become an active player in the electric vehicle arena, with a number of promising relationships and activit ...
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Permanent Freight Data Collection Infrastructure and Archive System
Christopher Monsere
Kristin Tufte
Freight transportation makes up a substantial portion of the daily vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the Portland metropolitan area and is vital for the region’s economic vitality. Further, truck movements on the Portland area freeway system are impa ...
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Safety Investigation Manual Training with OSU
Christopher Monsere
Christopher Monsere and Karen Dixon provided training at Oregon State University for the ODOT Safety Investigation Manual (TREC project 555). The objective of this manual is to provide a resource to assist ODOT traffic investigators with highway safe ...
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Integrated Multimodal Transportation, Air Quality, and Livability Corridor Study: Measuring, Understanding, and Modeling the Interactions
Miguel Andres Figliozzi
Christopher Monsere , Linda George , Ashley Haire
The Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) is used to mitigate traffic congestion along urban arterial corridors. Although there
has been research on SCATS’ performance, this report combines three different areas of research about SCAT ...
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SW Broadway Cycle Track & SW Stark/Oak Street Buffered Bike Lanes
Christopher Monsere
Jennifer Dill
Two innovative bicycle facilities installed in late summer and early fall 2009 in downtown Portland by the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) were evaluated to understand how they are functioning on multiple levels. All of these facilit ...
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Strength & Fatigue of Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite Bridge Decks with Mechanical Deck to Stringer Connectors
Peter Dusicka
Final report available at:
http://www.oregon.gov/odot/td/tp_res/docs/reports/2012/sr_500_490.pdf
Replacement of the steel grating deck on the lift span of the Morrison Bridge in Portland, OR, will utilize glass fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) pane ...
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Metro DASH Model Implementation
John Gliebe
Final report at: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TP/docs/omug/concept.pdf
Trip-based models are no longer adequate for some of the more complex questions. They fail to account for time of day sensitivity, dynamic congestion effects, variable pricing ...
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Valuation of Fair Value of DMV Records
Jenny Liu
This report evaluates the fair value of an exclusive license that authorizes the Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS) or another entity to be the exclusive provider of electronic access to the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Division (D ...
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2010 Transit Oriented Developments Survey
Jennifer Dill
This report presents results from surveys of residents at several transit-oriented developments (TODs) in Portland, Gresham, Hillsboro, and Happy Valley. The research complements survey work done in 2005 at sites near three MAX stations in Hillsboro ...
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Application of WIM Data for Improved Modeling, Design, and Rating
Christopher Monsere
Christopher Higgins , Andrew Nichols
The objectives of this research are to: 1.) collect, sort, filter, and archive WIM data to permit development of long-term continuous records of high-quality WIM data and; 2.) use the WIM data archive to monitor WIM sensor health, develop loads for a ...
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