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Sirisha Kothuri
Senior Research Associate
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Portland State University
Sirisha Kothuri, Ph.D. is a senior research associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Portland State University. Dr. Kothuri’s primary research interests are in the areas of multimodal traffic operations, bicycle and pedestrian counting, and safety. Dr. Kothuri is the research co-chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Pedestrians Committee (ANF10) and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Subcommittee (ABJ 35(3)) and a member of Traffic Signal Systems committee. Dr. Kothuri received her BCE from Osmania University, India, MSCE from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge and Ph.D. from Portland State University.
Email: skothuri@pdx.edu
Projects
- Improving Accuracy and Precision of Pedestrian Volume Estimates Using Advanced Machine Learning Approaches
- Automated Detection, Tracking, and Safety Analysis of Pedestrians and Cyclists Using YOLOv9
- State DOT and Tribal Use of Active Transportation Data: Practices, Sources, Needs, and Gaps (NCHRP 07-31)
- Applying the Safe System Approach in Decision-Making
- Division Street Transit Project: FX2 Shared Bicycle & Pedestrian Platform Evaluation
- Statewide Active Transportation Count Database (SATDB-003)
- Improving Accuracy and Precision of Bicycle Volume Estimates Using Advanced Machine Learning Approaches
- Exploring the Use of Crowdsourced Data Sources for Pedestrian Count Estimations
- Subcontract: NCHRP 15-73 Design Options to Reduce Turning Motor Vehicle – Bicycle Conflicts at Controlled Intersections
- Subcontract: NCHRP 15-74 Safety Evaluation of On-Street Bicycle Facility Design Features
- Pedestrian Behavior Study to Advance Pedestrian Safety in Smart Transportation Systems Using Innovative LIDAR Sensors
- Updating ODOT Safety Investigation Manual
- Exploring Data Fusion Techniques to Estimate Network-Wide Bicycle Volumes
- Data-Driven Mobility Strategies for Multimodal Transportation
- Effect of Residential Street Speed Limit Reduction from 25 to 20 mi/hr on Driving Speeds in Portland, Oregon
- Bicycle Detection and Feedback Assessment
- Addressing Oregon’s Rise in Deaths and Serious Injuries for Senior Drivers and Pedestrians
- Subcontract: NCHRP 17-87 Enhancing Pedestrian Volume Estimation and Developing HCM Pedestrian Methodologies for Safe and Sustainable Communities
- Road User Understanding of Bicycle Signal Faces on Traffic Signals
- Understanding Factors Affecting Arterial Reliability Performance Metrics
- Preliminary Analysis of Speed Limit Changes in Eastern Oregon
- Improved Safety and Efficiency of Protected/Permitted Right Turns in Oregon
- Addressing Bicycle-Vehicle Conflicts with Alternate Signal Control Strategies
- Improving Bicycle Crash Prediction for Urban Road Segments
- Improving Walkability Through Control Strategies at Signalized Intersections
- Investigation of Bicycle and Pedestrian Continuous and Short Duration Count Technologies in Oregon
- Incorporating Pedestrian Considerations into Signal Timing
- Improving Adaptive Response Signal Control Performance: Implications of Non-Invasive Detection and Legacy Timing Practices
- Multimodal Data at Signalized Intersections: Strategies for Archiving Existing and New Data Streams to Support Operations and Planning