This research investigates the impact of residential parking on household travel behavior in transit under-served areas (TUSA) in the New York City region. It focuses on an important but often overlooked issue in reshaping the travel pattern in TUSA neighborhoods- residential parking. It finds that TUSA households with only on-street parking tend to have fewer cars, make fewer vehicle trips, and drive less overall VMT, compared to households with a garage.

Accidents involving pedestrians on crosswalks are a common cause of road fatalities. In-pavement flashing warning lights have been proposed as a means of increasing the conspicuity of a crosswalk when a pedestrian is using it. Evaluations in California and Washington have demonstrated the effectiveness of such in-pavement flashing warning lights on moderating drivers’ behavior when approaching a crosswalk. However, in-pavement flashing warning light systems are more expensive to install than striping, the conventional way of identifying crosswalks.

In an effort to reduce traffic accidents involving pedestrians, the Lighting Research Center (LRC) joined with the New Jersey Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration (through the University Transportation Research Center at the City University of New York) to evaluate different crosswalk lighting systems. Traditionally, intersection lighting is provided by pole-mounted luminaires. While the luminaires illuminate the crosswalk and surrounding areas, they don’t always provide enough contrast between the pedestrian and his or her background.

Scientists at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) are developing a lighting system to increase the safety of pedestrians crossing the street at nighttime. Led by John Bullough, the researchers evaluated different crosswalk lighting systems to determine which would best illuminate the pedestrian and provide enough background contrast to increase visibility. The study was supported by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration through the University Transportation Research Center at the City University of New York.

Tens of thousands of bridges in the US develop transverse deck cracking due to concrete shrinkage. Transverse cracks are observed on various types of superstructures and in most geographical locations. They increase the maintenance cost, reduce bridge life through accelerated corrosion, cause water leakage, and impact aesthetics. Most researchers have tried to tackle this problem to date by focusing on changes in design and construction techniques, many of which have been implemented, but the problem still remains.

The enormous prevalence and popularity of GPS devices have led to a growth market called Location-based services. These applications, often developed for mobile devices, utilize location information, such as the location of the person accessing the application, and commonly the location patterns of other users. Location-based service is an active area of research, encompassing applications such as supply-chain management, location detection and traffic modeling.

New Jersey Department of Transportation is required to do “on-site” treatment of stormwater runoff to comply with applicable local and federal laws. This report investigates the concept of water quality banking that can allow greater flexibility in dealing with water quality mitigation issues while complying with applicable local and federal laws.

Freight transportation has recently been pushed to the forefront of transportation planning by the confluence of several significant trends. Economic globalization, electronic commerce and the Internet are profoundly changing the geographic realm and the features of economic markets. Just In Time production systems are stressing the importance of freight systems as conveyors of high priority goods.

Freight transportation has recently been pushed to the forefront of transportation planning by the confluence of several significant trends. Economic globalization, electronic commerce and the Internet are profoundly changing the geographic realm and the features of economic markets. Just In Time production systems are stressing the importance of freight systems as conveyors of high priority goods.