UTRC follows the reporting requirements set forth by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). The purpose of these reports is to share the funded research results available for the transportation professionals and researchers and to publish the center’s past and future activities in the education, workforce development and technology transfer programs.
UTRC publications include a variety of reports; Project Reports, Project Briefs, Journal Articles, Quarterly Newsletters, Annual Reports, and Conference Reports. These reports can be accessed using the search tool which filters publications by the report type, publication year, principal investigator, and research topics.
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Title: Characterization of Fatigue Properties of Binders and Mastics at Intermediate Temperatures using Dynamic Shear Rheometer Author(s): Dr. Yusuf A. Mehta Publication Year: 2013 The paper compares the fatigue life of neat and modified PAV-aged binders and mastics and determines the influence of dust on fatigue life using the Linear Amplitude Sweep (LAS) method. It will also compare these… |
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Title: Leveraging Brightness from Transportation Lighting Systems through Light Source Color: Implications for Energy Use and Safety for Traffic and Pedestrians Author(s): Dr. John Bullough Publication Year: 2013 Roadway transportation lighting is installed for multiple reasons including traffic safety and pedestrian security. Judgments of pedestrian safety and security along roadways are not strictly correlated to specified… |
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Title: Relating the 2010 Signalized Intersection Methodology to Alternate Approaches in the Context of NYC Conditions Author(s): Dr. Elena Prassas Publication Year: 2013 The Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) has had a delay-based level of service methodology for signalized intersections since 1985. The 2010 HCM has revised the method for calculating delay. This happened concurrent with… |
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Title: Towards Socially and Economically Sustainable Urban Developments: Impacts of Toll Pricing on Residential Developments Author(s): Dr. Changhyun Kwon Publication Year: 2013 The goal of this research is to investigate the effects of road pricing on residential land use choices and to help select pricing policies that foster socially and economically sustainable residential development in… |
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Title: Conduct Urban Agglomeration with the Baton of Transportation Author(s): Dr. Xiaokun (Cara) Wang Publication Year: 2013 A key indicator of traffic activity patterns is commuting distance. Shorter commuting distances yield less traffic, fewer emissions, and lower energy consumption. This study develops a spatial error seemingly unrelated regression model to… |
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Title: Traffic Volume Estimation using Network Interpolation Techniques Author(s): Dr. Xiaokun (Cara) Wang Publication Year: 2013 Kriging method is a frequently used interpolation methodology in geography, which enables estimations of unknown values at certain places with the considerations of distances among locations. When it is used in… |
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Title: Evaluation of the Cooperative Multi- Carrier Delivery Initiatives Author(s): Dr. Xiaokun (Cara) Wang, Dr. Alison Conway, Dr. Camille Kamga Publication Year: 2013 In the last several years there has been a surge of interest in fostering more sustainable logistical operations in urban areas. Under the umbrella of the generic term City Logistics, these initiatives try to take… |
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Title: Finite Element Model Updating and Damage Detection for Bridges Using Vibration Measurements Author(s): Dr. Raimondo Betti Publication Year: 2013 In this report, the results of a study on developing a damage detection methodology based on Statistical Pattern Recognition are presented. This methodology uses a new damage sensitive feature developed in this study… |
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Title: Effects of New Jersey’s Cell Phone and Text Ban Author(s): Dr. Ali Maher Publication Year: 2013 Since March 1, 2008 there has been a ban on wireless telephone and electronic communication devices in New Jersey while operating a motor vehicle. But from general observation on any roadway, it appears that there are… |
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Title: Appendices - Freight Conference Author(s): Publication Year: 2014 |
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Title: The Use of Large-scale Datasets for Understanding Network State Author(s): Dr. Camille Kamga, Dr. Satish V. Ukkusuri Publication Year: 2013 The goal of this proposal is to develop novel modeling techniques to infer individual activity patterns from the large scale cell phone datasets and taxi data from NYC. As such this research offers a paradigm shift… |
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Title: Mobile Source Air Toxics Mitigation Measures Author(s): Dr. Rae Zimmerman, Dr. Marta Panero Publication Year: 2013 In accordance with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) “Interim Guidance Update on Mobile Source Air Toxic Analysis in NEPA Documents (September 30, 2009),” transportation projects subject to the National… |
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Title: Computational Modeling of Driver Speed Control with its Applications in Developing Intelligent Transportation Systems to Prevent Speeding-Related Accidents Author(s): Dr. Changxu (Sean) Wu Publication Year: 2013 Speeding is the leading contributing factor in fatal accidents in NY state, according to NY State Department of Motor Vehicle Accidents Statistical Summary (2009). Understanding and modeling speeding and speed control… |
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Title: NYC 2013 Mayoral Election - Final Report Author(s): Publication Year: 2013 General Election Day, Tuesday, November 5th, 2013, is almost upon us, when voters around New York City (NYC) will take to the polls to select their next Mayor. The candidates on the ballot will include: Bill de Blasio… |
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Title: NYC 2013 Mayoral Election - Palm Card Author(s): Publication Year: 2013 |
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Title: NYC Mayoral Transportation - White Paper Author(s): Publication Year: 2013 Primary day, Tuesday, September 10, 2013, is almost upon us, when voters around New York City (NYC) will take to the polls for the Republican and Democratic parties to select their nominees for Mayor. The University… |
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Title: Eliminating Trucks On Roosevelt Island For The Collection Of Wastes Author(s): Benjamin Miller, Juliette Spertus, Juliette Spertus Publication Year: 2013 This study examined alternatives for improving the efficiency of the pneumatic system that has been used for collecting residential municipal solid waste on Roosevelt Island, New York since 1975. Alternatives included… |
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Title: A Study Of The Feasibility Of Pneumatic Transport Of Municipal Solid Waste And Recyclables In Manhattan Using Existing Transportation Infrastructure Author(s): Benjamin Miller, Juliette Spertus, Benjamin Miller, Juliette Spertus Publication Year: 2013 This study explored possibilities for using existing transportation infrastructure for the cost-effective installation of pneumatic waste-collection technology in Manhattan. If shown to be economically and… |
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Title: Financing Rail Capital Projects: Historical Lessons; Contemporary Cases Author(s): Dr. James Cohen Publication Year: 2013 Two large questions informed the research for this article: first, how and why did the mid‐20th century shift from private to public ownership, financing and operation of passenger railways affect the subsequent… |
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Title: Compression of trajectory data: a comprehensive evaluation and new approach Author(s): Dr. Catherine T. Lawson, Dr. Sekharipuram S. Ravi, Dr. Jeong-Hyon Hwang Publication Year: 2013 GPS-equipped mobile devices such as smart phones and in-car navigation units are collecting enormous amounts of spatial and temporal information that traces a moving object’s path. The exponential increase in the amount of such trajectory… |