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.
|
Title: Mode Shift in Transit Under-served Areas in the New York City Region Author(s): Dr. Zhan Guo Publication Year: 2010 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… |
|
Title: Integrated Transportation and Land Use Planning:Facilitating Coordination Across and Among Jurisdictions Author(s): Dr. Allison L. C. de Cerreño, Dr. Allison L. C. de Cerreño Publication Year: 2009 The publication “Strengthening Interjurisdictional Coordination on Transportation and Related Land Use – A Guidebook for Practitioners” is intended to facilitate better integration of land use and transportation planning. The guidebook is drawn… |
|
Title: Crosswalk Safety: Evaluating the Lightguard System Author(s): Dr. Peter R. Boyce Publication Year: 2002 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… |
|
Title: Crosswalk Safety: Evaluating the Lightguard System Author(s): Dr. Peter R. Boyce Publication Year: 2002 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… |
|
Title: Bollards May Improve Crosswalk Safety Author(s): Dr. Mark Rea, Dr. John Bullough Publication Year: 2010 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… |
|
Title: Lighting Innovation Increases Pedestrian Safety (TR News, May-June 2010) Author(s): Dr. Mark Rea, Dr. John Bullough Publication Year: 2010 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… |
|
Title: Controlled Composite Action Connectors: Proof of Concept Author(s): Dr. M. Ala Saadeghvaziri Publication Year: 2010 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… |
|
Title: Controlled Composite Action Connectors: Proof of Concept Author(s): Dr. M. Ala Saadeghvaziri Publication Year: 2010 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… |
|
Title: Compression and Mining of GPS Trace Data: New Techniques and Applications for Transportation Author(s): Dr. Catherine T. Lawson, Dr. Catherine T. Lawson, Dr. Catherine T. Lawson Publication Year: 2011 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… |
|
Title: Compression and Mining of GPS Trace Data: New Techniques and Applications for Transportation Author(s): Dr. Catherine T. Lawson, Dr. Jeong-Hyon Hwang, Dr. Sekharipuram S. Ravi Publication Year: 2011 The massive volumes of trajectory data generated by inexpensive GPS devices have led to difficulties in processing, querying, transmitting and storing such data. To overcome these difficulties, a number of algorithms for compressing trajectory… |
|
Title: Presentation - Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in Hong Kong: Recent Development and Future Applications Author(s): Publication Year: 2012 |
|
Title: Crosswalk Demonstration Project: Design and Evaluation of Effective Crosswalk Illumination Author(s): Dr. John Bullough, Dr. Mark Rea Publication Year: 2009 Pedestrian-related crashes are a common cause of roadway fatalities, and reduced visibility at night is a probable contributor to pedestrian injuries and death. The purpose of the present study was to systematically evaluate different approaches… |
|
Title: Value Pricing and Traffic Reduction Incentives Author(s): Dr. Harold Deutschman Publication Year: 2012 As traffic congestion grows in cities and suburban areas throughout the United States, the cost of traveling is directly affected and increased. A new concept for combating congestion is the idea of Value Pricing, also known as congestion pricing… |
|
Title: Personal Travel Surveys in New York City Author(s): Evan Bialostozky Publication Year: 2009 |
|
Title: UTC Spotlight on the study Author(s): Matthew Roe Publication Year: 2009 |
|
Title: Water Quality Mitigation Banking-Brief Author(s): Publication Year: 2009 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… |
|
Title: 5 - Employment Trends in the Study Area Author(s): Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan Publication Year: 2000 <p>The objective of this working paper is to show trends in employment in different industries in the study area. Two sets of tables and figures are presented to illustrate these trends. Tables 1A through 1D, and figures 1 through 10 show… |
|
Title: 4 - Socio-Economic Characteristics of Northern New Jersey Author(s): Dr. Robert E. Paaswell, Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan Publication Year: 2000 This working paper describes the socio-economic trends in the fourteen northern New Jersey counties which constitute the study area for the project: New Jersey: Link to the 21st Century. The paper is based on data primarily taken from the 1990… |
|
Title: New Jersey's Link to the 21st Century:Maximizing the Impact of Infrastructure Investments: Available Data and Data Source DescriptionandReview of Selected Related Papers-Working Paper #3 Author(s): Publication Year: 2000 <p>An improvement in the transportation system in a certain area will have an impact on accessibility, which in turn may affect land use, economic development and travel patterns in that region. How large is this impact on each of the above… |
|
Title: Evaluation of Plastic and Recycled Plastic Composite Piling in Corrosive Soil Author(s): Publication Year: 2000 In the United States millions of piles are used to support residential, commercial, and transportation structures. There are, however, some problems associated with the use of traditional piling. It is now more commonly required to install piles… |