Research Areas
Intelligent
Transportation Systems(ITS)
- Implementation of an Urban ITS
Center for New York City. Sponsor: New York City Department of Transportation
(Falcocchio, Juran).
- Organization of an International
Urban ITS Workshop. Co-Sponsored by US & European Cities (Juran,
Falcocchio).
- Fuzzy Control and Wide Area
Detection for Intersection Control. Sponsor: New York Energy Research
and Development Authority (Tzes).
- Developing Advanced IVHS Policies
in the INFORM Corridor. In partnership with Brookhaven National Laboratories
(Tzes, McShane).
- Real Time Traffic Control Through
Wide Area Detection. Sponsor: New York State Energy and Research Development
Authority and NYCDOT (Tzes, Kim).
- Economic Evaluation of the Benefits
of ITS. Sponsor: France INRETS, France Ministries of Transportation
and Research (Llanos).
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Highway
Capacity Analysis
- Capacity at Ramp-Freeway Junctions.
Sponsor: National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) (Roess,
Ulerio).
- HCM 2000. Sponsor: Subcontract
with Catalina Engineering, NCHRP (Roess, Ulerio).
- New HCM Software. Sponsor:
Subcontract with Catalina Engineering (FHWA), (Prassas, Ulerio, Roess,
McShane).
- Left-Turn Adjustment Factors
for Chapter 9 of the HCM. Sponsor: FHWA (Roess, Prassas, Ulerio).
- Preparation of the 1985 HCM.
Sponsor: NCHRP (Roess, McShane, Prassas, Ulerio).
- Software and Training Program
for the 1985 HCM. Sponsor: FHWA (Roess, McShane, Prassas, Ulerio).
- HCM-Cinema Software. Sponsor:
Co-developers with KLD Associates (Prassas, McShane).
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Policies
Studies
- Economic Benefits of Pedestrian
Traffic: Pedestrians and Their Impact on New York State's Economy &
Transportation. Sponsor: NYSDOT, under University Transportation Research
Center (Saito, Prassas).
- Four Cities (London, Paris,
New York, Tokyo) Transport Comparison Project. Sponsor: The Institute
of Public Administration, (Falcocchio, Juran).
- Early Outreach Sessions for
the New York State Transportation Plan. Sponsor: NYSDOT and the University
Transportation Research Center, (Zimmerman, Falcocchio).
- Control Policies Sensitive to
Bus Transit Operations. Sponsor: The Regional Transportation Research
Consortium of Universities (UTRC Region II), (Prassas).
- Traffic Congestion Impact of
Parking Availability and Pricing Policies in the Manhattan Central Business
District. Sponsor: NYCDOT and The Regional Transportation Research
Consortium of Universities (UTRC Region II), (Falcocchio, Prassas).
- Commuter Van Service Policy
Study. Sponsor: The New York City Department of City Planning (Allison,
Bloch, Levinson).
- A Comprehensive Express Bus
Service Plan for New York City. Sponsor: The New York City Department
of City Planning (Levinson, Chanu, Neuhaus, Sparrow).
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Travel
Demand Management
- Impact of Mode and Mode Transfer
on Commuter Stress. Sponsor: NYC Transit, NJ Transit and University
Transportation Research Center (Wener).
- Transportation Demand Management
Manual Development. Sponsor: NYSDOT and The Regional Transportation
Research Consortium of Cities (UTRC Region II) (Saito, McKnight, Prassas,
Falcocchio).
- Travel Patterns and Mode Choice
Survey of Downtown Brooklyn Employees. Sponsor: Metrotech Development
Business Association (Prassas, McShane).
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Operational
Analysis
- Operability of Parking Meters.
Sponsor: NYCDOT and University Transportation Research Center (Goulias,
Falcocchio).
- Improving the Knowledge Base
and Tools for Transportation. Sponsor: Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey and Regional Transportation Consortium Universities (UTRC Region
II) (McShane, Prassas).
- HCM/Cinema. Sponsor: Polytechnic
University and KLD Associates (Prassas).
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Transportation
Models
- Applications of Petri Networks
to Traffic Intersection Modeling. Sponsor: Polytechnic University (Tzes,
Kim ).
- A Time Varying Model for Intersection
Delay. Sponsor: Polytechnic University (Ha, McShane).
- Traffic Prediction for the Manhattan
CBD Network and Analysis of Future Alternative Design Alignments for the
Route 9A Corridor. Sponsor: New York State Department of Transportation,
via Urbitran Associates, Inc. (Falcocchio).
- NETSIM Training Course.
Sponsor: Federal Highway Administration (Prassas).
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Recycling,
Highway Materials and Pavement Systems
- Laboratory Evaluation and Performance
of Asphalt Concrete Pavement and Sub-base Materials Using Waste Tires as
Modifier. Sponsor NJDOT, USDOT and University Transportation Research
Center (Goulias).
- Waste Plastics Use in Infrastructure
Construction Materials. Sponsor: NJDOT, FHWA and NYCDOT (Juran, Goulias,
Thevanayagan).
- Optimum Location of Pavement
Sensors. Sponsor: NJDOT, NYSDOT, USDOT and University Transportation
Research Center (Goulias).
- Light Weight Poles from Recycled
Plastic Resins. Sponsor: LILCO (Goulias, Juran).
- Urban Roadwork Technologies.
Sponsors: Port Authority of NY & NJ, Con Edison (Pagdadis, Goulias).
- Recycled Composite Materials
for Highway Poles. Sponsor: NYSERDA (Goulias).
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