Current Research

Development of Cost-Effective Sensing Systems and Analytics (CeSSA) to Monitor Roadway Conditions and Mobility Safety

Posted by sj765 on December 29, 2020

Sponsor: PSR9 UTC

PI: Dr. Chun-Hsing Ho

Project Report: https://www.metrans.org/assets/research/psr-19-20_ho_final-report.pdf

Dates: 01/06/2020-01/05/2021

The project presents a pavement sensing system along with a list of promising computing models that can be used to predict pavement conditions using a vehicle-based sensing technology. The project started with data acquisition obtained from the previous field data collection followed by a series of data computing using machine leaning methods to determine a promising computing algorithm. Subsequently, statistical analyses were performed to evaluate the… Read more

Impacts of Intersection Treatments and Traffic Characteristics on Bicyclist Safety

Posted by nbl42 on November 1, 2019

Sponsor: Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)

PI: Brendan J. Russo, Co-PI: Edward J. Smaglik

Project Report: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Programs/ResearchDocuments/SPR833FinalReport.pdf

In urban and suburban locations, intersections are where a variety of transportation modes converge, thus leading to an increased potential for conflicts, including those between bicyclists and motor vehicles. A common crash type involving bicycles at intersections is the “right/left-hook” where a right/left-turning vehicle collides with a through bicyclist. While various geometric treatments and signal control strategies (e.g. bike boxes, mixing… Read more

Improving Pedestrian Safety in Phoenix

Posted by nbl42 on August 20, 2019

Phase One – Development of Map-Based Analysis Tool

Sponsor: City of Phoenix 

PI: Brendan J Russo, Co-PI: Edward J Smaglik

Start Date: August 2019

Pedestrian safety is a noteworthy public health issue in the City of Phoenix, as well as for the state of Arizona and the United States as a whole. This issue is of particular concern in recent years in Phoenix and Arizona, as the number of pedestrians killed in traffic crashes has continually increased year to year. In fact, a… Read more

Pacific Southwest Region 9 University Transportation Center

Posted by nbl42 on March 2, 2018

PI: Edward J. Smaglik

Sponsor: USDOT (Prime: USC)

Project Start Date: 2016

The Pacific Southwest Region UTC is the Region 9 University Transportation Center funded under the US Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Centers Program. Established in 2016, the Pacific Southwest Region UTC (PSR) is led by the University of Southern California and includes seven partners:

·         Northern Arizona University

·         California State University, Long Beach

·         University of California, Davis

·         University of California, Irvine

·         University of California, Los Angeles

·         University of Hawaii

·         Pima Community… Read more

Evaluation of Inlaid Pavement Markings in Northern Arizona

Posted by nbl42 on

PI: Brendan J Russo

Sponsor: Arizona Department of Transportation (Prime: CivTech)

Project Start Date: 2016

This project involves an evaluation of the potential safety impacts of inlaid pavement markings on I-40 and I-17 in northern Arizona using the Empirical Bayes (EB) methodology.  Inlaid pavement markings are designed to better withstand snow plow activities and maintain their retroreflectivity better than standard pavement markings. The project entails collecting and analyzing crash, geometric, and environmental data for both treatment sites and control sites. Statistical software… Read more

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