Sponsor: Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
PI: Edward J. Smaglik
Project Start|End Date: 2014 | 2017
In this study, NAU led a team of three universities to determine the impact the use of non-invasive vehicles has on adaptive control. The research team developed a home-grown data collection device that was used to collect event-based detection data at multiple sites across the state of Oregon. This collected data and associated products were then modeled and used to provide guidance for the DOT for the deployment of vehicle detection devices regarding items such as zone location, zone purpose (presence, occupancy, or count), device placement, technology, and others. The team also completed a cost-benefit analysis to provide the DOT guidance for the selection of detection technology based upon signal control algorithm and life cycle cost.