OTREC Events

OTREC at TRB 2012, Tuesday

January 24, 2012 8:00 am - January 24, 2012 9:30 pm

Faculty and students affiliated with OTREC's four universities are involved in the following TRB sessions on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Each entry lists the session name as well as the title of the paper(s) authored or co-authored by OTREC affiliates. For complete details, please download OTREC's TRB Guide, 2012 Edition.

8:00-9:45

• Session 465: Improving Roadway Safety Programs Through University-Agency Partnerships   features “Actions for Universities to Improve Collaboration.” Marriott, Delaware A.
• Session 474: Modeling Theories and Practices in Freight Planning and Logistics, Part 1 features “ Electric Commercial Vehicles: Study of Economic and Technological Factors Affecting Their Competitiveness.” Shoreham, Executive.
• Session 487: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Research Showcase features “Competitiveness of Commercial Electric Vehicles in the Less-Than-Truckload Delivery Industry: Model and Application.” Hilton, International West.

8:30-10:15 (Poster Sessions)

• Session 489: Design and Assessment of Traffic Signal Priority for Transit (P) features “A Study of the Factors that Influence Transit Signal Priority Effectiveness and Late Bus Recovery at the Signalized Intersection Level.” Marriott, Salon 2.
• Session 493: Research in Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics, Part 4 (P) features “Traffic Speed Variance Modeling with Application in Travel Time Variability Estimation.” Marriott, Salon 2.
• Session 498: Improved Safety Through Better Design for All Users (P) features “Risk Rating Procedure for Assessing Driveway Configurations.” Shoreham, Blue Room Foyer.
• Session 499: Current Environmental Issues in Transportation (P) features “An Empirical Study of the Impact of Freeway Traffic on in-Vehicle Exposure to Ultrafine Particulate Matter.” Hilton, International Center.

10:15-12:00

• Session 523: Big Ideas for Smaller Cities: Planning in Small and Medium-Sized Communities features “Planning of Secondary Road Network for Low-Speed Vehicles in Small or Medium-Sized City: Using Google Earth.” Hilton, Georgetown East.

10:45-12:30 (Poster Sessions)

• Session 539: Bicycle Planning and the Built Environment  (P) features two affiliated papers. Hilton, International Center.
  • “E-bikes and Transportation Policy: Insights from Early Adopters” 
  • “Commuter Cyclists' Sensitivity to Changes in Weather: Insight from Two Cities with Different Climatic Conditions” 
• Session 541: Current Issues in Energy, Climate Change, and Alternative Fuels in Transportation (P) features two affiliated papers. Hilton, International Center.
  • “Modeling the Effects of Congestion on Fuel Economy for Advanced Powertrain Vehicles” 
  • “Controversies and Policy Considerations Regarding the Promotion of New Energy Vehicles in China” 

2:00-3:45

• Session 575: Better Foundations Through Better Analysis and Design (P) features “Comprehensive Recalibration for WEAP of Load and Resistance Factor Design Pile Resistance Factor Under Initial and Restrike Conditions.” Marriott, Salon 2.
• Session 576: Investigation and Management of Geologic Hazards (P) features “Investigation of Straw Wattle Influence on Slope Stability.” Marriott, Salon 2.
• Session 600: Taking Urban Data to New Heights: New Sources, New Techniques,and New Applications features “The Development of a Decision Tool for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategies: The Role of NHTS Data in GreenSTEP Model Development.” Hilton, International Center.

3:45-5:30

• Session 604: Current Issues in School Transportation Safety features “ Integrating Parental Attitudes in Research on Children’s Active School Commuting: Evidence from a Community School Travel Survey.” Marriott, Maryland C.
• Session 628: New Technologies in Collecting and Archiving Nonmotorized Travel Data features two affiliated papers. Hilton, Georgetown West.
  • “Preliminary Development of Methods to Automatically Gather Bicycle Counts and Pedestrian Delay at Signalized Intersections”
  • “A Framework for Multimodal Arterial Data Archiving” 

7:30-9:30 (Poster Sessions)

• Session 646: Bicycle Safety and Infrastructure from a Multiuser Perspective (P) features “Multiuser Perspectives on Separated, On-street Bicycle Infrastructure.” Marriott, Thurgood Marshall West.
• Session 648: Highway Safety Performance  (P) features “ Comparing Highway Safety Manual Predictive Method to Traditional Ranking Methods: Case Study of Intersections in Corvallis, Oregon.” Marriott, Salon 2.
• Session 652: Pedestrian Safety and Operations  (P) features “Impact Analysis of Luggage-Carrying on Pedestrian Traffic.” Marriott, Salon 2.
• Session 653: Planning for Pedestrians (P) features two affiliated papers. Marriott, Salon 2.
  • “Mode Choice and Consumer Spending: Examination of Grocery Store Trips”
  • “Review of Walkability Measures and Proposal of Standardized Classification Scheme” 

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