2012

Year - 2012

Light Trucks and Highway Fatalities: The Role of Network Effects

Project Description

Highway fatalities in UTRC Region II fell steadily from the 1970s through the 1990s, but levels have since rebounded slightly and have remained flat for more than a decade. The stagnation in progress on fatalities has been attributed by some analysts to the prevalence of light trucks, such as SUVs, on American roads. Because light trucks are taller, heavier, and more rigid than cars, they pose greater danger to the occupants of cars, as well as to pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists.

Computational Modeling of Driver Speed Control with its Applications in Developing Intelligent Transportation Systems to Prevent Speeding-Related Accidents

Speeding – exceeding posted speed limits, driving too fast for conditions or racing – is the leading contributing factor in fatal motor vehicle accidents in NY State. More than 34 percent of all fatal accidents were due to unsafe speed in 2009 (Summary of Motor Vehicle Accidents, NY State Department of Motor Vehicles, 2009).

Potential Tidal Power for New Jersey

The recent advances in tidal energy technology, demonstration projects and tidal site permitting have focused interest on understanding the statewide potential for tidal energy system to help meet New Jersey State goals to achieve 20% renewable energy generation by 2020. Contributing to the overall mix of alternative energy sources during the next ten years will result in increased job generation and overall economic stimulus as well as a reduction of atmospheric concentrations of GHGs and CO2 known to impact climate change.

Modeling Mechanistic Properties of Unbound Pavement Materials for New York State

Background

This project will increase the applicability of the seasonal pavement materials models that were developed for the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in an earlier research project entitled #C-01-54, Seasonal Variations of In Situ Materials Properties. The models from that project were designed to help NYSDOT implement the new mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide (MEPDG) while still being applicable with the existing NYSDOT Comprehensive Pavement Design Manual (CPDM).

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