UTRC follows the reporting requirements set forth by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). The purpose of these reports is to share the funded research results available for the transportation professionals and researchers and to publish the center’s past and future activities in the education, workforce development and technology transfer programs.
UTRC publications include a variety of reports; Project Reports, Project Briefs, Journal Articles, Quarterly Newsletters, Annual Reports, and Conference Reports. These reports can be accessed using the search tool which filters publications by the report type, publication year, principal investigator, and research topics.
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Title: Intelligent Wireless Charging for Electric Buses in Smart City Author(s): Albert Boulanger Publication Year: 2016 According to the EPA, 28% of all 2011 GHGs for the US are from transportation related sources.1 These are the second largest sources of GHGs in the US after electricity. The US is also the second highest CO2 emitter after China.2 These emissions… |
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Title: An Examination of Commercial Vehicle Access to Residential Buildings in New York City Author(s): Dr. Alison Conway Publication Year: 2019 Recent growth in ecommerce has quickly impacted the distribution of parcel deliveries in urban areas, with residential deliveries accounting for a rapidly growing share of freight movement. Through field observation and development of a… |
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Title: Spectral-based Controllability Pedestrian Evacuation Network Synthesis Using Multilayered Estimation Models in Real-time Author(s): Dr. Neveen Shlayan Publication Year: 2019 The high uncertainty associated with emergency situations such as blasts, fires, and structural failures makes it extremely difficult to develop evacuation plans that can accommodate in advance every possible systematic failure that may occur in… |
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Title: Crowdshipping: Evaluating its Impacts on Travel Behavior Author(s): Dr. Mahdieh Allahviranloo, Dr. Alison Conway Publication Year: 2019 The rapid emergence of direct-to-home delivery models has quickly changed the spatial and temporal distribution of both individual travelers’ trips and of urban goods movements. A growing number of household and consumer products now being… |
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Title: Evaluation of Light Emitting Surface and Light Emitting Diode Roadway Luminaires Author(s): Dr. John Bullough Publication Year: 2019 In the present study, roadway luminaires using light emitting surface (LES) technology were compared in terms of photometric performance to roadway luminaires using high pressure sodium (HPS) lamps and light emitting diode (LED) sources.… |
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Title: Traveler Information Application for Route 1 and Route 18 Corridors Author(s): Dr. Catherine T. Lawson Publication Year: 2019 The final product of this research is an enhanced Mobile Application platform that receives travel time information, parking information and transit/shuttle schedule information in real time for the Routes 1 (from I-295 to Garden State Parkway)… |
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Title: Tragedy in Schoharie, New York, and Stretch Limousine Regulatory Reform Author(s): Matthew W. Daus, Esq Publication Year: 2019 A tragic limousine crash took the lives of 20 people in Schoharie, New York, in 2018. As the small town mourns the loss of life from one of the deadliest transportation disasters in almost a decade, policy makers across the United States may be… |
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Title: Pavement Deicing Using Hydronic Heat Exchange Loops in the Base Layer: Experimental and Modeling Feasibility Study Author(s): Dr. Sherif Abdelaziz, Jon Longtin, Dr. Huiming Yin, David P. Orr Publication Year: 2018 Extreme weather conditions play a vital factor in the deterioration of the national transportation infrastructure including pavements. Freezing and thawing of the pavement sections is one of the most critical processes resulting from these… |
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Title: Development of a New, Effective and Low-cost Media for Sustainable Management of Polluted Road Stormwater in Highly Urbanized Areas: Wood Mulch Coated with Aluminum- and Iron-Based Water Treatment Residuals Author(s): Kirk Barrett Publication Year: 2018 The goal of this project was to develop a new, effective and low-cost media for sustainable management of polluted road stormwater in highly urbanized areas. The overarching objective of this study was to provide the scientific basis for the… |
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Title: Development of a New, Effective and Low-cost Media for Sustainable Management of Polluted Road Stormwater in Highly Urbanized Areas: Wood Mulch C oated with Aluminum-and Iron-Based Water Treatment Residuals Author(s): Kirk Barrett Publication Year: 2018 The goal of this project was to develop a new, effective and low-cost media for sustainable management of polluted road stormwater in highly urbanized areas. The overarching objective of this study was to provide the scientific basis for the… |
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Title: Securing Inter-Vehicular Networks with Time and Driver Identity Considerations Author(s): Wenjia Li, N. Sertac Artan Publication Year: 2018 The exchange of information in a timely fashion is critical to accident prevention in transportation systems. Research has demonstrated that anticipating future collisions by as little as half a second before impact could lead to a 60% decrease… |
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Title: Dynamic Bus Routing Problem for Evacuation Author(s): Jee Eun Kang Publication Year: 2018 Evacuation is an important preventative decision before disaster occurs. Evacuation process has heavily dependent on automobile. While, in recent years, public transit attracts more and more attention but has been extensively used in evacuation… |
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Title: Accelerated Aging of Asphalt by UV-Oxidation Author(s): Daniel Hochstein Publication Year: 2018 The aging of asphalt binder due to UV-oxidation is a phenomenon that affects the durability and performance of asphalt pavements. This report documents results of accelerated laboratory UV-oxidation tests that have been conducted. Thin-film… |
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Title: Adaptive Evacuation Transportation Planning Under Uncertainty Author(s): Sung Hoon Chung Publication Year: 2018 The objective of this research project is to deliver a real-time, adaptive evacuation system for cascading events (e.g., hurricanes, following flooding, and following aftershocks). To realize this goal, the PI synthesized the existing information… |
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Title: Adaptive Evacuation Transportation Planning Under Uncertainty Author(s): Sung Hoon Chung Publication Year: 2018 |
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Title: Recommendations for Improving Fire Performance of Steel Bridge Girders Author(s): Reeves Whitney, Nicole Leo Braxtan Publication Year: 2018 Infrastructure risk due to fire has been well documented. In particular, bridges in the urban environment are susceptible due to low overhead clearances on overpasses, existing simple spans with no redundancy, due to low overhead clearances on… |
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Title: Portable and Integrated Multi-Sensor System for Data-Driven Performance Evaluation of Urban Transportation Networks Author(s): Dr. Kaan Ozbay Publication Year: 2018 The primary objectives of this research study are to deploy low-cost portable and integrated multi sensor systems for data-driven performance evaluation of urban transportation networks and to develop a system capable of real-time remote… |
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Title: Portable and Integrated Multi-Sensor System for Data Driven Performance Evaluation of Urban Transportation Networks Author(s): Dr. Kaan Ozbay, Hong Yang Publication Year: 2018 The primary objectives of this research study are (1) to deploy some promising low-cost portable and integrated multi sensor systems for data-driven performance evaluation of urban transportation networks and (2) to develop a system capable of… |
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Title: The Socialization of Travel: The Effects of Social Networks on Resiliency Author(s): Roger Chen Publication Year: 2018 With improvements in mobile information and communication technologies (ICT) and the increasing presence of innovative mobility services such as car-sharing, bike-sharing and ride-sourcing services, regional planning organizations (MPOs)… |
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Title: Mitigation of Transportation Induced Vibration Using Seismic Metamaterials Author(s): Lifeng Wang Publication Year: 2018 Transportation systems create new technical and environmental challenges including noise and ground vibration, which affect ambient architectures, quality of life, and sustainability of the communities. Noise and vibration assessments become key… |