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: Freight Movement as an Economic Indicator for New Jersey / New York / Connecticut Tri-State Area Author(s): Dr. Kaan Ozbay, Dr. Nancy H. Mantell, Martin E. Robins, Dr. Kaan Ozbay Publication Year: 2008 There is a large body of literature that studies the impact of transportation investment on the economy, mainly in the mid to long term. However, there is a potential to track the performance of the economy, to increase understanding of the short… |
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Title: Bus Rapid Transit on City Streets Author(s): Herbert Levinson (Late) Publication Year: 2003 Bus rapid transit systems have grown in popularity. Most existing and proposed BRT lines operate on city streets for all or a portion of their routes. They may run in mixed traffic; normal or contra-flow curb bus lanes, and/or arterial median… |
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Title: Parking Meter Operability Study Author(s): Dr. Dimitrios G. Goulias, Dr. Shmuel Yahalom, Dr. Dimitrios G. Goulias Publication Year: 1998 The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) Parking Division is responsible for the largest parking meter network in the United States. The efficient operation and maintenance of this system provides an important and sizable source of… |
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Title: Development of a Portable Petroleum By-Products Chemical Sensor Author(s): Dr. Michael Carpenter, Dr. Marina A. Petrukhina Publication Year: 2006 This Phase 1 and 2 report documents the development of nanoparticle based chemical sensors for the sensitive, selective and field portable analyses of soil samples for petroleum spill indicating hydrocarbons (such as benzene, toluene, ethyl-… |
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Title: Deformation of Cohesionless Fill Due to Cyclic Loading Author(s): Dr. Sophia Hassiotis Publication Year: 2006 In an on-going research project with the NJDOT, we have instrumented an integral bridge and have been gathering data every two hours for the past two years. We found that there is a significant pressure built-up in the soil behind the abutment.… |
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Title: Development of Bus Maintenance Information Advisory System Author(s): Dr. Mohsen A. Jafari Publication Year: 2001 New York City Transit’s Department of Buses faced a problem of buses frequently breaking down during operation. Two approaches were explored to reduce the number of breakdowns. |
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Title: Bus Rapid Transit on New York City Streets Author(s): Dr. Robert E. Paaswell, Herbert Levinson (Late) Publication Year: 2004 This study was undertaken to examine how to introduce bus rapid transit (BRT) in New York City. In recent years, the idea of bus rapid transit – innovative bus services providing superior speed and convenience to traditional bus service –… |
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Title: Handbook of Scour Countermeasures Designs Author(s): Dr. Anil Agrawal, Zhihua Yi Publication Year: 2004 Bridge engineers in New Jersey are presented with numerous tidal flow and non-tidal scour countermeasure designs for application to scour critical bridges. This handbook presents recommended guidelines for scour countermeasure design and planning… |
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Title: Feasibility of Freight Villages in the NYMTC Region Author(s): Dr. Maria Boilé, Dr. Sotiris Theofanis, Dr. Kaan Ozbay, Dr. Kaan Ozbay, Dr. Kaan Ozbay Publication Year: 2011 This report summarizes the work conducted to analyze the site impact of freight villages. The analysis included assessing traffic, logistics and economic impacts, which are then used to determine the extent to which freight village development… |
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Title: Expert System for Steel Bridge Superstructure Inspection And Evaluation Author(s): Publication Year: 1994 This project designed an expert system to advise bridge inspection teams on fatigue and corrosion of steel bridge superstructures. Steel bridge superstructures were selected since they are the most predominate existing bridge superstructure… |
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Title: Self - Organized Transport System Author(s): Dr. Sanjay Goel Publication Year: 2009 This report presents the findings of the simulation model for a self-organized transport system where traffic lights communicate with neighboring traffic lights and make decisions locally to adapt to traffic conditions in real time. The model is… |
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Title: The Anticipatory Route Guidance Problem: Formulations, Analysis and Computational Results Author(s): Publication Year: 2006 The anticipatory route guidance problem (ARG), an extension of the dynamic traffic user-equilibrium problem, consists of providing messages, based on forecasts of traffic conditions, to assist drivers in their path choice decisions. Guidance… |
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Title: Impact Assessment of the Regulation of Heavy Truck Operations Author(s): Dr. Arnim H. Meyburg Publication Year: 1991 Abstract The main objective of this project was to evaluate the impact of the New York State divisible-load permit system for heavy trucks in terms of benefits and costs to society. The costs result primarily from increased pavement damage; the… |
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Title: Expert System For Concrete Quality Assurance Author(s): Dr. Trefor P. Williams, Dr. Perumalsamy Balaguru, Dr. Trefor P. Williams Publication Year: 1990 Quality assurance is an important component of concrete construction. In most cases the quality of concrete is assessed using 28 day companion cylinder strengths Because corrections cannot be done economically after 28 days, the quality of… |
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Title: Guidelines for Traffic Signal Energy Back-Up Systems Author(s): Dr. William "Al" Wallace Publication Year: 2009 Power outages affect traffic signalized intersections, leading to potentially serious problems. Current practices of responding to power failures are very basic, ranging from ‘do nothing’ to installing portable generators. The purpose of this… |
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Title: Public Transit In New York: Keep Up with the Trend – A Case Study of Mode Choices in the New York Metropolitan Region Author(s): Dr. Cynthia Chen, Dr. Hongmian Gong, Dr. Robert E. Paaswell, Dr. Hongmian Gong Publication Year: 2006 We investigate the role of the built environment in mode choice decisions for home-based work tours in the New York Metropolitan Region. The analysis is conducted using a multinomial logit model. There are two main results of this study. First,… |
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Title: Utilizing Remote Sensing Technology in PostDisaster Management of Transportation Networks Author(s): Publication Year: 2008 Infrastructure system components such as bridges, highways, tunnels, traffic systems, road pavements, and other systems are considered assets that should be protected and properly managed. Yet, the degree of deterioration and the risk of exposure… |
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Title: Quantifying Non-Recurring Delay on New York City’s Arterial Highways Author(s): Dr. George List, Dr. Kyriacos Mouskos, Dr. Kaan Ozbay, Dr. John C Falcocchio, Dr. George List, Dr. Kaan Ozbay, Dr. John C Falcocchio Publication Year: 2008 The project will help NYSDOT and NYCDOT better quantify and predict the non-recurring delay (NRD) from incidents on the City?s highway network. NRD is a substantial portion of the total delay that occurs within the City and it can be… |
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Title: Household Travel Survey Research Author(s): Dr. Catherine T. Lawson, Dr. Catherine T. Lawson, Dr. Catherine T. Lawson Publication Year: 2006 New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) are planning an effort for 2005/2006 to collect data in order to update the Best Practice Model (BPM) and Regional Transportation Forecast… |
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Title: Analysis of Bicycling Trends and Policies in Large North American Cities: Lessons for New York Author(s): Dr. Ralph Buehler, Dr. John Pucher Publication Year: 2011 This research report reviews trends in cycling levels, safety, and policies in large North American cities over the past two decades. We analyze aggregate national data as well as cityspecific case study data for nine large cities (Chicago,… |