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: Improved Customer Service and Automated Route Verification for the Issuance of Special Hauling Permits by the NYSDOT (Excerpts) Author(s): Publication Year: 1994 <p>This report presents a design for an electronic permit issuance system for overdimensional and/or overweight vehicles with nondivisible loads. The system has been designed in collaboration with, and for use by, the New York State… |
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Title: Implementation of Advanced Fiber Optic and Piezoelectric Sensors Fabrication and Laboratory Testing of Piezoelectric Ceramic-Polymer Composite Sensors for Weigh-in-Motion Systems Author(s): Publication Year: 1999 Weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems might soon replace the conventional techniques used to enforce weight restrictions for large vehicles on highways. Currently WIM systems use a piezoelectric polymer sensor that produces a voltage proportional to an… |
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Title: Implementation of Advanced Fiber Optic and Piezoelectric Sensors Fabrication and Laboratory Testing of Piezoelectric Ceramic-Polymer Composite Sensors for Weigh-in-Motion Systems Author(s): Publication Year: 1999 Piezoelectric sensors are being tested for collecting traffic data, including weigh-in-motion, measuring vehicle speeds, classifying vehicles by category and counting axles etc. There are two types of these sensors ? polymer and ceramic.… |
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Title: Economic Benefits of Pedestrian Traffic Author(s): Publication Year: 1999 As more and more people have forsaken city-center activities in favor of out-of-town shopping malls and business parks, many downtown areas in the United States have been allowed to fall into neglect. Will Central Business Districts (CBDs) or… |
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Title: Estimation of Time and Other Benefits from Nine Proposed Transit Capital Projects In New York City Author(s): Publication Year: 2003 Momentum is growing for an ambitious round of investments in transportation projects in New York City. At a time of fiscal crisis, and uncertainties over the direction of the economy in Lower Manhattan and the city as a whole, new transportation… |
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Title: Transit plans head for a crash Author(s): Publication Year: 2003 <p>New Yorkers are compiling a list of transit projects of enormous scope and cost. There is no consensus over priorities, and that's sure to fuel anti-New York sentiment in Congress. Someone needs to take charge here.</p> |
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Title: Impacts of Extreme Events, Phase 1:Intercity Passenger Travel Behavior - The September 11th Experience Author(s): Dr. José Holguín-Veras, Dr. Robert E. Paaswell Publication Year: 2002 <p>The tragic events of September 11th, 2001 (9/11) have had a profound and unimaginable impact on activities in all of lower Manhattan, and the New York City metropolitan region. Profound, of course, because of the huge loss of life, and… |
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Title: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Graduated Driver Licensing System in New Jersey Author(s): Publication Year: 2002 Teenage drivers have high crash rates due to immaturity and lack of driving experience. To reduce their accident involvement, many states in the U.S. and countries around the world have implemented graduated driver licensing (GDL) programs. |
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Title: Impacts of Extreme Events, Phase 1: Intercity Passenger Travel Behavior - The September 11th Experience Author(s): Publication Year: 2002 The main objective of this project is to assess the impacts of 9/11 upon passenger travel behavior. Models based on Random Utility Theory (RUT) were used to assess behavioral changes. In this context, the random utility models provided the… |
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Title: Durability of Recycled FRP Piling in Aggressive Environments Author(s): Publication Year: 2002 Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites represent an alternative construction material without many of the performance disadvantages of traditional materials. The use of FRP as a pile material can eliminate deterioration problems of… |
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Title: Impacts of Extreme Events, Phase 1:Intercity Passenger Travel Behavior - The September 11th Experience Author(s): Dr. José Holguín-Veras, Dr. Robert E. Paaswell Publication Year: 2002 <p>The changing perception of the safety of transportation modes is, in particular, affecting the way in which the traveling public makes choices concerning mode of transportation, place of work, and location of residence. On September 10,… |
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Title: Evaluation of New Jersey's Graduated Driver's License Program (Phase I) Author(s): Publication Year: 2002 <p>New Jersey started enforcing a graduated driver license (GDL) system on January 1, 2001. The system requires a three-step process for full licensing: learner's permit at 16 years of age at the earliest; provisional license at 17… |
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Title: Analysis and Evaluation of the Physical Characteristics of Hot Mix Asphalt Using Crumb Rubber Modifier (Excerpt) Author(s): Dr. Benjamin Colucci Publication Year: 1998 State-of-the-art technology is available which incorporates shredded scrap tire rubber known as crumb rubber modifier (CRM) as a modifier for asphalt cement in paving mixtures. CRM is the general term to describe all rubber particles obtained… |
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Title: Comparative Evaluation of Deflection and Wave Propagation NDT Methods Pavements-brief Author(s): Dr. Lynne Irwin (Late), Dr. Neville A. Parker, Dr. Nenad Gucunski Publication Year: 1998 <p>In New York City, as in other highly urbanized areas, a number of factors make it too difficult to apply pavement management systems methodology in the traditional way: the existence of underground utilities and utility cuts. The… |
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Title: Impacts of Deferred Investment on Capital and Operating Budgets(CaseStudy) Author(s): Publication Year: 2004 To illustrate how deferred capital investments impact the MTA?s capital and operating budgets. |
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Title: Impacts of Deferred Investment on Capital and Operating Budgets(DiscussionDocument) Author(s): Publication Year: 2004 To illustrate how deferred capital investments impact the MTA?s capital and operating budgets. |
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Title: Impacts of Deferred Investment on Capital and Operating Budgets(ExecutiveSummary) Author(s): Publication Year: 2004 To illustrate how deferred capital investments impact the MTA?s capital and operating budgets. |
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Title: Alternatives to Herbicides: Integrated Vegetation Management Project Author(s): Publication Year: 2004 Roadside rights-of-way are important technical and ecological features of the landscape. Managers of the vegetation in those rights-of-way are increasingly focused on environmental stewardship. Managers are interested in practices that will… |
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Title: Evaluating the feasibility of a passive travel survey collectionin a complex urban environment: Lessons learned fromthe New York City case study Author(s): Publication Year: 2010 The combination of increasing challenges in administering household travel surveys and advances in global positioning systems (GPS)/geographic information systems (GIS) technologies motivated this project. It tests the feasibility of using a… |
| Title: Diesel Ultrafine/Fine Particle Emissions in Numbers:Statistical Modeling and Evaluation of Engine Operating Variables Author(s): Publication Year: 2009 This work aims to develop statistical models for ultrafine/fine particle number emission rates from a diesel bus, to evaluate the explanatory power of engine operating variables. Emissions were recorded by using on-board instrumentation in two… |