Exploiting a Next Generation ITS Data Warehouse for Improved System Performance and Congestion Monitoring
Kristin Tufte
David Maier
The objective of this project is to build on an existing data archive platform, known as the Portland Oregon Regional Transportation Archive Listing (PORTAL) toward development of next generation performance measurement and congestion reduction tools ...
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Fusion and Integration of Arterial Performance Data
Kristin Tufte
Real-time knowledge of system performance enables transportation agencies to manage traffic conditions and keep the public informed of periods of congestion. The ability to accurately measure arterial performance has been limited primarily by the ava ...
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Incorporating New Data Needs into Travel and Activity Surveys
Jennifer Dill
Asha Weinstein Agrawal
This project aims to answer the following question: How can regional and national travel and activity diary surveys be modified to collect the new types of data needed to meet today's planning needs? In particular, how can the surveys be modified to: ...
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Analyzing and Quantifying the Impact of Congestion on LTL Industry Costs and Performance in the Portland Metropolitan Region
Miguel Andres Figliozzi
Christopher Monsere
Increased congestion during peak morning and afternoon periods in urban areas is increasing logistics costs. In addition, environmental, social, and political pressures to limit the impacts associated with CO2 emissions are mounting rapidly. A key ch ...
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Analysis of Travel Time Reliability for Freight Corridors Connecting the Pacific Northwest
Miguel Andres Figliozzi
A new methodology and algorithms were developed to combine diverse data sources and to estimate the impacts of recurrent and non-recurrent congestion on freight movements’ reliability and delays, costs, and emissions. The results suggest that tradi ...
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Cost of Alternative Highway Revenue Collection Systems
Anthony Rufolo
The objectives of this research are to (1) examine, compare, and present the administrative, collection, and compliance costs of usage-based revenue-generation systems, such as motor fuel taxes, tolls, and VMT fees; and (2) examine the potential feas ...
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Extraboard Management
James Strathman
This paper examines extraboard operations and management at TriMet, the transit provider for the Portland Oregon metropolitan area. The extraboard consists of a pool of operators who fill open work resulting from absences and other causes. The paper ...
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Evaluation of Innovative Bicycle Facilities
Christopher Monsere
Jennifer Dill
Two innovative bicycle facilities installed in late summer and early fall 2009 in downtown Portland by the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) were evaluated to understand how they are functioning on multiple levels. All of these facilit ...
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Developing a Highway Safety Investigation Manual for the Oregon Department of Transportation
Christopher Monsere
Across the state, region, and nation highway safety investigators have developed a wide variety of tools and techniques for highway safety investigation procedures. Analysis techniques can range from systematic evaluation approaches such as the Orego ...
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Maintaining Safe, Efficient and Sustainable Intermodal Transport through the Port of Portland
David Jay
Jiayi Pan
About $15 billion of freight passes annually through the Lower Columbia River (LCR) navigation channel to reach Portland and Vancouver, where most of it connects with land transport. This commerce plays a vital role in sustaining the regional economy ...
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Green and Economic Fleet Replacement Modeling
David Kim
Miguel Andres Figliozzi , David Porter
The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of how equipment replacement decisions are supported with data collection and quantitative models at state DOTs, and to determine if models found in the research literature offer any better ...
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Development of a Model to Predict and Mitigate Environmental and Public Health Impacts of Traffic Flows and Traffic Management Policies in Urban Transportation Microenvironments
Linda George
Christopher Monsere , Miguel Andres Figliozzi
It is well established that vehicles powered by carbon-based fuels (e.g. gasoline, diesel) have a negative impact on air quality, especially in urban centers. Traditionally, air quality conformity studies analyze the macroenvironmental impact of tran ...
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