Bicycle and Pedestrian Education Program
Lynn Weigand
Karen Dixon , Marc Schlossberg
Since the 1990s, the amount of attention and funding for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure has increased significantly. This, combined with the role of transportation in public health and environmental concerns, has raised expectations for engine ...
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Expanding Development of the Oregon Traffic Safety Data Archive
Christopher Monsere
This report describes the preliminary work to develop the Oregon Traffic Safety Data Archive (OrTSDA). The mission of OrTSDA is to “build the knowledge base of traffic safety data in Oregon.” It is hoped the archive will become a valuable traffic ...
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Performance Enhancement of Bridge Bracing Under Service and Extreme Loads
Peter Dusicka
As truck loads continue to get bigger, the demand on many aging bridges increases. Slender steel structural elements widely used in bridge superstructures and braced substructures to resist these loads are built primarily for tension, however, and ca ...
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Understanding Driver Behavioral Changes Associated with Road User Fees
Anthony Rufolo
Objective
The Oregon Department of Transportation conducted a test of an innovative technology to replace fuel taxes with mileage fees. In the test, some vehicles were charged a flat fee per mile and others were charged differential fees that were ...
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Collision Diagram Tool Evaluation Project
Christopher Monsere
The purpose of this report is to identify current practices and challenges with collision diagramming at ODOT’s Crash Analysis and Reporting (CAR) Unit, research available tools, and to recommend a collision diagramming tool for implementation. ...
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Understanding and Measuring Bicycling Behavior: A Focus on Travel Time and Route Choice
Jennifer Dill
With rates of obesity, heart disease, and related health problems increasing in the U.S., health professionals, planners, and policy makers are looking for ways to increase physical activity through changing urban form. While much of the focus is on ...
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Evaluation of the Oregon DMV At-Risk Driver Program, Phase 2
James Strathman
In June 2003 Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services (DMV) implemented a new mandatory medical reporting requirement as required by ORS 807.710, in which some Oregon physicians and health care providers are mandated to report to DMV patients with ce ...
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Analysis of TriMet Bus Operator Absence Patterns
James Strathman
The rate of absenteeism averages about 3.5% across all occupations in the US labor force, while in the transit industry absenteeism among operators exceeds 10%. Prior research attributes the transit industry’s higher operator absenteeism to factor ...
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Assessment and Refinement of Real-Time Travel Time Algorithms for Use in Practice, Phase 2
Kristin Tufte
Soyoung Ahn
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has put a high priority on the use of existing dynamic message signs (DMS) to provide travel time estimates to the public. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has three DMS in the Portland metropol ...
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Safety Investment Program (SIP) Policies for Oregon
Christopher Monsere
Karen Dixon
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Safety Investment Program (SIP) seeks to allocate safety funds in a manner that maximizes safety benefits on preservation projects and at specific high-crash locations. The SIP philosophy targets highway ...
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Evaluation of the Oregon DMV At-Risk Driver Program
James Strathman
In June 2003 Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services (DMV) implemented a new mandatory medical reporting requirement as required by ORS 807.710, in which some Oregon physicians and health care providers are mandated to report to DMV patients with ce ...
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Factors for Improved Fish Passage Waterway Construction
David Sillars
Trevor Smith , Hamid Moradkhani
Project Description: Roughened chutes (simulating natural stream passages) are a cost effective means to provide fish passage at locations where existing culverts and bridges are structurally sound yet do not meet current fish passage rules and regul ...
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