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Vulnerable Road User Mobility Assistance Platform
Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) and North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T) are collaborating on an innovative project sponsored by the Center for Advanced Transportation Mobility (CATM) Tier 1 UTC. The goal of the Vulnerable Road User Mobility...
Context-Specific Modeling Supports Strategic, Multimodal Investments
In recent decades, cities have become increasingly motivated to invest in infrastructure that supports multimodal options like walking, biking and public transit. Trip generation, the first step in conventional four-step forecasting models, is a central figure in determining how those...
PacTrans Researchers Develop New Techniques to Assess Rock Slopes Endangering Highways
Over the past six years, the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) has funded a group of four researchers from three partner universities to explore innovative methods for rockfall and landslide risk assessment. The four phases of this work resulted in...
University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program Grant Selections For Regional Centers in Federal Regions 1, 2, 3
UTC Grant Competition Recompete Awardees for Regional Centers in Federal Regions 1, 2, 3Grant awardees for the UTC Grant Competition Recompete in Federal Regions 1, 2, 3 are: (add link to the notice)
Region 1 – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,...Cost-Effective ECC for Transportation Infrastructure
The Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET) is a collaborative partnership between nine majorinstitutions and two community colleges, led by Louisiana State University, whose mission is to support all phases of research, technology transfer, workforce...
From Transportation to Air Pollution and Public Health—Are We Doing the Right Thing, and Doing it Right?
Date: 4/11/2018, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM EDT
Location: 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC, (West Building) Conference Center Room 6
Speaker: H. Oliver Gao, Ph.D., Director, Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health (CTECH); Director,...
Improving Bridge Assessment, Prognosis, and Interventions through Emerging Technology (Lecture Poster)
Smart Rock Positioning for Scour Hazard Assessment of Bridges
Hydraulic effects are responsible for about 60 percent of the more than 1,500 U.S. bridge collapses. Traditionally, divers are sent underwater to inspect bridge foundations and document any riverbed erosion or scour holes that may compromise a foundation’s integrity.
This...
Improving Bridge Assessment, Prognosis, and Interventions through Emerging Technology
Date: 5/2/2018, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM EDT
Location: 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC, (West Building) Conference Center Room 6
Speaker: Frank L. Moon, Ph.D., Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Organization: Center for Advanced...