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Given the high construction costs, physical restraints, and limited impact of simply building more infrastructure to resolve congestion issues, METRANS researchers are looking for new and better ways to efficiently manage existing capacity.
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A catastrophic disaster can disable or destroy the very same vehicles, roads, and bridges that are needed to provide emergency response. But for many communities, inland waterways may provide access to equipment and emergency services when other means of transportation are unavailable. A goal of...
Use of smartphone applications to collect traffic data is being investigated at the Nevada University Transportation Center (NUTC) of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Recently developed applications, which run in the background and do not interact with nor distract...
Alaska is well-known as a land of extremes. Extreme cold, long summer days and long winter nights, large mountain ranges and the lditarod Sled Dog Race all come to mind. But another extreme is the high cost of gravel in western Alaska . There is little gravel in the lower Yukon and Kuskokwim...
The diverse assemblage of participants at last October's fifth annual UTC Spotlight Conference was a testament to the wide-ranging nature of livability and the need for different solutions tailored to different communities from the most rural to the most urban. The meeting...
On-road, real-world data on how second-by-second driving style, hybrid vehicles, climate, and topography affect vehicle tailpipe emissions are scarce. The University of Vermont (UVM) Transportation Air Quality Laboratory (TAQLab), which opened in May 2009, was designed ...
Electric vehicles, previously only spectacles of auto shows, science fiction, and a failed launch attempt in the late 1990s, are now becoming a consumer reality; there are an estimated 56,000 electric cars (mostly retrofitted) currently in use in the United States. The Nissan...
Did you know that 76% of people with mild dementia could pass a driving test? How can experts determine who among people with cognitive impairments is still a safe driver and who is not? How can they test this without posing risks to other drivers? What elements make up an...
If you commute by car to work and a major highway closes, what do you do? You may take a detour or find alternate routes. Or you may try something new, like carpooling, taking transit, shifting your commute time, or telecommuting if your employer approves. After the highway reopens, you may...
A driver-assistive system (DAS) developed by the Intelligent Vehicles Laboratory (IV Lab) at the University of Minnesota's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Institute integrates sensing, positioning, and user-interface technologies to help bus drivers operate safely and comfortably on bus...