SWUTC New Research

Start Date Project Number Project Title Principal Investigator University
9/1/08 0-5836 Performance of Permeable Friction Course (PFC) Pavements Over Time Amy Epps Martin TAMU
9/1/07 0-5856 Safety and Economic Impacts of Converting Two-Way Frontage Roads to One-Way William Eisele TAMU
9/1/08 0-6092 Performance Evaluation & Mix Design for High RAP Mixtures Fujie Zhou TAMU
9/1/08 0-6262 Signing Guidelines for Flooding Conditions and Warrants for Flooded Conditions Detection Systems Kevin Balke TAMU
9/1/09 0-6396 Pre-Determining Performance Based Operational and Toll Rate Setting Measures Ginger Goodin TAMU
9/1/09 0-6467 Identification of Priority Rail Projects Curtis Morgan TAMU
9/1/09 0-6483 Rural Planning Organizations – Their Role in Transportation Planning and Project Development in Texas John Overman TAMU
9/1/09 161002 Managed Lane Travelers - Do They Pay for Travel as They Claimed They Would? Mark Burris TAMU
9/1/09 161003 How Fast is a Fast Train? Comparing Attitudes and Preference for Improved Passenger Rail Service Among Urban Areas in the South Central High-Speed Rail Corridor Curtis Morgan TAMU
9/1/09 161004 Performance Measures for Transportation Planning and Operations for MPOs Tara Ramani TAMU
9/1/09 161005 Characterizing Information Propagation Through Inter-Vehicle Communication on a Simple Network of Two Parallel Roads Bruce Wang TAMU
9/1/09 161006 Developing Infrastructure for Interconnecting Transportation Network and Electric Grid Ivan Damnjanovic TAMU
9/1/09 161007 The Relationship Between Income and Personal Vehicle Fuel Efficiency and Associated Equity Concerns for the Fuel Tax Ginger Goodin TAMU
9/1/09 161020 The Study of the Inter-Relationship between Parent's and Children's Physical Activity Participation Frequency Chandra Bhat UT-Austin
9/1/09 161021 Impacts of Proposed Federal Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Legislation on Texas' Transportation Economy Leigh Boske UT-Austin
9/1/09 161022 Evaluating the Fundamental Mechanisms of Fatigue Crack-Growth in Hot and Warm Mix Asphalt Amit Bhasin UT-Austin
9/1/09 161023 Evolution of the Nation's Vehicle Fleet and the Market for PHEVs Kara Kockelman UT-Austin
9/1/09 161024 The Effect of Public Transit on Social and Economic Opportunities for Youth (continuation of 169204) Talia McCray UT-Austin
9/1/09 161025 Framework for Reliability Analysis of Flexible Pavements Jorge Prozzi UT-Austin
9/1/09 161026 Network Methods for Project Selection Based on Optimizing Environmental Impact Travis Waller UT-Austin
9/1/09 161027 Getting the Parking Right for Transit-Oriented Development Ming Zhang UT-Austin
9/1/09 161028 Develop a System to Support Preparation of Life-Cycle Budget Needs for Highways (continuation of 169208) Zhanmin Zhang UT-Austin
9/1/09 161040 An Evaluation of Mobile Source Greenhouse Gas Modeling Approaches for Traffic Management Assessment Lei Yu TSU
9/1/09 161041 Developing Transportation Games for High School Students (continuation of 476660-00047) Khosro Godazi TSU
9/1/09 161042 Investigate Existing Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) Technologies for Port Cargo Inspections Yi Qi TSU
9/1/09 161043 Treatments and Warrants Eliminating Potential Conflict Points between Bicycles and Motor Vehicles at Freeway Interchanges Fengxiang Qiao TSU
9/1/09 476660-00017 Nanotechnology and a MEMS/NEMS-Based System for Damage Resistant Pavements Rashid Abu Al-Rub TAMU
9/1/09 476660-00018 Automated Generation of Virtual Scenarios in Driving Simulator from Highway Design Data Sue Chrysler TAMU
9/1/09 476660-00019 Use of Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (MUAVs) for Roadside Condition Surveys Nasir Gharaibeh TAMU
9/1/09 476660-00020 Extreme Makeover: Bringing the SWUTC Transportation Outreach Modules into the 21st Century Debbie Jasek TAMU
9/1/09 476660-00021 Comparisons Between Vehicular Emissions of Real-World In-Use and Regulatory Dynamometer Driving Doh-Won Lee TAMU
9/1/09 476660-00022 Optimized Deployment of Emissions Reduction Technologies for Large Fleets Reza Farzaneh TAMU
9/1/09 476660-00049 Senior Automobile Crashes and Fatalities in Texas (continuation of 169303) Gwen Goodwin TSU
9/1/09 476660-00050 Reviewing, Analyzing and Updating Marketing Strategies to Increase Public Transit Ridership

Tasjah Hall/ Carol Lewis

TSU
9/1/09 476660-00051 Moving the Concept of Megaregions into Transportation Planning Carol Lewis TSU
9/1/09 476660-00071 High Speed Rail: A Study of International Best Practices and Identification of Opportunities in the U.S. Michael Walton UT-Austin
9/1/09 476660-00072 Comparison of Operational Strategies for Reducing Fuel Consumption and GHG Emissions from Trucking Michael Walton UT-Austin
9/1/09 476660-00073 Predicting Incremental Ridership Due to Buses on Shoulder Implementation Randy Machemehl UT-Austin
9/1/09 476660-00074 Examining the Role of Trip Length in Commuter Decisions to Use Public Transportation Randy Machemehl UT-Austin
9/1/09 476660-00075 Mega-Region Freight Movement: A Case Study of the Texas Triangle Robert Harrison UT-Austin