SWUTC Ongoing Research

Start Date
Project Number Project Title Principal Investigator University
9/1/06 0-5339 Integration and Consolidation of Border Freight Transportation Data for Planning Applications and Characterization of NAFTA Truck Loads for Aiding in Transportation Infrastructure Management Juan Villa TAMU
9/1/06 0-5541 Developing Sustainable Transportation Performance Measures for TxDOT's Strategic Plan Josias Zietsman TAMU
9/1/06 0-5546 Protecting Rail Corridors Against Encroachment C. Michael Walton UT-Austin
9/1/06 0-5597 Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt New Technology Joe Button TAMU
9/1/06
167162 Transportation Infrastructure and Quality of Life for Disadvantaged Populations:  A Pilot Study of Two Colonias in Texas Cecilia Giusti TAMU
9/1/06
167164 On the Move!  Exploring Transportation Career Horizons Debbie Jasek TAMU
9/1/06
167165 Climate Change/Variability Science and Adaptive Strategies for State and Regional Transportation Decision Making Eric Lindquist TAMU
9/1/00
167225
Characterizing Transit Passenger Access Decisions (Continuation of 167806 funded 9/1/99) Randy Machemehl
UT-Austin
9/1/06
167261 The Role of Air-Cargo Transport in Facilitating Trans-Pacific Trade and Promoting Economic Development in Texas Leigh Boske UT-Austin
9/1/06
167263 Examining the Disjuncture Between Municipal Planning and School Facility Planning and the Implications on Transportation Tracy McMillan UT-Austin
9/1/00
167321
An Evaluation of Alternative Fuels Usage by Public Transit Agencies Ron Goodwin
TSU
9/1/03
167342
Procedures for the Implementation of a Transportation Scholars Program (Continuation of 167922 funded 9/1/02) Khosro Godazi
TSU
9/1/06
167360 An Alternative Transportation Fuels Update:  A Case Study of the Developing E85 Industry Sharon Boxill TSU
9/1/06
167361 Developing a Curriculum and Glossary of Transportation for High School Students Khosro Godazi TSU
9/1/06
167363 An Examination of Density and Ridership in New Light Rail Cities Carol Lewis TSU
9/1/04
167651
ITS Data Compression Using Advanced Signal Processing Techniques Fengziang Qiao
TSU
9/1/04
167653
TEA 21 and ISTEA:  Examination of CMAQ & STP Spending Carol Lewis
TSU
9/1/02
167726
A Guide to Intelligent Strategies for Transportation Infrastructure Protection and Transportation Security-Related Research Russell Henk/ Shaw-Pin Miaou
TAMU
9/1/05
167763
Writing a Statistics Text for Transportation Students Cliff Spiegelman
TAMU
9/1/05
167861
The Impact of China's and Brazil's Trade on the Southwest Region's Transportation Corridors and Economy Leigh Boske
UT-Austin
9/1/05
167865
Quantifying the Impact of School Siting Policies Using Health Impact Assessment Tracy McMillan
UT-Austin
9/1/05
167866
Design-Build Agreements:  How to Ensure Transportation Agencies Receive an Asset Jorge Prozzi
UT-Austin
9/1/05
167867
Multimodal Network Models for Robust Transportation Systems Travis Waller
UT-Austin
9/1/99
167900
A Comparative Assessment of Emerging Transportation Techniques:  A Seminar for Professional and Student Exchange Khosro Godazi
TSU
9/1/99
167903
Evaluation of the Potential to Link Rural Communities with their Urban Neighbors Ron Goodwin
TSU
9/1/05
167961
An Analysis of Primary Applications of Emerging Traffic Management Technologies Sharon Boxill/ Khosro Godazi
TSU
9/1/05
167963
Using GPS and ITS Data to Calibrate the Micro Simulation Model VISSIM Fengziang Qiao
TSU
9/1/04
473700- 00050
Moving Toward Implementation:  An Examination of the Organizational and Political Structures of Transit-Oriented Development (Continuation of 167341 funded 9/1/03) Carol Lewis
TSU
9/1/05
473700- 00052
An Examination of Density and Ridership in New Light Rail Cities Carol Lewis
TSU
9/1/05
473700- 00053
Assessing Transit Ridership in Selected Suburban to Urban AReas Gwen Goodwin
TSU
9/1/06 473700- 00054 An Assessment of Public Involvement for the 2006 Regional Transportation Coordination Planning Process in Selected Cities Gwen Goodwin TSU
9/1/06 473700- 00055 Testing Information to Improve Communication with Communities and Decision Makers Carol Lewis TSU
9/1/06 473700- 00056 Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Based Road-Condition Warning System for Highway Collision Prevention Yi Qi TSU
9/1/06 473700- 00057 Computer Simulation-Based Algorithm for Optimizing Evacuation Plans in Major Trip Generator Fengxiang Qiao TSU
9/1/05
473700- 00074
Commercial Vehicle Security:  Practices & Technologies C. Michael Walton
UT-Austin
9/1/05
473700- 00075
Dray Operation at Intermodal Sites on Texas Transportation Corridors Robert Harrison
UT-Austin
9/1/06 473700- 00076 The Potential for Improving Rail International Intermodal Services in Texas and the Southwest Region of the United States Robert Harrison UT-Austin
9/1/06 473700- 00078 Application of Heuristic Solution Methods to the Public Transportation Driver Scheduling Program Randy Machemehl UT-Austin
9/1/06 473700- 00079 Direct Use-Charging for Commercial Vehicles C. Michael Walton UT-Austin
9/1/05
473700- 00080
Review of Warm Mix Asphalt in the US Arif Chowdhury
TAMU
9/1/06 473700- 00088 Measuring the Marginal Cost of Congestion Mark Burris TAMU
9/1/06 473700- 00095 An Assessment of Cargo Security Procedures for Texas Land and Marine Ports of Entry C. Michael Walton UT-Austin