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Publications
Research Reports and Technology Transfer Summaries | MTC Bulletin | Annual reports | Student papers/publications | Go! Magazine
Research Reports and Technology Transfer Summaries
MTC Reports
| Publication Date |
Title |
| Sep 2011 |
Evaluation of Rumble Stripes on Low-Volume Rural Roads in Iowa: Phase I
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| Jun 2009 |
Evaluation Framework for the Creation and Analysis of Integrated Spatially-referenced Driver-Crash Databases
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| Jun 2009 |
Construction Project Administration and Management for Mitigating Work Zone Accidents and Fatalities: An Integrated Risk Management Model
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| Apr 2009 |
Spatial Scale of Clustering of Motor Vehicle Crash Types and Appropriate Countermeasures
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| Nov 2008 |
Toolbox to Assess Tradeoffs between Safety, Operations, and Air Quality for
Intersection and Access Management Strategies
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| Nov 2008 |
Clear Zone - A Synthesis of Practice and an Evaluation of the Benefits of Meeting the 10 ft Clear Zone Goal on Urban Streets
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| Sep 2008 |
Iowa DOT Bridge Asset Management Using Pontis: Data Integration,
Performance, and Decision Support Tools
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| Aug 2008 |
Implementation of HERS-ST in Iowa and Development /Refinement of a National Training Program
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| Jul 2008 |
Synthesis Study: Effectiveness of Safety Corridor Programs, Report on Tasks 1-3
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| Apr 2008 |
Remote Health Monitoring for Asset Management
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| Feb 2008 |
A Decision Support System for Optimal Depot and Fleet Management
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| Feb 2008 |
Bridge Deck Integrity Measurements for Asset Management
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| Feb 2008 |
Integration of Asset Management Systems with Load and Resistance Factor Design
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| Dec 2007 |
Lane Closure Policy Development, Enforcement, and Exceptions: A Survey of Seven State Transportation Agencies
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| Nov 2007 |
Development of Fatigue Design Procedures for Slender, Tapered Support Structures for Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals Subjected to Wind-Induced Excitation from Vortex Shedding and Buffeting
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| Nov 2007 |
Development of Fatigue Design Procedures for Slender, Tapered Support Structures for Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals Subjected to Wind-Induced Excitation from Vortex Shedding and Buffeting
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| Jul 2007 |
Flexible Start/Fixed Duration Contracting for Construction of Transportation Projects: A Case Study of the Paseo Bridge
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| Jun 2007 |
Investigation of Methodologies Used by Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Motor Carriers to Determine Fuel Surcharges
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| Jun 2007 |
Synthesis of Practices for Mitigating the Impact of Work Zones on Traffic
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| Jun 2007 |
Prefabricated Elements Case Study
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| Jun 2007 |
The Adoption of Technologies, Policies, and Systems for Improving Fleet Fuel Performance
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| Jun 2007 |
Managing Early Adoption of Biodiesel by Commercial Fleets
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| Jun 2007 |
Comparison of Disaster Logistics Planning and Execution for 2005 Hurricane Season
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| Jun 2007 |
Use of Functional Silos to Optimize Agency Decision Making
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| Mar 2007 |
Secondary Accident Data Fusion for Assessing Long-Term Performance of Transportation Systems
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| Nov 2006 |
An Integrated Systems Approach to the Development of Winter Maintenance / Management Systems
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| Sep 2006 |
Planning, Developing, and Implementing the Iowa Pavement Marking Management System (IPMMS): Phases I and II
|
| Jan 2006 |
Synthesis of Procedures to Forecast and Monitor Work Zone Safety and Mobility Impacts
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| Nov 2005 |
Management Systems for Inland Waterway Traffic Control, Volume I: Identification and Evaluation of Alternatives for Managing Lock Traffic on the Upper Mississippi River
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| Nov 2005 |
Management Systems for Inland Waterway Traffic Control, Volume II: Vessel Tracking for Managing Traffic on the Upper Mississippi River
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| Oct 2005 |
Toolbox to Address Safety and Operations on School Grounds and Public Streets Adjacent to Elementary and Middle Schools in Iowa
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| Jul 2005 |
Impact of Weather on Urban Freeway Traffic Flow Characteristics and Facility Capacity (technical report)
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| Jul 2005 |
Whether Weather Matters to Traffic Demand, Traffic Safety, and Traffic Flow (general report)
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| Jun 2005 |
Investigation of User Costs and Benefits of Winter Road Closures
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| May 2005 |
A Web-Based Implementation of Winter Maintenance Decision Support System (WMDSS) Using GIS and Remote Sensing
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| Dec 2004 |
Evaluation of Different Methods to Calculate Heavy-Truck VMT
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| Jul 2003 |
Grade and Cross Slope Estimation from LIDAR-based Surface Models
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| Jul 2003 |
Remote Sensing (LIDAR) for Management of Highway Assets for Safety
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| Jul 2003 |
Use of LIDAR-based Elevation Data for Highway Drainage Analysis: A Qualitative Assessment
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| Jun 2003 |
Appendix A. Fleet Management Solutions
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| Jun 2003 |
Appendix B. Maintenance Facilities Report
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| Jun 2003 |
Research and Training of Private Transportation Providers for the Efficient and Effective Provision of Public Transportation Services
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| Dec 2002 |
Improving Efficiency of Transportation Projects Using Laser Scanning
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| Dec 2002 |
Identification and Development of User Requirements to Support Robust Corridor Investment Models
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| Jun 2002 |
Decision-Support System for Management of Slope Construction and Repair Activities: An Asset Management Building Block
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| May 2002 |
Artificial Intelligence-Based Optimization of Management of Snow Removal
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| Feb 2002 |
Guidelines for a Roadway Management System (RMS) for Local Governments
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| Dec 2001 |
GIS-Based Integrated Rural and Small Urban Transit Asset Management System
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| Jun 2001 |
GPS to LRM: Integration of Spatial Point Features with Linear Referencing Methods
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| May 2001 |
Addressing Integration Issues and Developing a Protocol for Integration of Global Positioning Systems Data With Linear Referenced Data in an Asset Management System
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Technology Transfer Summaries
Biannual newsletter
MTC Bulletin, beginning summer 2008
MTC Asset, ending winter 2007
Annual reports
Student papers/publications
Papers from the Transportation Scholars Conference
Publications
- Iowa’s Experience with “Road
Diet” Measures: Impacts
on Crash Frequencies and Crash Rates Assessed Following a Bayesian Approach (10
kb pdf) accepted for publication by the Transportation Research Board
in 2006. MTC Scholar: Wen Li (shirley@iastate.edu),
Iowa State University, Department of Statistics.
- Whether Weather Matters to Traffic Demand, Traffic Safety, and Traffic
Operations and Flow, Transportation Research Record, (in printing).
MTC Scholars: Manish Agarwal and Garrett Burchett, Iowa State University.
- Safety Performance of Rural Expressway Intersections, ITE Journal, January,
2006, pp. 28–32. MTC Scholar: Garrett Burchett,
Iowa State University.
- Rural Expressway Intersection Characteristics that are a Factor
in Reducing Safety Performance, Transportation
Research Record, (in printing). MTC Scholar: Garrett Burchett,
Iowa State University.
- Safety Performance of Divided
Expressways, ITE
Journal, May, 2005, pp. 48–53. MTC Scholar: Garrett Burchett,
Iowa State University.
- Impacts of Weather on Urban
Freeway Traffic Flow Characteristics and Facility Capacity, Transportation
Research Board Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2006, on compact disk. MTC Scholar:
Manish Agarwal, Iowa State University.
- Using Data to Predict Relative Road Safety
and Requirements for Road Closure During Severe Winter Weather Conditions, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2005, on
compact disk. MTC Scholar: Garrett Burchett, Iowa State University.
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