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Program Progress Performance Report for University Transportation Center

Submitted to: U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R)

Grant Number: DTRT13-G-UTC60 Project Title: University Transportation Centers

Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities (TRCLC)

Program Director: Jun-Seok Oh, Ph.D. Professor and Director

Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities at Western Michigan University 1903 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5316 [email protected] / (269) 276-3216

Submitting Official: Same as Program Director Submission Date: October 31, 2016 DUNS and EIN: 622364479 / 386007327 Recipient Account Number: 25-7020240

Recipient Organization: Western Michigan University 1903 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49008

Project/Grant Period: September 30, 2013 – September 30, 2018 Reporting Period End Date: September 30, 2016 Report Term or Frequency: Annual Signature of Submitting Official:

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Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities

1 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1.1 What are the major goals and objectives of the program?

The TRCLC addresses five USDOT strategic goals through the prism of Livable Communities. The Center’s primary focus is to help developing communities that provide people with access to affordable and environmentally sustainable transportation through coordination between transportation, housing, and commercial development. In particular, the Center will concentrate on “bringing technological advances to aid the development of livable communities” by coordinating efforts among faculty in associated fields at five universities to collectively enable livable communities through transportation research. Research Livable communities are where people can enjoy their daily lives without having to drive their car. Toward this end, the TRCLC focuses on three research objectives: • improving public transit systems and alternative transportation modes, • providing better and safer pedestrian and bicycle networks, and • enhancing transportation accessibility for children, people with disabilities, older

adults, and lower income populations.

Education and Workforce Development The TRCLC consortium will create opportunities for learning and knowledge sharing through a comprehensive education and workforce development program based on a lifecycle of occupational development approach that emphasizes K-12 outreach, career-oriented higher education and professional development. Our program goals are to: 1) Develop activities for teachers, counselors, administrators and students in K-12

schools to enhance awareness of the forms and functions of transportation systems.

2) Develop career-oriented higher educational programs that combine multidisciplinary course work, experiential education, participative research and industry-university partnerships

3) Create programs for professional development on a broad range of transportation topics geared to the needs of decision-makers, transportation officials, community members and professional staff.

Technology Transfer The Center’s technology transfer program will leverage and extend our existing activities as well as build new capacity to achieve the following inter-related goals: 1) to formalize a widely distributed and multi-format knowledge-sharing

infrastructure, and 2) to create opportunities for context-sensitive problem identification and

participatory research.

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Collaboration Our primary collaborative goal is: to develop capacities to identify, cultivate and sustain inter-disciplinary and inter-sectoral partnerships in order to meaningfully frame and address transportation problems that stifle the development of livable communities. Diversity Our goal for diversity is to outreach to underrepresented groups, low income communities, and diverse disciplines and partners.

1.1 What was accomplished under these goals?

Research

• A total of thirteen projects were completed during this period including six projects funded during the first cycle and seven projects funded in the second cycle. All projects funded in the first cycle were completed. Project ID Title Institution PI

14-2 Developing Performances Measures to Capture the Effects of Transportation Facilities On Multiple Public Health Outcomes

UTA Casey

14-3 Developing Performances Measures to Capture the Effects of Transportation Facilities On Multiple Public Health Outcomes: A Case in Michigan

WMU Oh

14-5 Development of Decision Support Tools to Assess Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety: Development of Safety Performance Functions

WMU Kwigizile

14-6 Development of Decision Support Tools to Assess Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety: Field Evaluation of Driver Behavior and Traffic Operations

WSU Gates

14-7 Development of Decision Support Tools to Assess Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety: Focus on Population, Demographic and Socio-economic Spectra

TSU Chimba

14-8 Big Data Analytics to Aid Developing Livable Communities WMU Yang

15-1 Effect of Cycling Skills on Bicycle Safety and Comfort Associated with Bicycle Infrastructure and Environment WMU Oh

15-2 Development and Assessment of Performance Measures for Evaluating and Improving Regional Transit Coordination Using GTFS Data

WMU Oh

15-4 Travel Behavior of Blind Individuals Before and After Receiving Orientation and Mobility Training WMU Kim

15-5 Infrastructure and Technology for Sustainable Livable Cities WMU Attanayake

15-8

Community-Aware Charging Station Network Design for Electrified Vehicles in Urban Areas: Reducing Congestion, Emissions, Improving Accessibility and Promoting Walking, Bicycling and Use of Public Transportation

WSU Chinnam

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15-12 Analysis of Walking Facility Performance Guidelines for Individuals with Disabilities USU Christensen

15-13 Exploring Bicycle Route Choice Behavior with Space Syntax Analysis USU Song

• There are seventeen on-going research projects: six projects funded during the

2nd funding cycle, and eleven projects funded during the 3rd cycle in this year. Project ID Title Institution PI

15-3 Real Time Bicycle Simulation Study of Bicyclists' Behaviors and Their Implication on Safety WMU Kwigizile

15-6 Integrated Crowdsourcing Platform to Investigate Non-Motorized Behavior and Risk Factors on Walking, Running and Cycling Routes

WMU Al-Fuqaha

15-7 App-Based Crowd Sourcing of Bicycle and Pedestrian Conflict Data UTA Mattingly

15-9 Impact of Access Management Practices to Pedestrian and Bicycle Operations and Safety TSU Chimba

15-10 Development of Multi-Class, Multi-Criteria Bicycle Traffic Assignment Models and Solution Algorithms USU Chen

15-11 Development of a New Combined Modal Split and Traffic Assignment Model for Evaluating Transit Oriented Development Strategies

USU Chen

16-01

PathstoADA-Compliance:ThePerformanceandCostEfficiencyofmeasurementTechnologiesthatSupportADA-Mandated,Self-EvaluationsofPedestrianRightsofWay

WMU Oh

16-02 EnhancingNon-motorizedMobilitywithinConstructionZones WMU Attanayake

16-03

TheEffectsofHighVisibilityEnforcementonDrivercompliancetotheDriversyieldingtoPedestriansinCrosswalks;ChangingtheDrivingcultureonaCitywideBasis

WMU VanHouten

16-04 EffectivenessofBicycleSignalsforImprovingSafetyandMultimodalMobilityatUrbanIntersections WMU Oh

16-05TravelBehaviorofBlindIndividualsbeforeandafterreceivingOrientationandMobilityTraining(Phase2:Full-scallStudy)

WMU Kim

16-06Vehicle-to-Device(V2D)Communications:ReadinessoftheTechnologyandPotentialApplicationsforPeoplewithDisability

WMU Al-Fuqaha

16-07 Blame-the-VictimPolicyNarrativesandLocal-LevelTransportationPolicyDecisions UTA Casey

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16-08DoesLocationMatter?PerformanceAnalysisoftheAffordableHousingProgramsinDallasFortWorthMetropolis

UTA Hamidi

16-09

TransportationMobilityAmongLow-Income,TransportationDisadvantagedOlderAdultsLivinginaLowDensityUrbanEnvironmentusingInnovativeDataCollectionMethods

UTA Fields

16-10 AConstraint-BasedBicycleOrigin-DestinationEstimationProcedure USU Song

16-11 MicrosimulationoftheImpactofAccessManagementPracticestoPedestrianOperations TSU Chimba

Research Efforts at WMU

• Developed a decision support tool to assess pedestrian and bicycle safety (TRCLC 14-5)

• Built an instrumented bicycle to examine bicyclists’ dynamic movement associated with bicycle infrastructure (TRCLC 15-1)

• Developed automated procedure for estimating time-averaged multimodal accessibility values for fine-scale geographies in two case study cities using open source software and examined accessibility outcomes for people with disabilities (TRCLC 15-2)

• Built a real time bicycle simulator to examine bicyclists' behaviors and their implication on safety (TRCLC 15-3)

• Data were collected and analyzed to examine travel behavior of blind individuals before and after receiving orientation and mobility training (TRCLC 15-4)

• Analyzed bike-sharing system for Kalamazoo (TRCLC 15-5) • Developed a BikeableRoute app for testing (TRCLC 15-6)

Research Efforts at UTA • Developed transportation infrastructure safety performance measures for

pedestrians and cyclists, including pedestrian safety assessment index (PSAI), bicyclist safety assessment index (BSAI) and methodology for analyzing pedestrian, cyclist and vehicle conflicts

• Developed field based data collection tools to improve decision making • Began work on “Public Health Performance Measures and Their Role in the

Regional Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process” for the NCTCOG University Partnership Program.

• Transportation Mobility Among Low-Income, Transportation Disadvantaged Older Adults Living in a Low Density Urban Environment Using Innovative Data Collection Methods Project started o Categories of impacts identified o Preliminary questions developed o Initiate discussion for partnering with NCTCOG on a supplemental project

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• Completed “Public Health Performance Measures and Their Role in the Regional Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process” for the NCTCOG University Partnership Program.

Research Efforts at USU • Conducted a review on existing studies, guidelines and regulations related to

walking needs of individuals with disabilities and walking facility level of service analysis.

• Identified statistical approaches to analyze and empirically model qualitative perception data, observed pedestrian behaviors, and methods to compare these data sources.

• Coded survey data and developed a database to manage the pre-, mid-, and post-participation questionnaire data.

• Developed software to manage a large amount of pedestrian trajectory data and extract relevant macroscopic and microscopic information for different types of pedestrian necessary to develop time-space diagrams.

• Implemented statistical procedures to calibrate perceived pedestrian LOS and pedestrian satisfaction models for various walking facilities while considering different individuals with disability types.

• Analyzed the calibrated models inferring the role of different variables in pedestrian LOS thresholds while considering individuals with disabilities.

• Developed a method to convert a bicycle network to axial and segment maps that are compatible with GIS software.

Research Efforts at WSU • Created repository for transportation-related data on commute, walkability, state

of charging station, and demand for arrival pattern of origin-destination pairs, station access coverage

• Developed stochastic mathematical models to optimize the network design of charging stations for a community based on the coverage and uncertainties in arrival patterns, state of charge, walkability, etc.

• Developed conceptual framework that will be used to create samples representing the uncertainties required for decision making

• Collected ped/bike/vehicle field data at 70+ crosswalk locations in Detroit, East Lansing, and Kalamazoo, including volume counts, yielding compliance rates, evasive maneuver rates and crash data. Prepared literature review, prepared data for analysis, analyzed data and began report writing

Research Efforts at TSU • Two Masters students used the research as their masters dissertation topic • Five graduate students supported fully or partially from the project funds • Eight (8) technical papers extracted from TRCLC-related projects have been

published, presented or submitted for review

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Education and Workforce Development • Hosted the 3rd Annual Summer Conference on Livable Communities and

provided students with presentation opportunities, Western Michigan University (June 21-22, 216)

• The 2nd Livable Community Mobile App Challenges for high school students has started to attract high school students attention to transportation research

• Hosted TRCLC guest speaker series: o Peer-to-Peer Sharing of Supply in Transportation: Possibilities and

Algorithms, Prof. R. Jayakrishnan, University of California at Irvineo Algorithms and Assessment Tools for Connected and Automated

Vehicles, Prof. Byungkyu Brian Park, University of Virginia • Co-hosted Great Lakes International Symposium: Interdisciplinary Research in

Data Science, Western Michigan University, February 26, 2016 • Co-hosted International Workshop on Sustainable Transportation Systems,

Tongji University, China, July 5, 2016 • Co-sponsored International Symposia: Meeting the Challenges of Safe

Transportation in an Aging Society on September 14-15, 2016 together with the Center for Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS) at University of Michigan and led a symposium on Enhancing Transportation Infrastructure in an Aging Society where six TRCLC members participated in.

• Participated and shared research results via membership on TRB’s Bicycle Technical Committee and Research Committee of the National Committee on Traffic Control Devices

• Participated in the American Concrete Institute (ACI) – Field Technician Grade I Certification program. Students are trained and prepared to take the exam by Dr. Upul Attanayake, P.E. Through this collaborative effort between WMU and the Michigan Concrete Association (MCA), 8 students from WMU will be taking the ACI field technician grade I exam in May 2016.

• Coordinated and facilitated focus groups with local governments and bicycle and pedestrian user groups

• Coordinated and funded student travel to TRB 2016 annual meeting, ITE meetings, and TRCLC Summer Conference

Technology Transfer • Invited practitioners (state DOTs, MPOs, cities, townships, other agencies) to the

3rd Annual Summer Conference on Liveable Communities • Training on natural language processing and machine learning to civil and

construction engineering students • Presented research results from the “Comprehensive Evaluation of Pedestrian

and Bicycle Crashes and Causes in Michigan” to: o MDOT’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Regional Committees (Bay, North and

Southwest) o The Michigan Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Action Team (PBSAT),

Lansing, MI. o The Michigan Pedestrian and Bicycle Conference, Mt Pleasant, MI.

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• Presented the outcome of TRCLC research project on Infrastructure and Technology for Sustainable Livable Cities to city planners, metro transit officials, bicycle associations, and the Kalamazoo Nature Center staff.

• Developed stochastic optimization model and data analysis tools for SEMCOG

Collaboration • TRCLC agreed with the Center for Medial Humanities and Convergent Contents

at Ajou University in South Korea to establish a formal linkage to foster international cooperation in education and research.

• Collaborated with the Regional TRC at the University of Minnesota on developing and providing pedestrian safety workshops in each region

• Collaborations between WMU and Purdue University, University of Nebraska Lincoln the City University of New York on transportation-related data science research

• Worked with DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference (a council of governments based in DuPage County, Illinois) via its Transportation and Policy Committee to identify key challenges to promoting active transportation among decision makers and transportation professionals

• Research team collaborated with the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University to analyze the role of the environment on pedestrian LOS thresholds relative to a heterogeneous population.

• Research team has collaborated with the Rocky Mountain ADA Center to assess and analyze the transportation access of individuals with disabilities in the intermountain west region VIII.

• Developed a collaborative research proposal between the UTA School of Social Work and Civil Engineering

• Collaborated with bicycling and pedestrian groups and local governments to develop a crowdsourcing application for safety data. 1) Conducted two focus groups to get their input on app development: pedestrian and bicyclist groups (e.g. Bike DFW) representing those that might use the app to determine how best to make the app user-friendly and to incentivize app usage. 2) Worked with a group of local governments (e.g. Dallas County and City of Fort Worth), agencies (e.g. Dallas Rapid Transit), and the regional MPO (NCTCOG) in the DFW area to determine what data needs they have, and how the data collected by the app can be useful to them for improving safety within their municipality.

Diversity • Four female graduate students are participated in WMU research projects; one of

the students is Hispanic, and one of them is African American. • Five African American graduate students are part of participating students

including two female students participated for USU projects • Female faculty members are PIs of four of the five TRCLC research proposals

from UTA • Five African American graduate students and two female students are

participating in TRCLC research projects from TSU.

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1.2 What opportunities for training and professional development has the

program provided? • Delivered a keynote speech at the Rhode Island Transportation Forum,”

Developing Livable Communities with Sustainable Transportation Systems,” Jun Oh, October 30, 2015

• The 3rd Annual Summer Conference provided opportunities for government for professional development

• Delivered a talk during the following NSF sponsored workshop: The US/Morocco Workshop on Sensors and Wireless Networks for Smart Cities -- funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), "Crowdsourcing Apps for More Livable Communities," Ala Al-Fuqaha, Jun Oh, Valerian Kwigizile, Rabat, Morocco, January 5-7, 2016.

• Smith, C. Scott. Evaluating and Improving Regional Transit Coordination Using GTFS Data, Leadership Development Presentation at HERE, October 12, 2016 Chicago, Illinois

• Shared project details and TRCLC research results with SEMCOG staff via several presentations

1.3 How have the results been disseminated? • TRCLC news and information continue to be disseminated though e-mails,

center website, and Facebook. • TRCLC reports were electronically disseminated to related agencies • TRCLC annual reports were mailed to related agencies, supporting partners, and

other UTCs. • The following documents were disseminated via DuPage Mayors and Managers

Conference members (i.e., a total of 78 mayors and village managers) via email and the Conference website, www.dmmc-cog.org

o Promoting Active Transportation in DuPage County: Trends, tools and strategies (October 2015)

o Parking Management Strategies: A review of the state of the practice (February 2016)

o Bicycle Parking: Recommended facility types and site planning best practices (April 2016)

• TRCLC research results were shared with transportation professionals at multiple meetings:

o First Meeting Nov. 2nd 2015 with Rebekah Kik (Kalamazoo City Planner) and Kathy Schultz (Special Projects Coordinator, Kalamazoo Metro Transit)

o Second Meeting Nov. 6th 2015 with Kathy Schultz and Bronson Hospital Committee on Parking Services

o Third Meeting Feb 2nd 2016 with Rebekah Kik (Kalamazoo City Planner) and Kathy Schultz (Special Projects Coordinator, Kalamazoo Metro Transit)

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o Fourth Meeting April 1st 2016 with Kalamazoo Parking and Mobility Committee

o Fifth Meeting April 1st 2016 with Rebekah Kik (Kalamazoo City Planner) and Nora Gimpel at the Kalamazoo Nature Center (a member of the Kalamazoo Climate Change Steering Committee)

1.4 What do you plan to do during the next period to accomplish the goals and objectives?

Research • Develop virtual reality-based transportation accessibility evaluation method for

the elderly and people with disabilities • Develop assistive technologies for those with physical or cognitive disabilities,

including but not limited to information and communication technologies, sensing technologies, machine learning technologies, automated reasoning technologies, natural language processing technologies, virtual reality technologies, robotics technologies, and knowledge modeling technologies

• Develop a service system to help transportation professionals efficiently track the status of transportation infrastructure conditions, using advanced sensing technologies (e.g., laser scanning, image sensing) together with information modeling, GIS, and knowledge modeling

• Association of Michigan’s Older Adult Crashes with Roadway Features o Conduct the survey on drivers and pedestrians o Analyze data to identify locations where older adults are overrepresented

in crashes • Current research has inspired a related project that focuses on assessing the

impact of access management practices to pedestrian operations and safety. The related research will establish the relationship between access management and pedestrian crash frequency and severities. In addition, it will develop safety performance functions that can be used to evaluate the safety impacts of various access management practices to pedestrians.

• Develop a method to perform a statistical analysis to explore the relationships between space syntax and other bicycle-related attributes and aggregate bicycle counts.

• Finalize crowdsourcing bicycle and pedestrian conflict application and begin dissemination and identifying ways to maximize technology transfer.

• Application of public health performance measures to environmental justice and non-environmental justice communities.

• Synthesize strategic level public health performance measure for transportation planning.

• Begin work on up to five new multidisciplinary research projects • Formalize network design framework for charging stations, integrate additional

functionalities like risk factors, accessibility, multi-modal transportation, carry out sensitivity analysis to quantify the robustness of the model/tool and perform a pilot study using community-based data.

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Education and Workforce Development • Implement the Second Livable Community Mobile App Challenge in 2016. • Continue the TRCLC guest speaker series • Provide field trip and field training opportunities to undergraduate and graduate

students in CCE Department and other departments at Western Michigan University.

• Help establish a regular seminar at CCE Department where external professionals and experts are invited to present their work.

• Facilitate the upgrades of computing facilities in the computing labs at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, out of the need of running advanced simulation and analysis to support the education goals.

• Try to explore mentorship programs which allow external professionals and experts take selected student mentees to have conversation on a regular basis throughout a year.

• Conduct a training session to prepare students to take the American Concrete Institute (ACI) - Field Technician Grade I Certification.

• Present research findings from the Public Health Performance Measures Project to SRTS funding sources in Texas and Michigan

• Develop short-term training courses for planning agency on the concept of optimizing the siting of vehicle charging stations and integrate project knowledge into undergraduate and graduate courses

Technology Transfer • Present research results at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation

Research Board (TRB), January 2017, Washington, D.C. • Prepare the 4th Annual Summer Conference by inviting conference committee

members • Organize meetings with Kalamazoo and Portage City engineers and planners to

educate them about the research being conducted as well as to understand their needs.

• Work with SEMCOG and other planning agency to refine applied aspects of transportation research

Collaboration • Seek collaboration with other public organizations and national labs such as the

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, share resources (e.g., data, facility, equipment) as appropriate to amplify the impact of the research investment from the center

• Meet the Kalamazoo Climate Change Steering Committee to educate them about the research being conducted as well as to explore possible collaborations

• Partner with NCTCOG for further development and dissemination of the Conflict Data App throughout the region. We anticipate partnering with some of the other collaborators in Michigan for disseminating the App, too,

• Develop a strategy with the Michigan Fitness Foundation to use the Public Health Performance Measures Project to Evaluate SRTS Proposals

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Diversity • Recruit more female and minority students to work on TRCLC projects • Encourage students affiliated with the center to apply to the Dwight David

Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) for the Hispanic Serving Institutions Fellowship

2 PRODUCTS

2.1 Publications, conference papers, and presentations

Publications. [WMU]A.Al-Fuqaha,A.Khreishah,M.Guizani,A.Rayes,M.Mohammadi,"TowardBetterHorizontalIntegrationAmongIoTServices,"IEEECommunicationsMagazine,Vol.53,no.9,pp.72-79,Sep.2015.[WMU]A.Al-Fuqaha,M.Guizani,M.Mohammadi,M.Aledhari,M.Ayyash,"InternetofThings:ASurveyonEnablingTechnologies,ProtocolsandApplications,"IEEECommunicationsSurveys&Tutorials,Vol.17,no.4,pp.2347-2376,Nov.2015.[WMU]A.Gharaibeh,A.Khreishah,M.Mohammadi,A.Al-Fuqaha,I.Khalil,A.Rayes,"OnlineAuctionofCloudResourcesinSupportoftheInternetofThings,"IEEETransactionsonServicesComputing,submitted,Dec.2015.[WMU]A.Wisniewska,B.Khan,A.Al-Fuqaha,M.AbuShattal,K.Dombrowski,"EvolutionaryPressuresinEmergingSocietiesofSecondaryUsersinCognitiveRadioNetworks,"JournalofConnectivity,submitted,Feb.2016.[WMU]Akanmu,A.,Olatunji,O.A.,Love,P.,Nguyen,D.&Matthews,J.(2015).Auto-GeneratedSiteLayout:anintegratedapproachtoreal-timesensingoftemporaryfacilitiesininfrastructureprojects.StructureandInfrastructureEngineering:Maintenance,Management,Life-CycleDesignandPerformance,1-13.[WMU]AliAlzuhairi,MustafaAldhaheri,ZhanboSun,Jun-SeokOh,andValerianKwigizile,“VehicularEmissionsandConcentrationsinSchoolZones:ACaseStudy,”JournalofCentralSouthUniversity,Volume23,Issue7,pp1778–1785[WMU]•AliAlzuhairi,MustafaAldhaheri,ZhanboSun,Jun-SeokOh,andValerianKwigizile,“VehicularEmissionsandConcentrationsinSchoolZones:ACaseStudy,”JournalofCentralSouthUniversity,Volume23,Issue7,pp1778–1785[WMU]B.Schmidt,D.Kountanis,A.Gupta,A.Al-Fuqaha,"OptimizinganArtificialImmuneSystemInternetFlowClassificationAlgorithm,"ElsevierAppliedSoftComputing,submitted,Nov.2015.[WMU]Bennettt,M.K.&VanHouten,R.(inpress).ExaminationofSomeVariablesInfluencingtheEfficacyoftheGatewayIn-StreetSignConfigurationonMotoristYieldingRight-of-WaytoPedestrians.TransportationResearchRecord.[WMU]Bourquin,G.,WallEmerson,R.,Barlow,J.,&Sauerburger,D.(2016).Conditionsthatinfluencedrivers'behaviorataroundabout:Increasingyielding.JournalofVisualImpairment&Blindness,110.

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[WMU]Bourquin,G.,WallEmerson,R.,Barlow,J.,&Sauerburger,D.(2016).Theeffectoflongcanecolorandtechniquesondrivers'yieldingbehavior.JournalofVisualImpairment&Blindness,110.[WMU]Cho,H.(2016).Theanalysisofmultivariatelongitudinaldatausingmultivariatemarginalmodels,JournalofMultivariateAnalysis143,481-491.[WMU]Cho,H.&Qu,A.(2015).Efficientestimationforlongitudinaldatabycombininglarge-dimensionalmomentconditions,ElectricalJournalofStatistics9,1315-1334.[WMU]Cho,H.Hong,H.&Kim,M.(2016).Efficientquantilemarginalregressionforlongitudinaldatawithdropouts,Biostatistics,17,561-575[WMU]Cho,H.,Wang,P.&Qu,A.(2016).Personalizedtreatmentforlongitudinaldatausingunspecifiedrandom-effectmodel,StatisticaSinica,inpress.[WMU]Clark,M.,Oh,J.,Kwigizile,V.,andCastle,C.(2015).AwarenessandUtilizationofAdvancedTravelerInformationbyActiveSeekers.TransportationResearchRecord,JournaloftheTransportationResearchBoard(TRB).No.2496,pp.36-44.[WMU]DeLaere,G.,VanHouten,R.&Shurbutt,J.(2015).CountdownPedestrianSignalsandLowVisionPedestrians.TransportationResearchRecord.[WMU]DeLaere,G.M.,VanHouten,R.,&Shurbutt,J.(inpress).CountdownPedestrianSignalsWithandWithouttheFlashingHand:AFieldStudy.TransportationResearchRecord.[WMU]Fees,C.A.,Torbic,D.J.,VanHouten,R.,Bauer,K.M.,Roseberry,N.,&LaPlante,J.(inpress).DesignGuidanceforBicycleLaneWidths.TransportationResearchRecord.[WMU]Fink,J.,Kwigizile,V.,andOh,J.(2016).QuantifyingtheImpactofAdaptiveTrafficControlSystemsonCrashFrequencyandSeverity:EvidencefromOaklandCounty,Michigan.JournalofSafetyResearch,Volume57,pp.1-7.doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2016.01.001.[WMU]I.Khalil,Z.Dou,A.Khreishah,A.Al-Fuqaha,"RobustInsiderAttacksCountermeasureforHadoop:Design&Implementation,"IEEETransactionsonServicesComputing,submitted,2015.[WMU]Kim,D.,WallEmerson,R.Naghshineh,K.,&Auer,A.(2016).Drop-offdetectionwiththelongcane:Effectofcaneshaftweightandrigidityonperformance.Ergonomics.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2016.1171403.[WMU]Kim,D.,WallEmerson,R.,&Gaves,E.(2016).Travelinadversewinterweatherconditionsbyblindpedestrians:Effectofcanetipdesignontravelonsnow.JournalofVisualImpairment&Blindness,110,53-58[WMU]Lopez,L.andAttanayake,U.“EvaluationofSafePassageAlternativesforNon-motorizedTrafficacrossanExistingHighwayBridge,"theInternationalJournalofSustainableCitiesandSociety,Vol.26,pp.161–169,2016.[WMU]M.A.Salahuddin,A.Al-Fuqaha,M.Guizani,"ReinforcementLearningforResourceProvisioninginVehicularCloud,"IEEEWirelessCommunicationsMagazine,2015.[WMU]M.AbuShattal,A.Al-Fuqaha,B.Khan,A.Wisniewska,K.Dombrowski,"SecondaryUsersDSAEtiquetteinCognitiveNetworks:AnEvolutionaryGameTheoryPerspective,"IEEETransactionsonParallelandDistributedSystems,tobesubmitted,Mar.2016.[WMU]M.Javed,E.BenHamida,A.Al-FuqahaandB.Bhargava,"AdaptiveSecurityandQoSforInternetofVehiclesinSmartCities,"IEEECommunicationsMagazine,submitted,Feb.2016.

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[WMU]Mohhamed,A.W.,Attanayake,U.B.,Aktan,H.,andHayR.“MonitoringSubstructureDeformationsduringSlide-inBridgeConstruction,"ASCEJournalofInfrastructureSystems,2016[WMU]Nielsen,L.H.K.,Akanmu,A.,&Anumba,C.J.(2015).Comparativeanalysisofback-to-backsubcontractsintheconstructionandtelecommunicationsindustries.BuiltEnvironmentProjectandAssetManagement,5(4),446-460.[WMU]Sun,Z.,Hao,P.,&Ban,X.Fine-grainedmodelingofarterialtraffic:Adatafusionandinformationintegrationapproach.Underreview[WMU]T.Mu,H.Bustam,A.Al-Fuqaha,M.Anan,N.Nasser,"EmpoweringNetworkingResearchandExperimentationthroughSoftware-DefinedNetworking,"ElsevierJournalofNetworkandComputerApplications,submitted,2015.[WMU]VanHouten,R.,DeLaere,G.Shurbutt,J.,&Morgan,J.F.(2015).CountdownPedestrianSignalsLegibilityandComprehensionwithoutFlashingHand.TransportationResearchRecord,2519,10-16.[UTA]Boyapati,R.K.andS.Ardekani(2016)."CriticalGapsatUnsignalizedIntersections-AComparisonoftheU.S.versusIndianDrivers,"EngineeringScienceandTechnologyJournal(ESTIJ),Vol.6,No.1,January2016,PP.1-8.[UTA]Casey,C.,Li,J.&Berry,M.(Forthcoming,inpress).Interorganizationalcollaborationinpublichealthdatasharing.JournalofHealthOrganizationandManagement.[UTA]Ewing,R.,Hamidi,S.,andGrace,J.CompactDevelopmentandVMT-EnvironmentalDeterminism,Self-Selection,orSomeofBoth?(2015)EnvironmentandPlanningB.[UTA]Ewing,R.,Hamidi,S.,Grace,J.B.,&Wei,Y.D.(2016)Doesurbansprawlholddownupwardmobility?LandscapeandUrbanPlanning,148,80-88.[UTA]Hamidi,S.,Ewing,R.,Renne,J.(2016)HowaffordableisHUDaffordablehousing?HousingPolicyDebate(onlinefirst)[UTA]Hamidi,S.,Kittrell,K.,andEwing,R.(2016)Transit'svalueasreflectedinU.S.singlefamilyhomepremiums:Ameta-studysummarizing40yearsofresearch.TransportationResearchRecord:JournaloftheTransportationResearchBoard2543[UTA]Li,J.,Casey,C.,&Brewer,L.(2015).Exploringopportunitiesforengagingpublichealthorganizationsintransportationplanning.PublicWorksManagement&Policy,20(3):201-225.[UTA]Tian,G.,Ewing,R.,Weinberger,R.,Shively,K,Stinger,P,Rowe,D,andHamidi,S.(2016)TripandParkingGenerationatTransit-OrientedDevelopments:CaseStudyofRedmondTOD,SeattleRegion.TransportationResearchRecord:JournaloftheTransportationResearchBoard2543(DOI:10.3141/2543-16)[USU]Jansuwan,S.,Chen,A.(2015)Consideringperceptionerrorsinnetworkefficiencymeasure:Anapplicationtobridgeimportancerankingindegradabletransportationnetworks.TransportmetricaA:TransportScience11(9),793-818.DOI:10.1080/23249935.2015.1087694.[USU]Kitthamkesorn,S.,Chen,A.,Xu,X.,Ryu,S.(2016)Modelingmodeandroutesimilaritiesinnetworkequilibriumproblemwithgo-greenmodes.NetworksandSpatialEconomics16(1),33-60.DOI:10.1007/s11067-013-9201-y.

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[USU]Ryu,S.,Chen,A.,Choi,K.(2016)Solvingthestochasticmulticlasstrafficassignmentproblemwithasymmetricinteractions,routeoverlapping,andvehiclerestrictions.JournalofAdvancedTransportation50(2),255-270.DOI:10.1002/atr.1313.[USU]Sharifi,M.S.,Chen,A.,Kitthamkesorn,S.,Song,Z.(2015)Link-basedstochasticloadingmethodsfortheweibitroutechoicemodel.TransportationResearchRecord2497,84-94.DOI:10.3141/2497-09.[USU]Sharifi,M.S.,Stuart,D.,Christensen,K.M.,&ChenA.(inpress)Timeheadwaymodelingandcapacityanalysisofpedestrianfacilitiesinvolvingindividualswithdisabilities.TransportationResearchRecord(doi:10.3141/2553-05)[USU]Sharifi,M.S.,Stuart,D.,Christensen,K.M.,&Chen,A.(2015)TrafficFlowCharacteristicsofHeterogeneousPedestrianStreamInvolvingIndividualswithDisabilities.TransportationResearchRecord,15(2537):111-125.(doi:10.3141/2537-13)[USU]Sharifi,M.S.,Stuart,D.,Christensen,K.M.,Chen,A.,Kim,Y.S.,&Chen,Y.(2015)Analysisofwalkingspeedsinvolvingindividualswithdisabilitiesindifferentindoorwalkingenvironments.JournalofUrbanPlanningandDevelopment(onlineaheadofprint)(doi:10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000288)[USU]Soltani-Sobh,A.,Heaslip,K.,Stevanovic,A.,Khoury,J.,andSong,Z.(2016)Evaluationoftransportationnetworkreliabilityduringunexpectedeventswithmultipleuncertainties.InternationalJournalofDisasterRiskReduction,vol.17,128-136.[USU]Tang,T.,Chen,L.,Huang,H.,andSong,Z.(2016)Analysisoftheequilibriumtripcostwithoutlatearrivalandthecorrespondingtrafficpropertiesusingacar-followingmodel.PhysicaA,vol.460,348-360.[USU]Wang,H.,Song,Z.,Wen,R.,Zhao,Y.(2016)Studyonevolutioncharacteristicsofairtrafficsituationcomplexitybasedoncomplexnetworktheory.AerospaceScienceandTechnology,vol.58,518-528[USU]Xu,X.,Chen,A.,Kitthamkesorn,S.,Yang,H.,Lo,H.K.(2015)Modelingabsoluteandrelativecostdifferencesinstochasticuserequilibriumproblem.TransportationResearchPartB81,Part3,686-703.DOI:10.1016/j.trb.2015.05.014[USU]Xu,X.,Chen,A.,Yang,C.(2016)Areviewofsustainablenetworkdesignforroadnetworks.KSCEJournalofCivilEngineering20(3),1084-1098.DOI:10.1007/s12205-016-1729-1.[USU]Xu,X.,Lo,H.K.,Chen,A.,Castillo,E.(2016)Robusttrafficcountinglocationforcompletelinkflowobservabilityunderuncertainty.TransportationResearchPartB88,1-20.doi:10.1016/j.trb.2016.03.006.[USU]Zhang,L.,Song,Z.,Tang,X.,andWang,D.(2016)Signalcoordinationmodelsforlongarterialsandgridnetworks.TransportationResearchPartC:EmergingTechnologies,vol.71,215-230.[WSU]Davis,A.E.Hacker,P.T.Savolainen,andT.J.Gates.ALongitudinalAnalysisofRuralInterstateFatalitiesinRelationtoSpeedLimitPolicies.InTransportationResearchRecord2514:JournaloftheTransportationResearchBoard,TRB,Washington,D.C.,2015.[WSU]Faridimehr,S.,Venkatachalam,S.,andChinnam,R.B.,"EVChargingStationNetworkDesignusingStochasticProgrammingforPromotingAccessandLivability,"WorkingmanuscripttobesubmittedinMay2016.

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[WSU]Faridimehr,S.,Venkatachalam,S.,andChinnam,R.B.,"Risk-averseTwo-StageStochasticProgrammingModelforEVChargingStationNetworkDesign,"WorkingmanuscripttobesubmittedinMay2016.[WSU]Gates,T.andP.SavolainenEconomicAnalysisofFreewaySpeedLimitPolicyAlternatives.InTransportationResearchRecord2597:JournaloftheTransportationResearchBoard,TRB,Washington,D.C.,2016.[WSU]Gates,T.,P.Savolainen,andJ.Kay,EconomicAnalysisof65-mphSpeedLimitsonRuralNonfreeways.InTransportationResearchRecord2597:JournaloftheTransportationResearchBoard,TRB,Washington,D.C.,2016.[WSU]Himes,S.,Eccles,K.,PeachK.,Monsere,C.M.,Gates,T.J.EstimatingtheSafetyEffectsofIntersectionSightDistanceatUnsignalizedIntersections.InTransportationResearchRecord2588:JournaloftheTransportationResearchBoard,TRB,Washington,D.C.,2016[WSU]Kay,J.J.,P.T.Savolainen,T.J.Gates,T.K.Datta,J.Finkelman,andB.Hamadeh.SafetyImpactsofMichigan'sStatewideCenterlineRumbleStripProgram.InTransportationResearchRecord2515:JournaloftheTransportationResearchBoard,TRB,Washington,D.C.,2015.[WSU]Russo,B.,SavolainenP.T.,Gates,T.J.,andKirschT.DevelopmentofCrashModificationFactorsforInstallationofHigh-TensionCableMedianBarrier.InTransportationResearchRecord2588:JournaloftheTransportationResearchBoard,TRB,Washington,D.C.,2016.[WSU]Russo,B.J.,E.Rista,P.T.Savolainen,T.J.Gates,andS.Frazier.AnalysisofVehicleSpeedCharacteristicsamongStateswithUniformandDifferentialSpeedLimitPolicies.InTransportationResearchRecord2492:JournaloftheTransportationResearchBoard,TRB,Washington,D.C.,2015[WSU]Russo,B.J.,T.P.Barrette,J.Morden,P.T.Savolainen,andT.J.Gates.ExaminationofFactorsAssociatedwithUseRatesafterTransitionfromaUniversaltoPartialMotorcycleHelmetUseLaw.InTrafficInjuryPrevention,TaylorandFrancis,2016. Conference Papers [WMU]Alzuhairi,A.,Aldhaheri,M.,Sun,Z.*,Oh,J.S.&Kwigizile,V(2016).VehicularEmissionsandConcentrationsinSchoolZones:ACaseStudy.TobepresentedatCICTP2016,Shanghai,China[WMU]Attanayake,U."SeismicEvaluationofaLow-RiseReinforcedConcreteCommercialBuildingbytheCapacitySpectrumMethod,"the6thInternationalConferenceonStructuralEngineeringandConstructionManagement2015,December11-14,2015.[WMU]Attanayake,U.,Aktan,H.,Mejia,J.,andHay,R."ClusteringTechniquesandArtificialNeuralNetworkforAcousticEmissionDataAnalysis,"the6thInternationalConferenceonStructuralEngineeringandConstructionManagement2015,December11-14,2015.[WMU]B.Schmidt,A.Al-Fuqaha,"ANewApproachtoOptimizedNegativeSelection,"IEEEWCCI2016,Vancouver,24-29July2016.

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[WMU]Hasan,Md.M."ExaminingthedistributiveequityofChicago'sDivvybike-sharesystem:Acomparativecasestudyusingmultiplemeasuresofaccessibility"EastLakesAssociationofAmericanGeographersMeeting,Kent,OH.October13-15,2015[WMU]Hasan,Md.Mehedi:"RedistributionofTheChicago'sDivvyBikeShareStationsUsingLinearOptimizationModel:AnEquityPerspectivebyAnalyzingMultipleMeasuresofAccessibility"AnnualMeetingofAssociationofAmericanGeographersSanFrancisco,March28-April2,2016.[WMU]Kwayu,K.M.,Kwigizile,V.,andOh,J.(2016).InvestigatingtheCorrelationBetweenFactorsContributingtoPedestrian-InvolvedCrashesandtheirImpactonCrashSeverity.Presentedatthe95thAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard(TRB),January2016,Washington,D.C.[WMU]Kwigizile,V.,Boateng,R.,Oh,J.,andLariviere,K.(2016).EvaluatingtheEffectivenessofPedestrianCountdownSignalsontheSafetyofOlderDrivers.Presentedatthe95thAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard(TRB),January2016,Washington,D.C.[WMU]Kwigizile,V.,Boateng,R.,Oh,J.,andLariviere,K.(2016).EvaluatingtheEffectivenessofPedestrianCountdownSignalsontheSafetyofPedestrians.Presentedatthe95thAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard(TRB),January2016,Washington,D.C.[WMU]Kwigizile,V.,Ceifetz,A.H.,Oh,J.,Yassin,J.L.,andFirman,J.(2016).Benefit-CostAnalysisofFixedWeighStations-TheMichiganCase.Presentedatthe95thAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard(TRB),January2016,Washington,D.C.[WMU]M.Anan,N.Nasser,A.Al-Fuqaha,A.Ahmed,"OptimizationofPowerandMigrationCostinVirtualizedDataCenters,"EEEWirelessCommunicationsandNetworkingConference(WCNC2016),Track4-Services,Applications,andBusiness,Doha,Qatar,April3-6,2016.[WMU]Mohammed,A.W.,Attanayake,U.andAktan,H."ComputationalFrameworkforPredictingAcceleratedBridgeConstructionTechnologySpecificCostsandBenefits,"95thTRBAnnualMeeting,No.16-6485,January10-14,2016.[WMU]Mohammed,A.W.,Attanayake,U.andAktan,H."MonitoringSlide-InBridgeConstructionActivitiesforStandardization,"95thTRBAnnualMeeting,No.16-5274,January10-14,2016.[WMU]Ridvanoglu,O.U.,Attanayake,U.,andAktan,H."TemporarySubstructureForcesduringBridgeSlide:ImpactofSlidingFrictionandSubstructureAlignment,"the6thInternationalConferenceonStructuralEngineeringandConstructionManagement2015,December11-14,2015.[WMU]WallEmerson,R.,Bourquin,E.,Sauerburger,D.,&Barlow,J.(March,2016)."Conditionsthatimpactdriveryieldingforblindpedestrians:Pedestriangazeandheadmovement".SoutheastOrientationandMobilityAssociation(SOMA)Conference,Chattanooga,TN.[UTA]Casey,C.,Li,J.&Berry,M.(2015).FosteringHealth-BasedCollaborations:InstitutionalForcesShapingDataSharingPracticesBetweenTransportationandPublicHealthProfessionalsPaperpresentedatthe44thAnnualConferenceoftheUrbanAffairsAssociationinMiami,FL.

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[UTA]Hamidi,S."CompactDevelopmentandBodyMassIndex-EnvironmentalDeterminism,Self-Selection?"AssociationofCollegiateSchoolsofPlanning,Houston,TX,2015[UTA]Hamidi,S."HowaffordableisHUDaffordablehousing?"AssociationofCollegiateSchoolsofPlanning,Houston,TX,2015[UTA]Hamidi,S."Transit'sValueasReflectedinUSSingleFamilyHomePremiums:AMeta-Analysis"TransportationResearchBoard94rdAnnualMeeting,WashingtonD.C.2016[UTA]Madanu,SunilK.,StephenP.MattinglyandChristinaMcDaniel-Wilson(2016),"GaussianMixtureModellingforGroupingTrafficPatternsUsingAutomaticTrafficRecorderData."(U.S.)NationalResearchCouncil,TransportationResearchBoard94thAnnualMeetingFlashDrive,16-4927.[UTA]Memarian,A.andS.Ardekani."ADecisionSupportSystemforTrafficDiversionaroundConstructionClosures,"The2015INFORMSAnnualMeeting,Philadelphia,PA,November1-4,2015.[UTA]Rahman,Ziaur,StephenMattingly,SunilK.Madanu,andColleenCasey(2016),"AProject-BasedLearningApproachtoTeachConceptsofActiveCommuting."(U.S.)NationalResearchCouncil,TransportationResearchBoard94thAnnualMeetingFlashDrive,16-5900.[UTA]Rahman,Ziaur,SunilK.Madanu,StephenMattingly,andColleenCasey,"Project-BasedLearningforEnhancingStudents'KnowledgeOnActiveCommuting:AReviewFromStudentSelf-Assessment."Presentedat2016ASEE-GSWAnnualConferenceinFortWorth,Texas,March2016.[UTA]Zabihi,M.,S.Ardekani,andM.Yasar."DecisionSupportSystemforDynamicPricingofManagedLanes,"15thInternationalConferenceonManagedLanes,Miami,FL,May4-6,2016.[USU]Christensen,K.M.,Sharifi,M.S.,Stuart,D.,Chen,A.,Kim,Y.S.,&Chen,Y.Overviewofalarge-scalecontrolledexperimentonthewalkingbehaviorofindividualswithdisabilities.WorldConferenceonTransportResearchProcedia.Shanghai,China.July10-14,2016.[USU]Ryu,S.,Chen,A.,Su,J.,Choi,K.(2016)Modelingmultipleuserclassesandmultiplecriteriainbicycletrafficassignment.Paperpresentedatthe14thWorldConferenceonTransportResearch(WCTR),10-15July2016,Shanghai,P.R.China[USU]Ryu,S.,Chen,A.,Choi,K.(2016)Applicationofgradientprojectionalgorithmforsolvingthecombinedmodalsplitandtrafficassignmentproblem.Paperpresentedatthe95thTransportationResearchBoardAnnualMeeting,Jan.10-14,2016,WashingtonD.C.,USA.[USU]Ryu,S.,Chen,A.,Kitthamkesorn,S.,Ryu,I.,Choi,K.(2016)Amodifiedgradientprojectionalgorithmforsolvingthecombinedmodalsplitandtrafficassignmentproblem.Paperpresentedatthe16thCOTAConferenceInternationalConferenceofTransportationProfessionals(CICTP2016),6-9July2016,Shanghai.P.R.China.[USU]Ryu,S.,Chen,A.,Su,J.,Choi,K.(2015)Consideringroutecognitioninbicycletrafficassignmentforoneormoreuserclasses.Proceedingsofthe20thHongKongSocietyofTransportationStudiesConference:UrbanTransportAnalytics,December12-14,2015,HongKong,P.R.China.

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[USU]Sharifi,M.S.,Christensen,K.M.,Chen,A.,&Stuart,D.Capacityanalysisofpedestrianqueuingfacilitiesinvolvingindividualswithdisabilities.WorldConferenceonTransportResearchProcedia.Shanghai,China.July10-14,2016.[USU]Soltani-Sobh,A.,Heaslip,K.P.,Song,Z.(2016)DoNaturalGasVehiclesChangeVehicleMilesTraveled?AnAggregateTime-SeriesAnalysis.TransportationResearchBoard95thAnnualMeetingCompendiumofPapersCD-ROM.[USU]Song,Z.Integratedplanningofpark-and-ridefacilitiesandtransitservice.2015InstituteforOperationsResearchandtheManagementSciencesAnnualMeeting,Philadelphia,PA,November2015.[USU]Song,Z.Time-DependentTransportationNetworkDesignConsideringConstructionImpact.2015UDOTAnnualConference,SaltLakeCity,UT,October,2015.[USU]Yi,H.andSong,Z.(2016)Time-dependenttransportationnetworkdesignconsideringconstructionimpact.Paperpresentedatthe95thTransportationResearchBoardAnnualMeeting,Jan.10-14,2016,WashingtonD.C.,USA.[UTA]Li,J.&Casey,C.(2015).Integrationofpublichealthintransportationplanningthroughknowledgesharing.PosteracceptedforpresentationattheAssociationforCollegiate[WSU]Faridimehr,S.,Venkatachalam,S.,andChinnam,R.B."EVChargingStationNetworkDesignusingStochasticProgrammingforPromotingAccessandLivability,"TobepresentedatINFORMS2016AnnualMeeting,Nashville,TN,Nov13-16,2016.[WSU]Gates,T.J.,R.Hamzeie,andP.T.Savolainen.DevelopmentofaStrategytoPrioritizeCandidateLocationsforSpeedLimitIncreasesonaHigh-SpeedUndividedHighwayNetwork,ToBePresentedatRS5C,RioDeJaneiro,Brazil,May2016[WSU]R.Hamzeie,Russo,B.J.,P.T.Savolainen,T.J.Gates,J.J.Kay,S.Frazier,andJ.Finkelman.AssessingtheSafetyPerformanceofHigh-SpeedTwo-LaneHighwayswithDifferentialSpeedLimitsforTrucksandBuses.PresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard,January,2016.[WSU]Rista,E.,Barrette,T.,Hamazeie,R.,Savolainen,P,Gates,T."WorkZoneSafetyPerformance:AComparisonofAlternativeTrafficControlStrategies"2015RoadSafetyandSimulationConference(RSS),Orlando,Florida,2015.[WSU]Russo,B.J.,P.T.Savolainen,T.J.Gates,J.J.Kay,andS.Frazier.DriverSpeedSelectiononHigh-SpeedTwo-LaneHighways:ComparingSpeedProfilesbetweenUniformandDifferentialSpeedLimit.PresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard,January,2016.[TSU]Musinguzi,A.“AnAccess-BasedDecisionSupportToolForAssessingBicycleAndPedestrianSafety”.PresentedatTSU38thAnnualUniversity-WideResearchSymposium,2016,April2016.

2.2 Website or other Internet sites • TRCLC disseminates information and relevant news via TRCLC website and the

TRCLC Facebook page o Website – www.wmich.edu/transportationcenter o Facebook – www.facebook.com/TRCLC

• Developed BikeableRoute website (http://www.bikeableroute.com)

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• Lake Michigan Water Trail Website – Michigan Section (www.lmwt.org) • SafeITS (http://www.safeits.org) shares TRCLC research on Intelligent

Transport Systems (ITS), Connected Vehicles or Vehicular Networks (VANET), and other enabling technologies to improve road safety and traffic efficiency

2.3 Technologies and techniques

• Developed a mobile app (BikeableRoute) for reporting risk factors and bikeability and made it available in both App Store and Google play

• TRCLC researchers are carrying out research via a range of novel technologies and techniques including mobile applications, cloud computing and IEEE 802.11p (WAVE)

• Developed Python scripts used for data development, processing and equity-based analysis of bike share systems using OpenTripPlanner, Open Street Map, ACS data and TIGER shapefiles

• Developed mobile application for collecting bicycle and pedestrian conflict data • Developed a methodology for analyzing pedestrian, cyclist and vehicle conflicts • Novel two-stage stochastic programming methods for EV charging network

design

2.4 Inventions, patent applications, and/or licenses • Nothing to report.

2.5 Other products

• Nothing to report.

3 PARTICIPANT & COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS 3.1 What organizations have been involved as partners?

Organization Name

Type / Location

Partner’s contribution Financial support

In-kind support

Facilities/Data

Collaborative research

Personnel exchanges

Michigan State Police

Government/ MI X X

Kalamazoo Township

Government/ MI X

City of Ann Arbor Government / MI X X X X

City of Kalamazoo

Government/ MI X X X X

City of Portage Government/ MI X X X

City of Gainesville Government/ FL X X X

City of Three Rivers

Government/ MI X

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Organization Name

Type / Location


In-kind support

Facilities/Data


Personnel exchanges

City of Grand Rapids

Government/ MI X X X X

City of Detroit Government/ MI X X

Mattawan Consolidated

Schools

Government / MI X

North Texas Council of

Governments

Government / TX X X

Purdue University University/ IN

X

Bentley Systems Private / PA X Ford Motor Company Private / MI X X X X

OPUS Private / MI X

HERE Private Chicago/ IL X X X

Synchro Software Private / UK X

Traumasoft Private / MI X X Accessible

Design for the Blind

Private/NC X X

Traffic.com Private / MI X X X X Center for

Persons with Disabilities

University/ UT X X

Helen Keller Institute X X

Disability Network Southwest Michigan

Agency / MI X X

DuPage Mayors and Managers

Conference

Government / IL X X

Kalamazoo Area Transportation

Study MPO / MI X X X X

Kalamazoo Metro Transit

Transit Agency / MI X X

Rocky Mountain ADA Center X

South East Michigan Council of Governments

MPO / MI X X X

Utah Agricultural Experiment

Station

Government / UT X

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Organization Name

Type / Location


In-kind support

Facilities/Data


Personnel exchanges

Western Michigan University

University / MI X X X

University of Texas- Arlington

University / TX X X X

Utah State University

University / UT X X X

Wayne State University

University / MI X X X

Tennessee State University

University / TN X X X

Purdue University University / IN X X

City Univ. of New York

University / NY X X

Univ. of Nebraska Lincoln

University /NE X X

Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

University / Korea X

Michigan DOT Government/ MI X X X X X

Utah DOT Government / UT X X X

Tennessee DOT Government/ TN X

Rocky Mountain ADA Center

National ADA Center / Colorado

X

Williamson County

Government/ TN X

• List of Research Projects from Other Partners

[WMU] Evaluating the impacts of speed limit changes on identified case studies, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), $136,930, March 2016 - Dec 2017 [WMU] 2013-Present Contract MDOT Comparison of Pedestrian Crosswalk Treatments. $218,513 [WMU] QNRF NPRP, "Engineering Security and Performance Aware Vehicular Applications for Safer and Smarter Roads," Project PI with Elyes Ben Hamida (QMIC, Lead-PI) and Bharat Bhargava (Purdue University, PI), 2014. (Amount: $900,000). [WMU] National Science Foundation (EARS program), "Collaborative Research: Applying Behavioral-Ecological Network Models to Enhance Distributed Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio," Project Co-PI with Bilal Khan (City University of New York, PI) and Kirk Dombrowski (University of Nebraska Lincoln, Co-PI), 2014. (Amount: $499,986). [WMU] Better long cane design and biomechanics for blind cane users" NIH, February 2014-January 2017, $421,125

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[WMU] Evaluating the Impacts of Speed Limit Changes on Identified Case Studies, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), $161,802, March 2016 - December 2017. [WMU] Comprehensive Evaluation of Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes and Causes in Michigan, Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP), $99,614, February 2015- December 2015. [WMU] Association of Michigan's Older Adult Crashes with Roadway Features, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), $209,833, October 2015 - March 2017. [WMU] FY2016 Enforcement Data Analysis for Overtime Traffic Enforcement, Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP), $104,015, October 2015- September 2016. [WMU] Evaluation of Delineation Practices in Michigan, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), $159,657, October 2015 - April 2017. [UTA] Driver Sensitivity to Dynamic Pricing of Managed Lanes in the North Central Texas Region, University Partnership Program, North Central Texas Council of Governments, 10/1/15-9/30/16, $35,000. [UTA] Public Health Performance Measures and Their Role in the Regional Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process, North Central Texas Council of Governments, October 2015 - present [June 2016], $40,000. [UTA] Relationship between Design of City/Town Halls in DFW and Community Engagement, College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs, 2015-Current, $5000. [UTA] Walkup Wakeup: Indenting the regionally significant walkable urban places in Dallas Fort Worth Metropolitan area in partnership with George Washington University, 2016-2017; $120,000 [UTA] Walkability study in Downtown Dallas, City of Dallas, TX, 2016, $30,000 [UTA] Plan4Health Research in partnership with Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration, American Planning Associations Texas Chapter, 2015-2016, $18,000 [USU] Analysis of Walking Facility Performance Guidelines for Individuals with Disabilities. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Project (UAES). July 2015 - 2017. $12,637 [USU] “A Comprehensive Safety Assessment Methodology for Innovative Geometric Designs”, Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), $40,000, Jan 2015 – June 2016. [USU] “Modeling multi-class truck traffic assignment method with different traffic restraint constraints”, Mountain Plains Consortium – A Federally Funded Regional Transportation Center and Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), $80,000, July 2015 – Dec. 2016. [USU] “A comprehensive safety assessment methodology for innovative geometric designs”, Mountain Plains Consortium – A Federally Funded Regional Transportation Center, $40,000, July 2015 – Dec. 2016. [USU] “Optimal Deployment of Wireless Charging Facilities for an Electric Bus System”, Mountain Plains Consortium – A Federally Funded Regional Transportation Center, $55,965, July 2016 – Dec. 2017

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[WSU] Design and Implementation of routing and loading optimization framework in Auto-Carrier Industry, US Auto Logistics, $75,250, August 2015 - June 2016 [TSU] Establishing Traffic Enforcement Performance Evaluation Standards for Tennessee. Funded by the Governors Highway Safety Office (GHSO), 10/01/2014 to 9/30/ 2015. Amount $33,494. [TSU] Guidance for Site Selection, Safety Effectiveness Evaluation, and Crash Modification Factors of Median Cable Barriers in Tennessee. Funded by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), August 01, 2013 to July 31, 2018. Amount $105,000. [TSU] Retrace Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity levels in Tennessee Highways. In Collaboration with University of Tennessee Chattanooga (UTC), Funded by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), August 15, 2013 to July 31, 2018. TSU Portion $78,360.

3.2 Have other collaborators or contacts been involved?

• Center for Medial Humanities and Convergent Contents at Ajou University, South Korea

• TOD-baed Sustainable Transportation Engineering Research Center, Ajou University, South Korea

• Tongji University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China • DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference (DMMC) • Dona Sauerburger, private contract O&M instructor • Professor Sujit K. Ghosh at Department of Statistics, North Carolina State

University • Leader Dogs for the Blind • UTA researchers have been collaborating with bicycling and pedestrian groups

and local governments to develop a crowdsourcing app for safety data. • UTA researchers have been collaborating with the walking school bus

coordinator for the Fort Worth Independent School District

4 IMPACT

4.1 What is the impact on the development of the principal discipline of the

program? • The findings of the study will add to the knowledge base in the discipline of

Orientation and Mobility and transportation engineering. In particular, the findings of the study may provide shed some light on the actual travel behaviors of blind pedestrians in their communities.

• Development of toolsets for estimating multimodal employment accessibility that incorporates public transit schedules and ADA compliance of bus stops, public transit vehicles

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• By jointly modeling the number of crash and the presence of severity and accommodating the nature of correlated data, TRCLC researchers expect to develop a more accurate prediction model.

• Research will help to reduce pedestrian deaths and serve as a model for culture change.

• Gateway sign treatment is being employed in a number of jurisdiction in Michigan and in other areas of the United States. The Regulatory and Warning Committee of the NCUTCD is drafting changes for the use of the in-street sign.

• Development of new algorithms and communications protocols and solutions that are tailored for transportation applications.

• Bring in knowledge and expertise about various computing technologies to help with transportation related issues, example technologies are natural language processing and machine learning

• Planning tools for network design which can be easily integrated within state or national planning programs

• Quantitative framework considering qualitative factors for a charging station network design while considering the uncertainties in the inputs

• Short term courses • Linkage between driver behavior when approaching pedestrians and crash

occurrence

4.2 What is the impact on other disciplines? • Greater understanding on the part of city planners and transportation engineers

regarding the needs and abilities of blind pedestrians • Facilitate the collaboration of scholars between different disciplines on projects

targeting at the common good, including engineering disciplines such as construction engineering and other disciplines such as psychology and education

• Provide test ground for scientific and technological development in other disciplines by adapting/adopting those developments to solve transportation problems

• Department of Social Work is able to collaborate with Civil Engineering and assess the impact that transportation gaps may have on their client populations.

• Methodology for two-stage stochastic programming model with 0-1 variables in second stage

4.3 What is the impact on the development of transportation workforce

development • 52 students were involved in research projects funded by the center and 13

theses or dissertations were supported by the grant. • Many graduate students are being trained on the use of technology to develop

transportation solutions. • Provide technical training opportunities for transportation engineers and future

transportation engineers

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• Provide access to state-of-the-art technologies for transportation engineers and future transportation engineers

• Provide advising support from world-class faculties in multiple disciplines to transportation engineers and future transportation engineers

• Instill the excitement of transportation engineering to students by educating students all different aspects of transportation engineering especially how important it is to human life and society

• Numerous undergraduate and graduate students are exposed to transportation-related project objectives and research methods. For example, 38 UTA undergraduate students are introduced to active transportation modes through project-based learning and 5 UTA graduate students have received mini-grants and resulted in research papers for the TRB meeting.

4.4 What is the impact on physical, institutional, and information resources at the university or other partner institutions?

• Through developing applications of advanced technologies in transportation engineering, it not only contributes to the domain of transportation engineering, but also provides opportunities to further develop, adapt, or customize the state-of-the-art technologies to better satisfy the need for real world engineering applications in the transportation sector

• It provides equipment, facilities, and financial resources to Western Michigan University and all partner institutions to allow the faculty there to conduct research using state-of-the-art knowledge and techniques, while at the same time allow students in these institutions to learn about state-of-the-art research and development first-hand

• TRCLC funds have improved recruitment of graduate students interested in transportation engineering and planning field and given participating faculties and students opportunities to pursue and publish transportation research

4.5 What is the impact on technology transfer?

• Research findings may influence a national standard, such as MUTCD • Clear the barriers between state-of-the-art technologies and transportation

workforce to make the technology transfer feasible and smoother • Provide a platform for industry, government, and academia to communicate and

transfer state-of-the-art technologies in transportation domain with each other • Provide guidelines to drafting DOT policies to better support the development

and transfer of state-of-the-art technologies in transportation domain • Development and distribution of enhanced GTFS data to transit service provider

Kalamazoo Metro that incorporates ADA compliance by bus stop and associated employment accessibility analyses

• Charging station model/tool can be integrated into existing toolkits at one or more transportation planning agencies. The modular designs of the tools developed so can be seamlessly integrated within an organization' s existing technology infrastructure

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4.6 What is the impact on society beyond science and technology? • Research results are likely to make walking safer which will have a positive

impact on the likelihood that people choose walking as a mode choice. • Research improves access for people who are blind to the built environment. • Mobile applications current under development utilize crowdsourcing which

allows participants to report and be notified about potential risk factors on public infrastructure (biking routes, parks, trails, etc.)

• Increase people’s awareness of transportation issues • Make suggestions to government to help with resource allocation decision

makings • Provide a center of transportation knowledge base outside of DOT • Promote a more sustainable transportation mode consisted of more frequent

use of walking and cycling • In part due to TRCLC technology transfer, communities in DuPage County,

Illinois are increasingly interested in expanding opportunities for non-motorized modes of transportation, especially bicycling and walking. This is evidenced by the growing number of communities and their residents: seeking out and receiving Bicycle Friendly Community designations; adopting Complete Streets policies; and developing and implementing active transportation plans

• Analytical approaches and data structures developed are designed to improve mobility among people with physical and cognitive disabilities

5 CHANGES/PROBLEMS

5.1 Changes in approach and reasons for change


5.2 Actual or anticipated problems or delays and actions or plans to resolve them • Nothing to report

5.3 Changes that have a significant impact on expenditures

• Nothing to report

5.4 Significant changes in use or care of animals, human subjects, and/or biohazards


6 SPECIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS


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