The following are the papers submitted and presentations given at the 2017 Western District Annual meeting in San Diego, California. Please see the Technical Session Program for descriptions of the papers/presentations. If your paper or presentation is missing, and you would like to have it posted here, please contact the Web Manager.
Session | Presenter | Title | Paper | Presentation |
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2A | Darlene Danehy | Lessons Learned in the Use of Drones for Parking Studies | ||
Michelle Beckley | Origin-Destination of U.S. Bound Visitors from an Arizona Port-of-Entry | |||
Joan Lim | The Questions Big Data Can Answer: Commercial Travel Analysis | |||
2B | Kris Milster with Carlos Ortiz and John Lower | Smart Communities and ITE | ||
2C | Sasha Jovanovic | Quantifying Multimodal Performance for Long-Range Planning | ||
Ryan Zellers | Establishing a Methodology for a Comprehensive Active Transportation Strategy | |||
Ian Barnes | Getting There on Time: Why Travel Time Reliability Isn’t Just for Drivers | |||
Min Zhou | Feasibility of Cycle Tracks, Buffered Bike Lanes and Bicycle Boulevard in Pasadena | |||
2D | David Soto Padin | Surrogate Safety Measures for Uncontrolled Crosswalks in Oregon | ||
Sanjay Paul | Intersection Safety Performance: A Case Study on the Application of Predictive Models | |||
Frank Markowitz | Innovations in Lighting for Pedestrian Safety and Walkability | |||
Faisal Hamood | San Diego Airport Terminal 1 Delineation System | |||
3A | Doug Gettman | Update on Automated Vehicle Initiatives Around the World | ||
Leo Lee | Smart Cities – A Paradigm Shift for Transportation Engineers | |||
Elliott Huang | Fleet Penetration of Automated Vehicles – A Microsimulation Analysis | |||
3B | Brian Walsh | Can Adjusting the Shape or Size of a Roundabout Alternative Save an Intersection? | ||
Phil Rust | Re-purposing the Pavement of an Urban Intersection | |||
Rich Deal | Tale of Two Closely Spaced and Significantly Different Diameter Roundabouts | |||
3C | Rick Curry | San Diego Region Mesoscopic Model Development | ||
Maria Vyas | Mega-corridor Planning for an Uncertain Future | |||
Billy Park | Does the Difference Method Always Work for Travel Demand Forecasting? | |||
Ali Gholami | Lessons Learned from Development of a Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model for Northern Nevada | |||
3D | Mohammedreza Hashemi | Analysis of Roadway Departure Crashed Contributing Factors Based on Classification and Regression Trees | ||
Scott Kelley | How Safe are the Streets in Your Region? | |||
Grant Schultz | Zero Fatalities: Applying the Roadway Safety Analysis Methodology in Utah | |||
Devin Moore | Driver-Related Safety Countermeasures From 41 Workshops | |||
4A | Abby Morgan | Self-Driving Books – How Our Practices will Change with Connected Vehicles | ||
Sam Morrissey | Agency Implications of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles | |||
Lauren Isaac | How Local Governments can Plan for Driverless Vehicles Penetration of Automated Vehicles | |||
4B | Devin Moore | Prioritizing Complete Streets – Master Planning | ||
Megan Hoyt | Road Diets Serving the Community | |||
Jesse Manning | Complete Streets Considerations in the Intersection of the Future | |||
Eduardo Serafin | Complete Streets Safety Assessments for Local Agencies/Tribal Governments in California | |||
4C | Joe Totten | Cross-Elasticities in Frequencies and Ridership for Urban Transit Routes | ||
Joan Lim | Using Big Data for Statewide Models: Lessons from Colorado | |||
Wu Sun | Calibration and Validation of an Activity-based Model | |||
Don Hubbard | Over the Edge – Forecasting Beyond the Boundaries of the Regional Model | |||
4D | Hans Larsen | Fremont Vision Zero 2020 – Swedish Levels of Safety in a Silicon Valley Suburb | ||
Kevin Chang | Safety Data Management and Analysis: Addressing Our Continuing Education Needs | |||
John Lower | Every MPH Counts – Setting Speed Limits for All Users | |||
Brian Genovese | Improving Safety for Active Transportation in San Diego | |||
5A | Ashley Kim | Estimating Transit Ridership Patterns Through Automated Data Collection Technology | ||
Sal Akhter | Drilling Down on Big Data: Types, Sources, and Use Cases | |||
John Kerenyi | Open AWAM: Open-Source Bluetooth Travel Time System | |||
Theresa Dau-Ngo | Port of Long Beach Traffic Count Information System | |||
5B | Katy Cole | VMT: Now That’s a Horse of a Different Color | ||
Tim Erney | Orange County’s Proactive Approach to SB 743 Implementation | |||
Pete Ruscitti | Proposed Approach to Introducing VMT to Local Planning and Environmental Review | |||
Martin Engelmann | Addressing the Requirements of SB 743 at the County, Subarea, and Local Levels | |||
5C | Grant Schultz | So What’s a Bicycle Lane in Utah Good For, Anyway? | ||
Stephanie Cheng | Different ATPs for Different Communities: Making Active Transportation Plans Work for You | |||
Kendra Rowley | Safety Efficacy Confidence Levels for Pedestrian and Bicycle Treatments | |||
Perry Gross | The Social and Cultural Gap: An Active Transportation Bridge | |||
6A | Kevin Aguigui | Preparing Downtown San Rafael for the SMRT Commuter Rail System | ||
Jonathan Hofert | Wireless Interconnect Between Traffic Signal and Train Control Cabinets | |||
Ralph Boaz | Understanding How Advanced Transportation Controllers Are a Key to Our Future | |||
Matthew Cox | Setting the Stage for Transit Signal Priority in San Diego: Effectiveness and Lessons Learned | |||
6B | Alejandro Henao | Impacts of Ridesourcing on VMT, Mode Replacement, and Travel Behavior | ||
Jill Mackay | Connecting Transit “Deserts” Through Automated Vehicles and Mobility as a Service | |||
Tracy Scriba | Transportation Systems Manage-ment and Operations (TMSO) Strategies and Practices from the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) | |||
Corey Connors | Knowledge Management for Transportation Engineering Firms | |||
6C | Jonathan Dong | Making Communities Better Through Transit: Speed and Reliability Spot Improvements | ||
Randy Johnson, Anthony Buczek | Fitting Big BRT in the Small Starts Box: Planning BRT in a Constrained Corridor | |||
Nathan Schmidt | SANDAG’s Unified Safe Routes to Transit Planning for the San Diego Region | |||
Freddy He | Keep the LRT Train on Schedule, Traffic Flowing, and Pedestrians Safe | |||
7A | Susan Langdon | Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures – Fitbit for Your Signal System | ||
Paul Barricklow, Chris Sobie | Coors Boulevard, Albuquerque, Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures | |||
Mike Kenney | El Camino Real Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Traffic Signal Coordination Evaluation | |||
Joseph Couples | Adaptive Signals for Congestion Mitigation in Seattle | |||
7B | Aaron Elias | The New Highway Capacity, 6th Edition – a Guide for Multimodal Mobility Analysis | ||
Zaki Mustafa, Shirley Zamora Vasquez | The NACTO Manuals and Designing for Vision Zero | |||
John Fisher | MUTCD Update | |||
7C | Seitu Coleman | Development Opportunities and Potential Success of the California High Speed Rail System | ||
Brian Bochner | Embracing Change: Smart Growth Development Proven to Reduce Site Traffic | |||
Bill Lieberman | Gondolas as a Form of Public Transportation | |||
8A | Lin Zhang | Implementing All Electronic Tolling on Bridges in the San Francisco Bay Area | ||
Christopher Chin | Operation of the Metering System for the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge | |||
Travis Low | The I-80 Adaptive Ramp Metering: User Satisfaction and Operational Perspective | |||
Guangchuan Yang | Queue Storage Length Design for Metered On-Ramps | |||
8B | Alex Pochowski | Roundabouts and Bikes: Like Oil and Water or Fish and Tacos? | ||
David Stanek | Operations and Safety of Bicycles at Roundabouts | |||
Gary Warkentin | The I-5/La Novia Roundabout – Challenges and Lessons from Being First | |||
8C | Christopher Eaves | The Final 50 Feet of Urban Goods Delivery | ||
Darlene Danehy | Major Changes in Trip Generation for Large-Scale Residential Projects Changes in Trip Generation | |||
Jonathan Upchurch | Preparing for the August 21, 2017 Total Solar Eclipse | |||
Tamara Zdvorak | Visual Communication in the Planning Industry | |||
8D | Jeanne Bowie | Emergency Signal Warrant Case Studies in Anchorage, Alaska | ||
Lingling Yang | Statistical Analysis of Impacts of Yellow Intervals on Stop Bar Violations | |||
Gordon Lum | How Effective is Automated Red Light Enforcement? | |||
9A | Steve Fitzsimmons | Traffic Signal Systems for Small Cities | ||
John Dorado | Legacy IP: What’s In It For Me?The Culver City Experience | |||
Lee Hansen | Distributed Adaptive Solution: A Case Study | |||
9B | James Bittner | A Road Diet for Main Street – What are the Impacts? | ||
Aaron Heumann | Mineral Avenue Corridor Assessment | |||
Mark Esposito | A Tale of Two Modes in Santa Monica | |||
9C | Michael Mauch | An Empirical Examination of Freeway Travel Reliability | ||
Kevin Carstens | Enhancing Capacity and Managing Demand: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge | |||
Jonathan Upchurch | Evaluating Capacity of the Zion-Mt Carmel Tunnel in Zion National Park | |||
Steve Colman | The Roads Not Taken: San Francisco’s Freeway Revolt Revisited | |||
9D | Emilio Murga | Left Turn Violation Reductions for At-grade Intersections with Internally Illuminated Raised Pavement Markings | ||
Randy McCourt | Electronic Display Traffic Control Devices | |||
Robert Kahn | Service Rate Capacities for Electronic Gates | |||
SB 743 Workshop | Erik Ruehr | Introduction to SB 743: The Transportation Engineer’s Perspective | ||
Alyssa Begley | Caltrans SB 743 Implementation | |||
Charity Schiller | Senate Bill 743 and the LOS to VMT Paradigm Shift: A CEQA Attorney’s Perspective | |||
Brian Calvert | SB 743 – Preparing for Implementation: The Planning Perspective |