The following are the papers submitted and presentations given at the 2018 Western District Annual meeting in Keystone, Colorado. 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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1B | Erik Guderian | Road Diet for Multimodal Use: The City of Mesa Experience | ||
Paul Van Dyk | Right of Way(t) Watchers – The Popular Way to Diet Your Roads: How Long Beach is Earning Support for Road Diets in the Car Culture of Southern California | |||
Nancy Lambertson | Linking Lookout: US 6 & 19th Street Interchange | |||
Gary Schatz | Transforming South Congress in Austin, Texas | |||
1C | Jeanne Bowie | Adapting Roadside Safety Analysis Program for Localized Conditions in Alaska | ||
Lingling Yang | A New Concept Design of Directional Rumble Strips for Deterring Wrong-Way Freeway Entries | |||
Rachael Larson | Modeling Crash Probabilities in Snow Fences: Affected Mountainous Freeway Segments Using Real-Time Weather Data | |||
Sherif M Gaweesh | Investigating Factor Influencing Crash Severity for Heavy Trucks on Rural Mountainous Interstate Roads: A Case Study on I-80 in Wyoming | |||
1D | Teresa Tapia | Using Big Data to Solve Special Challenges with VMT Generation Estimates for California’s SB 743 | ||
Sagar Onta | How Big Data Unleashed Latent Multimodal Trip Demand | |||
Cynthia Albright | Multimodal Planning at the Cellular Level | |||
Sumeet Kishnani | Innovative Applications of Big Data to Make More Informed Transportation Policy Decisions | |||
2B | Bill Hange | Loveland Modern Roundabouts: 20 Year History | ||
Nazir Lalani | Fixing Broken Roundabouts | |||
Evgeniya Tyson | Practical Approach to Roundabout Design vs. Traditional Intersection Design | |||
Kamesh Vedula and Mark Johnson | Park Ave. (SH9) Complete Streets Corridor in the Town of Breckenridge, Colorado | |||
2C | Jake Kononov & Colleen Guillotte | How Effective are Safety Improvement Projects in Colorado? | ||
Robert E Maki | Safety and Operational Impact of Median Left Turns | |||
Upal Barua | Effectiveness of Transportation Safety Improvement Projects in Austin, Texas | |||
Melisa Finley | Mitigating Wrong-Way Driving | |||
2D | Curt Thye | Using Big Data to Understand Special Generators: The Broncos vs. The Cowboys | ||
Scott Pitera | CDOT RoadX SMART 25 Managed Motorways Demonstration Project | |||
Lacey Atkins | Successfully Implementing Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) | |||
Zach Bosch | Installation of Rancho Cordova’s Citywide Intelligent Transportation System: Lessons Learned | |||
3B | Joseph Perrin | Multi-Lane US Roundabouts vs. European Turbo Roundabouts | ||
Randy Johnson | Are Multi-Lane Roundabouts a Safe and Effective Innovative Intersection Treatment | |||
Randy Dittberner | The “Instant” Roundabout | |||
Mark Johnson | How to Integrate People and Place with Roundabouts: A Success Story | |||
3C | Lee Austin | Beyond the RRFB: Pedestrian Refuge Islands for Uncontrolled Crosswalks | ||
David Hurwitz | Safer Protected / Permitted Right-Turn Phasing for Drivers, Bicyclists, and Pedestrians | |||
Michael George Alston | Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety at Alternative Intersections and Interchanges | |||
Kay Fitzpatrick | Vehicle Speed in Presence of Bicycles | |||
3D | Lawrence Liao | Assessing Impacts of CV/AV Technologies on Systemwide Performance Measures | ||
Erik Ruehr | Roadway Capacity Implications of Connected and Automated Vehicles | |||
Andrew Vidor | Parking Planning and Designing for AVs | |||
Rachel Ackermann | Planning for Autonomous Vehicles in the Smart City: Addressing Problems and Promise | |||
Tyler Svitak | How CDOT is Scaling CAV’s to Solve Real Problems | |||
4B | Brendan Russo | Pedestrian Behavior at Signalized Intersection Crosswalks: An Observational Study of Factors Associated with Distracted Walking, Pedestrian Violations, and Walking Speed | ||
Kevin Chang | Student Pedestrian Walking Speeds at Crosswalks Near Schools | |||
Norman Hogue | Let’s Walk! Using GIS & Traffic Engineering to Help Fort Worth’s Safe Routes to Schools Program | |||
Wesley Dismore | Safety in Numbers: Developing Simple and Straightforward Guidelines for When and Where to Install Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crossings in the Suburbs | |||
4C | Jena Prescott | Exploring the Role of Marijuana Legalization on Fatal Crashes in the United States: FARS Analysis | ||
Robert Wunderlich | The In’s and Out’s and Up’s and Down’s of Traffic Fatalities | |||
Allie Axley | Colorado’s First TIM Track | |||
Gordon Lum | How Effective Are Safety Projects (i.e., Signalization, Installing Left Turn Phasing or Adding a Lane)? | |||
4D | Teresa Tapia | The Data Smart Cities Need: Using “Big” Mobile Device Data to Understand O-D Patterns in Oakland | ||
Tom Hartmann | Enhancing Analysis with Probe-Based Data | |||
Kirk Houser | City of Dallas Cloud-Based Central Management System Opens Doors for Information Sharing | |||
Farinoush Sharif | Examining Travelers Who Pay to Drive Slower in the Katy Managed Lanes | |||
5A | Joanna Liu | Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPM) in the City of Dublin, CA: What Agencies Can Accomplish | ||
Nitin Deshpande | Implementing Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPMs): CDOT’s Experience | |||
Christopher Sobie | Applications of ATSPM Deployment in Albuquerque, New Mexico | |||
James Robertson | Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPMs), Making Decisions and Demonstrating Value | |||
5B | Alicia Zimmerman | If Bikeways Could Talk: Measuring the Success of Denver’s Protected Bikeways | ||
Joseph Totten | Bikeshare and Transit: A State of the Practice in this Promising Union | |||
Sagar Onta | AASHTO’s “Green Book for Bikes”: What to Expect from North America’s Most Detailed and Comprehensive Facility Design Guide | |||
Matt Zinn | Bike Detection Utilizing Inductive Loops | |||
5C | Jonathan Hofert and Jay Dinkins | Street Running Light Rail and Traffic Operations (Metro Expo Line) | ||
Mohan Atluri | Implementing Houston’s First BRT System | |||
Srinivasa Sunkari | Revisions to TxDOT’s Guide for Determining Time Requirements for Traffic Signal Preemption at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings | |||
Tony Henderson | Transportation Engineering Support of Transit Operations | |||
5D | Scott Thomas | Smart 70 V2X Connected Vehicle Ecosystem | ||
Jianqing Wu | An Automatic Procedure for Vehicle Tracking with a Roadside LiDAR Sensor | |||
Scott Pitera | Keeping Up with the Rapid Evolution of CAV | |||
Camilla Dartnell | Getting There: The Transition to Autonomous, Electric, and Ride-sourcing Vehicle Technologies and What We Can Do to Ensure Positive Effects on Our Communities | |||
6A | Matthew Tennent | CDOT Signal Phase & Timing Deployment | ||
Ali Mozdbar | Managing Signals, Managing Expectation | |||
Matt Duncan | Are Your Flashing Yellow Arrow Turn Signals Lipstick on a Pig? | |||
Gerry deCamp | Advanced Signal Sequencing Techniques to Accommodate Long Pedestrian Timings | |||
Jim Fox | Implementing Technology to Increase the Operational Capabilities of the Denver Traffic Management Center | |||
6B | Randy McCourt | Impacts of TNCs on Mode Share at Airports | ||
Reddy Edulakanti | Houston Ports: Freight Mobility Planning | |||
Erik Ruehr | From LOS to VMT: An Update on California’s SB 743 Legislation | |||
Erin Eurek | ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan | |||
6C | Christa Greene | How Do You Solve the Unsolvable Problem?: Innovative Designs in Urban Areas | ||
Joan Lim | Congestion Busting with Big Data Analytics: A New Approach | |||
Kenneth Ryan | Message from the Genie in a Bottle[neck]: A Before/After Review of 3 Bottleneck Reduction Projects | |||
Jason Crawford | Texas SH 161 Hard Shoulder Running Experience | |||
6D | Matt Sneed | Performance Measures at TxDOT | ||
Lisa Young | LA Metro’s Arterial Performance Measures Framework | |||
Allie Axley | Holistic Approach to Project Development through the TSMO Evaluation | |||
Ryan Saville | Expanding the Capabilities of Your Traffic Signal Management System by Centralizing Emergency Vehicle Preemption Management | |||
7A | Tracy Scriba | Institutionalizing the Next Generation of Transportation Operations Strategies | ||
Richard Gamble | Performance Measures for Evaluating Corridor Progression | |||
Maria Vyas | Application of Innovative Performance Metrics for Corridor Planning | |||
Sal Akhter | Cutting Back Cut-through Trips in Fremont, California: Measuring the Impact of Signal Time Changes | |||
7B | Grant Schultz | Analysis of Access Category Guidelines in Utah | ||
Jonathan Upchurch | August 21 Total Solar Eclipse: A Special Event with Traffic Congestion Coast to Coast | |||
Dale Grove | More than a Bridge: The Challenges in Developing an International Border Crossing Project | |||
James Parkhill | Balancing the Diverse Needs of Communities to Improve Regional Connectivity in Denver, Colorado | |||
7C | Shane Binder | State of the Practice in Accommodating Pedestrians and Cyclists through Work Zones | ||
John Habermann | Use of a Comparative Travel Time (CTT) System as a New Work Zone Intelligent Transportation System Solution | |||
Jason Crawford | #KnowBeforeYouGo: Keeping the Public and Local Stakeholders Informed of Work Zone Traffic Impacts through Active Communications | |||
Gerald Ullman | Improving Large Truck Safety in Work Zones | |||
7D | Thomas Gaul | Measuring the Miles: Developing New Metrics for Vehicle Travel in Los Angeles |
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Karl Rothermel | Data Collection: How Much is Enough? | |||
Ken Brubaker | Using GIS for Asset Management and Performance Measurement of Facilities for Non-Motorized Users | |||
Anusha Musunuru | Estimation of Freeway Traffic Congestion Using Probe Vehicle Data: A Case Study in Santa Clara County | |||
8A | Cody Stone | Active Traffic Management System Microsimulation Modeling for I-69 Concept of Operations | ||
Victoria Edington | Signal Control Versatility in Microsimulation Modelling | |||
David Stanek | Simulating Autonomous Vehicles in a Congested Freeway and Arterial Network | |||
Henry Hammel | Behavioral Modeling and Understanding New Modes | |||
8B | Gary Schatz | Establishing the Downtown Bryan Railroad Quiet Zone | ||
Frank Penry and Shawn O’Keefe | Redwood & Grant Transit Hub in Novato, California | |||
Krista Marie Purser | Data-Driven Transit Planning in Rural Oregon: Bringing Access to All | |||
Jonathan Dong | Seattle’s First Hill Streetcar – Challenges of Operating a Streetcar Through a Fast Growing City | |||
8C | Devin Moore | Elevating Rural Road Safety: the Local Road Safety Plan | ||
Daniel Hennessey | Small Data: Local Trip Generation Data and Developing a Better Model | |||
Shea Suski | The Cost of Oil: Transportation Impacts of Oil & Gas Development | |||
Sheida Khademi | Connecting Engineers and the Community: Collaborating with Social Workers to Identify Community-Based Transportation Needs | |||
8D | Lisa Truong Nguyen | Virtual Reality: A Lens of Opportunity | ||
Olivia Brey | Breaking Barriers to Deploy Emerging Technology | |||
Beverly Kuhn | ITE and Smart Communities: Plans for 2018 and Beyond | |||
Rhonda Young | Wyoming Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Project |