TRR 2407
Structures 2014, Volume 2
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This issue contains 8 papers concerned with structures. The papers are grouped into 5 parts.
The first part includes 4 articles on field testing and nondestructive evaluation of transportation
structures. Specific topics addressed in this part include: surface wave measurements to
characterize surface-breaking cracks in concrete bridge decks; a portable seismic property
analyzer to assess Colorado’s Hanging Lake tunnel liner; ultrasonic tomography to detect
structural impairment in tunnel linings; and field monitoring of rebar debonding in concrete
bridge decks under traffic-induced vibrations. The second part concerns seismic design and
performance of bridges and contains one paper that discusses a simplified uniform hazard
liquefaction analysis. Part 3 concerns tunnels and underground structures and contains one
paper that describes a full-scale inflatable plug for flood mitigation. Part 4 concerns culverts and
hydraulic structures and contains one paper that discusses the time-dependent behavior of
synthetic fiber-reinforced concrete pipes under long-term sustained loading. The last part
concerns structural fiber-reinforced polymers and contains one paper on hybrid fiber-reinforced
polymer girders topped with segmental precast concrete slabs for accelerated bridge
construction.
TRR 2413
Travel Behavior 2014, Volume 2
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01537243
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This issue contains 11 papers concerned with travel behavior. Specific topics addressed include:
long-distance work and leisure travel frequencies; car usage time frontiers incorporating both
inter- and intraindividual variation; discrepancy analysis of activity sequences; weekend and
discretionary activity participation and episode duration; and the effects of transit-oriented
development on trip generation, distribution, and mode share. Additional topics covered include:
life events and travel behavior; route choice modeling using GPS-based travel surveys; driver
adaptation to traffic accidents and dynamic travel information; travel to common destinations;
mobility tool ownership by youth; and a framework for telecommuting behavior analysis and
modeling.
TRR 2415
Transit 2014, Volume 2: Carsharing, Taxis, and Automated Transport
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01539618
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This issue contains 11 papers about the carsharing, taxi and automated transport aspects of
transit. Specific topics addressed include: fleet sizing for flexible carsharing systems; piloting
low-cost transit service enhancements through agency collaboration; pedicabs for urban
transportation; peer-to-peer carsharing; and station-based and free-floating carsharing demand.
Additional topics addressed include: the impact of carsharing on household car ownership; the
autorickshaw industry in Mumbai, India; individual and societal aspects of automated driving;
fleet size and cost requirements for a statewide autonomous taxi network in New Jersey;
optimization of the charging infrastructure for electric taxis; and day versus night operations for
taxicabs in Bogotá, Colombia.
TRR 2417
. Transit 2014, Volume 3
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01547892
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This issue contains 14 papers concerned with transit. Specific topics are as follows: bus driver
response to real-time schedule adherence; a rail service sensitivity meter; synchronization of
schedules in long headway services; crowd congestion and mitigation at Canadian subway
interchanges; value of crowding on public transport in Île-de-France, France; evaluating the
quality of travel plans for new developments; and short-term passenger flow prediction at bus
stops. Other topics covered include the determinants of mode share over time; synchronizing of
public transport transfers by using intervehicle communication schemes; synergy in bicycle and
transit use; a special assessment district’s ability to fund transit; transportation benefits of
transit-oriented development in New Jersey; transit real-time information usage strategies; and
the use of spatiotemporal constraints to quantify transit accessibility.
TRR 2421
Title:
Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics 2014, Volume 1
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01541211
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This issue contains 17 papers concerned with traffic flow theory and characteristics. Specific
topics addressed in this issue include: the accuracy of network-wide traffic states; a
macroscopic fundamental diagram for Brisbane, Australia; the influence of road layout on
network fundamental diagrams; areawide dynamics of pedestrian crowds; pedestrian walking
characteristics through angled corridors; and group dynamics in pedestrian crowds. Other topics
discussed in this issue include: pedestrian personal space; early-onset breakdown at
expressway on-ramp bottlenecks; merging behavior at expressway on-ramp bottlenecks;
vehicle interactions during merge in congested weaving sections of freeway ramps; volume
delay functions based on stochastic capacity; and joint probability distributions of vehicle
location and speed on arterial roads. In addition, papers in this issue explore: real-time
prediction of near-future traffic states on freeways; traffic flow prediction using optimal
autoregressive moving average with exogenous input-based predictors; maximum pressure
controllers for stabilizing queues in signalized arterial networks; multiscale traffic flow modeling
in mixed networks; and a linear programming model for estimating high-resolution freeway
traffic states from vehicle identification and location data.
TRR 2422
Title:
Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics 2014, Volume 2
Accession Number:
01541038
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This issue contains 16 papers concerned with traffic flow theory and characteristics. Specific
topics addressed in this issue include: congestion propagation and dynamic partitioning with
probe data for large-scale systems; the estimation of a network fundamental diagram using
three-dimensional vehicle trajectories; urban network traffic flow during a large-scale evacuation;
the consistency of freeway macroscopic merging models; assessing the travel time variability of
arterials; a new generic multiclass kinematic wave traffic flow model; estimating traffic stream
flow rates past moving bottlenecks; and modeling reliability in freeway networks. Additional
topics addressed include: estimating queue length at signalized intersections; analytical
derivation of capacity at diverging junctions; the use of travel time data to generate aggregated
measures of traffic; jam occupancy and other lingering problems with empirical fundamental
relationships; automated driving, traffic flow efficiency, and human factors; sensitivity analysis of
high-dimensional and computationally expensive traffic simulation models; calibration,
estimation, and sampling issues of car-following parameters; and vehicle time headways and
speeds on rural two-lane, two-way roads.
TRR 2423
Title:
Intelligent Transportation Systems 2014, Volume 1
Accession Number:
01539923
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This issue contains 9 papers concerned with intelligent transportation systems. Specific topics
addressed include: intelligent transportation systems in the energy arena; the effect of tactile
location, pulse duration, and interpulse interval on perceived urgency; variable speed limits and
advisories; enhanced modeling of driver stop-or-run actions at a yellow indication; a
combinatorial auction to allocate traffic; and traveler use of and response to real-time traffic and
traveler information. Other topics discussed in this issue include: drivers’ route choice
behavioral responses to social navigation; diagnosis and interpolation of loop detector data
errors with probe vehicle data; and a strategic plan for the deployment of intelligent
transportation system equipment.
TRR 2424
Title:
Intelligent Transportation Systems 2014, Volume 2: Connected Vehicles and
Cooperative Systems
Accession Number:
01539592
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This issue contains 8 papers concerned with connected vehicles and cooperative system
aspects of intelligent transportation systems. Specific topics addressed include: a new snapshot
generation protocol for travel time estimation; safety impacts of intervehicle warning information
systems for moving hazards; near-crash identification; energy consumption reduction strategies
for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; display location and application type on driving performance;
a cooperative bus priority system; ethical decision making during automated vehicle crashes;
partial vehicle automation in an ecoapproach and departure application at signalized
intersections.
TRR 2425
Traffic Law Enforcement; Occupant Protection; Alcohol 2014
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01537867
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This issue contains 9 papers concerned with traffic law enforcement, occupant protection or
alcohol. Specific topics addressed include: spatiotemporal optimization of rural freeway
enforcement; saturation and corridor enforcement patrols; threshold effects of speed-monitoring
devices on the speeding behavior of drivers; driver perceptions of traffic-calming versus active
enforcement efforts in work zones; and sustaining seat belt use in a high-use state. Additional
topics include: restraint use and injury patterns of young drivers and passengers admitted to
hospitals; modeling a quad bike for simulating rollover events; roof damage patterns and serious
head injuries in pure rollover crashes; and college student alcohol intoxication and return
transportation from at-risk drinking locations.
TRR 2427
Title:
Air Quality 2014, Volume 1
Accession Number:
01548213
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This issue contains 9 papers concerned with air quality. Specific topics addressed are as follows:
agent-based simulation of ecospeed-controlled vehicles at signalized intersections; attributes
and value of ecologically friendly route choices; the effect of road grade on networkwide vehicle
energy consumption and ecorouting; fuel economy of ecodriving programs; ecolane applications;
optimization of ecodriving at signalized intersections; motor vehicle emissions simulator input
data; greenhouse gas emissions and urban congestion; and traffic emission and air quality near
roads in dense urban neighborhoods.
TRR 2428
Title:
Air Quality 2014, Volume 2
Accession Number:
01537868
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This issue contains 9 papers concerned with air quality. Specific topics addressed include:
modeling diesel and hybrid buses using the Virginia Tech Comprehensive Power-Based Fuel
Consumption Model; energy and emissions performance of electric rail transit operations;
comparing predictions from the CAL3QHCR and AERMOD models for highway applications;
life-cycle greenhouse gases and energy consumption for material and construction phases of
pavement with traffic delay; and the impact of traffic conditions on variability of midblock
roadside fine particulate matter. Additional topics addressed include: estimating carbon dioxide
emissions on limited-access highways; a comparison of fine particulate matter and carbon
monoxide exposure concentrations for selected transportation modes; a short-duration drive
cycle to represent long-term measured drive cycle data; and application of the AIMSUM
microsimulation model to estimate emissions on signalized arterial corridors.
TRR 2429
Travel Demand Forecasting 2014, Volume 1
Accession Number:
01547309
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This issue contains 19 papers concerned with travel demand forecasting. Specific topics
addressed are as follows: quantitative risk analysis for travel demand model forecasts; modeling
demand elasticity and route overlapping in stochastic user equilibrium; incorporating the
variable of escorting children to school in modeling individual daily activity patterns of household
members; uncertainty in speed-flow curve parameters on a large-scale model; associations
generation in synthetic population for transportation applications; and estimation of hybrid
choice models. Additional topics covered in this issue include: an integrated transport planning
framework involving combined utility regret approach; joint modeling of trip mode and departure
time choices; choice set imputation; a multiple discrete-continuous model of activity participation
and time allocation for home-based work tours; spatial transferability of tour-based time-of-day
choice models; modeling taxi trip demand by time of day in New York City; and the application
of a travel activity scheduler for household agents in a Chinese city. In addition, the issue
addresses the characterization of household vehicle fleet composition and count by type in an
integrated modeling framework; an extension of activity-based modeling approach to
incorporate supply side activities; sampling alternatives in large-scale models; the use of survey
calibration and statistical matching to reweight and distribute activity schedules; synthetic
population generation at disaggregated spatial scales for land use and transportation
microsimulation; and model complexities and requirements for multimodal transport network
design.
TRR 2430: Travel Demand Forecasting 2014, Volume 2
01543148
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This issue contains 22 papers concerned with travel demand forecasting. Specific topics
addressed include: modeling demand for bikesharing systems; estimating directional bicycle
volumes; enhanced imputation of GPS traces forcing full or partial consistency in activity travel
sequences; information diffusion in social networks toward sustainable transportation; modeling
nonmotorized travel demand at intersections in Calgary, Canada; safety and security in
discretionary travel decision making; and Generation Y’s travel behavior and perceptions of
walkability constraints. Additional topics covered in this issue include: location-based social
networking data; multidimensional indicator analysis for transport policy evaluation;
characterizing the composition of economic activities in central locations; simulating future land
use impacts of high-speed rail on Aveiro, Portugal; validation of origin-destination data from
Bluetooth reidentification and aerial observation; estimating emissions benefits of bicycle
facilities with stand-alone software tools; wildlife evacuation scenarios in Colorado; a vehicle
fleet composition model system for implementation in an activity-based travel model; modeling
cyclists’ route choice based on GPS data; and encapsulating and visualizing disaggregated
origin-destination desire lines to identify demand corridors. This issue also examines: a choice
set generation algorithm to measure route choice accessibility; the use of a household vehicle
fleet simulator to assess the impact of transportation policies on fuel consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions; a cost-effectiveness sketch method for safety investment decision
making; empirical models of demand levels and turn-in rates at roadside rest areas; and the
impact of proposed land use and transportation investments on future travel patterns in
California.
TRR 2431: Maintenance and Preservation 2014
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01539593
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This issue contains 12 papers concerned with maintenance and preservation. Specific topics
addressed in this issue include: pavement performance measures; budget-constrained
pavement preservation strategies; enhanced econometric techniques for verifying the service
life of asset interventions; Michigan Department of Transportation’s capital preventive
maintenance program; the performance of pavements treated with thin hot-mix asphalt overlays;
flushing of chip seal surfaces; asphalt pavement pothole patching methods; laboratory-predicted
low-temperature performance of hot-poured crack sealants; anchor rod tightening of high-mast
light poles; forecasting the cost of sustaining a set of bridge connections; selection of
appropriate material, construction technique, and structural system of bridges by use of a
multicriteria decision-making method; and defect-based condition assessment of concrete
bridges.
TRR 2432: Safety Data, Analysis, and Evaluation 2014
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01543149
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This issue contains 17 papers concerned with safety data, analysis, and evaluation. Specific
topics addressed include: a surrogate safety assessment model for assessing intersection
safety; linking police and hospital road accident records; the use of structural equation modeling
to measure the severity of single-vehicle crashes; daily collision prediction with SARIMAX and
generalized linear models on the basis of temporal and weather variables; a new surrogate
measure of crash severity; and the evaluation of spatial-proximity structures in crash prediction
models at the level of traffic analysis zones. Additional topics covered in this issue include:
modeling the impact of subject and opponent vehicles on crash severity in two-vehicle collisions;
full Bayesian multivariate safety models for assessing the effect of weather states on crash
severity and type; analyzing the maximum abbreviated injury scale in vehicle crashes by using a
logistic normal model; the identification of secondary crashes on a large-scale highway system;
and the use of support vector machine models for real-time prediction of crash risk on urban
expressways. The topics in this issue also include: safety performance monitoring at signalized
intersections through the use of connected vehicle technology; using the value-of-research
method to evaluate driveway access at intersections; sampling serious injuries in traffic crashes
at the state level; a geographic information system-based community-level method to evaluate
the influence of built environment on traffic crashes; patterns of single-vehicle crashes on twolane rural highways in Granada Province, Spain; and using microsimulation to estimate
intersection safety.
TRR 2433: Geology and Properties of Earth Materials 2014
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01552761
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This issue contains 15 papers concerned with geology and properties of earth materials.
Specific topics addressed include: cold region applications for in-place inclinometers based on
microelectromechanical systems technology; seismic waveform tomography at test sites with
open chimneys; schedule risk evaluation in subsurface explorations; evaluation of unknown
foundations of bridges subjected to scour; and an evaluation of bottom ash as a pavement
insulation layer. The issue also covers the generation of hourly climatic data for pavement
design from available weather information; the effect of moisture and fine particles in lightweight
deflectometer testing; the effect of matric suction on resilient modulus for compacted recycled
base course in postcompaction state; bearing capacity of low-volume roads; and the selection of
chemical treatments for unpaved roads. In addition, this issue covers the relationship between
traffic loading and environmental factors and low-volume road deterioration; the collection of
decision support system data through remote sensing of unpaved roads; the economic impact
of closing structurally deficient or functionally obsolete bridges on very low-volume roads;
investigating the safety impacts of edgelines on narrow, rural two-lane highways by empirical
Bayes method; and assessing the transferability of Highway Safety Manual crash prediction
models to data from Italy.
TRR 2435:
Title:
Highway Safety Performance 2014
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01543434
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This issue contains 9 papers concerned with highway safety performance. Specific topics are as
follows: the use of Monte Carlo simulation for a sensitivity analysis of Highway Safety Manual
calibration factors; a variable speed limit control strategy with collision probability assessments
based on traffic state prediction; the safety effects of signal improvements; customization of the
Highway Safety Manual for Virginia; and injury severity in crashes on ramps and at crossroad
ramp terminals. In addition, the issue covers these topics: the safety effect of pavement
condition on rural, two-lane highways; a safety evaluation of hybrid main-line toll plazas;
transferability of the Highway Safety Manual freeway model to the Italian motorway network;
and the development of safety performance functions for freeways by considering interaction
between speed limit and geometric variables.
TRR 2436:
Title:
Highway Design 2014, Volume 1
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01550529
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This issue contains 16 papers concerned with highway design. The papers are grouped into
four parts. The first part includes 9 papers on geometric design. Specific topics addressed in
this part include: crossover roundabouts; short left-turn lanes at unsignalized median openings;
horizontal clearance offsets to objects higher than sight lines; double left-turn lane operations;
stopping sight distance and horizontal sight line offsets at horizontal curves; horizontal curve
design; geometric and operational improvements at continuous flow intersections to enhance
pedestrian safety; a reliability-based approach for selecting basic number of freeway lanes; and
superelevation design for sharp horizontal curves at steep grades. The second part concerns
landscape and environmental design. The two papers in this part discuss nontraditional
development in roadside right-of-way and the application of a conflict scoping process to
transportation projects. The third part concerns utilities and contains one paper on the
management of right-of-way parcel and utility information. Part 4 covers hydrology, hydraulics,
and water quality. The four papers in this part discuss the removal of dissolved heavy metals in
highway runoff; a stochastic empirical loading and dilution model for analysis of flows,
concentrations, and loads of highway runoff constituents; wave-induced scour at cylindrical piles;
and a model of flow regimes in porous pavement and porous friction courses.
TRR 2437: Highway Design 2014, Volume 2
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This issue contains eight papers concerned with highway design. Specific topics are as follows:
the modeling of crash severity with observable crash data; selection table development for
bridge railings; heavy-vehicle encroachment frequency; performance of the Midwest Guardrail
System with rectangular wood posts; weak-post W-beam guardrail attachment to culvert
headwalls; the retrofit of existing approach guardrail transitions; effective median barrier lateral
placement for varying highway cross sections; and pinned-down temporary concrete barriers
with transition systems for limited-space work-zone applications.
TRR 2439: Traffic Signal Systems 2014, Volume 2
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01541069
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This issue contains 9 papers concerned with traffic signal systems. Specific topics addressed
include: design guidelines and conditions that warrant deployment of fully actuated coordination;
high-resolution event-based data at diamond interchanges; graphical performance measures for
practitioners to triage split failure trouble calls; improving intersection behavior through delaybased left-turn phase initiation; and a sorting model of optimization order in traffic signal
planning. Additional topics discussed in this issue are as follows: the estimation of vehicles in
the dilemma zone and application to fixed-time coordinated signal optimization; optimal
intersection operation with median U-turn; decentralized control of urban traffic; and the use of
event-based traffic data in generating time-space diagrams for evaluation of signal coordination.
TRR 2441
Concrete Materials 2014
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01547891
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This issue contains 17 papers concerning concrete materials. Specific topics covered are as
follows: capillary pressure monitoring in plastic concrete for controlling early-age shrinkage
cracking; volume stability and cracking potential of prebagged, cement-based nonshrink grouts
for field-cast connections; surface texture measurements of crack surface to establish joint
shear stiffness; mixture design for minimizing cement content in pavement concrete;
nanoconcrete for rigid pavements; and a kinetic study of photocatalytic degradation of nitrogen
monoxide with titanium dioxide nanoparticles in concrete pavements. The issue also covers
improved bridge parapet designs; an aggregate avoidance index for evaluating recycled
aggregate concrete; identifying zero-stress time for jointed plain concrete pavements; observed
variability in cylinder and core strength from Federal Highway Administration highway materials
engineering course; and freeze and thaw behavior in cementitious materials exposed to sodium
chloride salt. Additional topics include insulation to prevent early-age cracking in mass concrete
footings; the effect of fiber-reinforced polymer wrapping on concrete chloride penetrations and
concrete cover; the influence of slag aggregate production on its potential for use in internal
curing; performance of Portland limestone cements; high-volume fly ash concrete for rigid
pavements; and fracture properties of roller-compacted concrete with virgin and recycled
aggregates.
TRR 2442
Urban and Traffic Data Systems 2014, Volume 1
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01552762
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This issue contains 15 papers concerned with urban and traffic data systems. Specific topics
addressed include: a time-space diagram; using third-party data for travel demand modeling;
calibration of a rail transit assignment model with automated fare collection data and a parallel
genetic algorithm; and the relationship between travel-related feelings, on-trip activities, and the
use of various transport means in urban areas. Other topics explored are: an online archive for
geospatial transit performance data; application of the general transit feed specification to
Mexico City, Mexico, and beyond; travel time and variability patterns based on facility type; a
stochastic volatility modeling approach that accounts for uncertainty in travel time reliability
forecasting; motorway travel time estimation considering increased detection spacing; and travel
time reliability using the Hasofer-Lind-Rackwitz-Fiessler algorithm and kernel density estimation.
In addition, this issue covers these topics: application of finite mixture of regression model with
varying mixing probabilities to the estimation of urban arterial travel times; a web-based realtime data collection methodology for transportation operation performance analysis; real-time
prediction of arterial roadway travel times using data collected by Bluetooth detectors; an
algorithm for detecting outliers in Bluetooth data in real time; and link and route travel time
prediction in an urban network based on taxi floating car data.
TRR 2443
Urban and Traffic Data Systems 2014, Volume 2
Accession Number:
01548337
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This issue contains 16 papers concerned with urban and traffic data systems. Specific topics
addressed are as follows: vehicle length measurement and length-based vehicle classification in
congested freeway traffic; vehicle detector evaluation based on concepts of traceability and
confidence intervals; a hybrid prediction approach based on weekly similarities of traffic flow for
different temporal scales; the identification of network sensor locations for estimation of traffic
flow; and an algorithm for detector-error screening on the basis of temporal and spatial
information. Other topics addressed in this issue include a process to determine locations for
motorcycle counts; software-based vehicle reidentification with existing loop infrastructure; the
effect of traffic load input level on mechanistic-empirical pavement design; bias in traffic data
aggregation resulting from transition of traffic states; a semiautomated tool for extraction of
microlevel traffic data from videographic surveys; and reidentification of trucks on the basis of
axle-spacing measurements to facilitate analysis of weigh-in-motion accuracy. In addition, the
issue addresses the estimation of annual average daily bicycle traffic with adjustment factors;
estimation of spatially and temporally continuous bicycle volumes by using sparse data; an
automated analysis of pedestrians’ nonconforming behavior and data collection at an urban
crossing; institutionalizing bicycle and pedestrian monitoring programs in three states; and the
application of seasonal adjustment factors to subsequent year data.
TRR 2444
Title:
Asphalt Materials and Mixtures 2014, Volume 1
Accession Number:
01552182
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This issue contains 17 papers concerned with asphalt materials and mixtures. Specific topics
addressed in this issue include: a laboratory mix design procedure for foamed bitumen mixtures;
a vacuum sealing-based volumetric density measurement approach for cold in-place recycling;
the impact of freeze-thaw cycles on mechanical properties of asphalt mixes; tack coat failure in
orthotropic steel bridge deck overlay; high-temperature characterization of highly modified
asphalt binders and mixtures; and a rheological and microstructural assessment of rejuvenated
bitumen. This issue also explores binder-reclaimed aggregate bond strength; the degree of
blending between fresh and recycled asphalt pavement binder in dynamic shear rheometer;
rheological and chemical properties of virgin and recycled asphalt shingle binder blends;
emulsified asphalt residue recovery and characterization; the quantification of water in asphalt
by Karl Fischer titration; and the effect of waste engine oil residue on quality and durability of
SHRP Materials Reference Library binders. Other topics include: aging properties of crumb
rubber and styrene-butadiene-styrene modified binders; sensitivity of nozzle-based foamed
asphalt binder characteristics to foaming parameters; the effects of interaction conditions on
internal network structure of crumb rubber-modified asphalts; thermal properties of
thermochromic asphalt binders; and an integrated local microclimate model for numerical
evaluation of cool pavement strategies.
TRR 2445
Asphalt Materials and Mixtures 2014, Volume 2
Accession Number:
01548338
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This issue contains 12 papers concerned with asphalt materials and mixtures. Specific topics
addressed are as follows: the low temperature characterization of foamed warm-mix asphalt
produced by water injection; determining the composition of filler used in hot-mix asphalt; the
effect of binder modification on aggregate structure and thermovolumetric properties of asphalt
mixtures; the influence of mix design parameters on mechanical properties of mixes with
reclaimed asphalt pavement; a new additive for use in hot in-place recycling to improve the
performance of reclaimed asphalt pavement mix; the effect of crumb rubber dissolution on lowtemperature performance and aging of asphalt-rubber binder; and a laboratory investigation of
biochar-modified asphalt mixtures. Topics in this issue also include the effects of high reclaimed
asphalt pavement and binder content; production, construction, and properties of high reclaimed
asphalt pavement mixtures; the incorporation of higher recycled asphalt pavement percentages;
laboratory performance of asphalt mixtures containing recycled asphalt shingles; and the testing
of fine asphalt mixtures to quantify effectiveness of asphalt binder replacement using recycled
shingles.
TRR 2449
Title:
Aviation 2014
Accession Number:
01548745
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This issue contains 13 papers concerned with aviation. Specific topics addressed in this issue
are as follows: a competency gap assessment framework for assessing person-job fit in
European Union aviation industries; a statistical analysis of aircraft-bird strikes resulting in
engine failure; airport cities and airport public transport access; mode cost by time of day for
nondriving airport trips to and from New York City’s Pennsylvania Station; a comparison of
centralized and rolling horizon approaches for optimal aircraft traffic control in terminal areas;
and estimating approach path coverage of aircraft-derived meteorological data in advanced air
traffic management applications. The issue also addresses the impacts of high aviation carbon
taxes on tourism; capacity discipline and the consolidation of airport connectivity; forecasting air
travel demand using air passenger survey data; mechanical responses and viscoelastic
properties of asphalt mixtures under heavy static and dynamic aircraft loads; an augmented
stochastic multiple imputation model for airport pavement missing data imputation; a human
reliability analysis for visual inspection in aviation maintenance by a Bayesian network approach;
and assessing disability glare potential of reflections from new construction.
TRR 2450
Revenue, Finance, Pricing, and Economics
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01553724
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This issue contains 21 papers that explores the modern transportation funding and user-pays
principle; road uses charges in Washington state; use of private roads to promote sustainable
mobility; economic impacts of a vehicle-miles-traveled fee for passenger vehicles in Nevada;
and an express lane performance evaluation; and an examination of paid travel on I-85 Express
Lanes. Other topics include assessing the conversion of I-85 high-occupancy vehicle to a highoccupancy toll in Atlanta, Georgia; a GPS-based assessment of equity impacts of large-scale
electronic freeway tolling in Gauteng, South Africa; an evaluation of the Urban Partnership
Agreement in Seattle, Washington and its impact on transit; and pay-as-you-drive insurance. In
addition, the papers address: the examination of public-private partnership tenders; local
government funding and financing of roads in Virginia; a new tool to understand the value-formoney concepts in public-private partnership options; an option game model for optimizing
concession length and public subsidies of public-private partnerships; and financing
infrastructure projects using public-private partnerships in India. Finally, this TRR also explores
emerging public-private partnerships in China’s rail mass transit; public-private infrastructure
cooperatives; U.S. toll road trends since 1950; tolling initiatives for high-occupancy toll facilities
under variable demand; an economic evaluation of trends in travel time reliability in road
transportation; and an alternative to the Kentucky weight-distance tax.
TRR 2458
Visibility; Work Zone Traffic Controls; Highway-Rail Grade Crossings 2014
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01552937
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This issue contains 14 papers concerned with visibility, work zone traffic controls, and highwayrail grade crossings. Specific topics addressed include: a safety evaluation of illuminance
transition at highway tunnel portals; human perceptions of vehicle turning intention; visual
behavior of unfamiliar drivers on horizontal curves; road lighting audits and safety screenings at
urban intersections; drivers’ smart assistance systems based on radio frequency identification;
the impact of design and construction on quality, consistency, and safety of traffic control plans;
and the impact of work zone lighting on driver’s detection of objects (includes discussion and
author closure). The issue also covers these topics: the cost-effectiveness of steady-burn
warning lights in work zones; expected crash reduction benefits and costs of truck-mounted
attenuator use in work zones; lane bias issues in work zone travel time measurement and
reporting; a photometric evaluation of steady-burn warning lights in work zones; human factors
issues of accidents at passively controlled rural level crossings; train warning times and gate
violations; and a dual microwave radar vehicle detection system at a four-quadrant-gate railroad
grade crossing.
TRR2465
Safety Management; School Transportation; Young Drivers 2014
Accession Number:
01552975
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This issue contains 10 papers concerned with safety management, school transportation or
young drivers. Specific topics addressed include: practices to reward safe and environmentally
sustainable driving; incentive systems rewarding compliance with speed limits; traffic safety
perspectives of Western North Dakota residents; cluster modeling of driving behavior under
fatigue; and safety effects of Missouri’s strategic highway safety plan. This issue also explores
road safety conditions and estimated economic cost of traffic fatalities in medium-size
Colombian cities; impacts of fluctuations in gasoline prices and macroeconomic conditions on
road safety in developed countries; child pedestrian and bicycle crashes; an on-road driving
assessment for learner teen drivers; and reasons behind the drop in young adults’ rates of
driver’s license acquisition.