Modeling Operational Performance on Urban Roads with Heterogenous Traffic Conditions

The goal of this project is to research and model operational performance of urban roads with heterogeneous traffic conditions to improve safety, reliability, and mobility of people and goods. The objectives of the proposed project are: (1) to model and evaluate the influence of pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transportation system users (bus and light rail) on safety and mobility of people and goods on urban roads (multimodal perspective); (2) to collect data and comprehensively evaluate the effectiveness of crosswalks, sidewalks, trails, greenways, on-street bicycle lanes, bus / light rail routes and stops / stations, and street network characteristics to enhance connectivity from a multimodal perspective; and (3) to examine and compare travel time, travel time variations, and crashes on urban roads with homogeneous and heterogeneous traffic conditions.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $74967
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747127

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Stearns, Amy

• Performing Organizations:

  Mineta Consortium for Transportation Mobility

  San Jose State University
  San Jose, CA  United States  95112
• Principal Investigators:

  Pulugurtha, Srinivas

• Start Date: 20171201
• Expected Completion Date: 20190831
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cyclists; Highway safety; Mobility; Multimodal transportation; Pedestrians; Public transit; Traffic flow; Travel time; Urban highways
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01653295
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Mineta Consortium for Transportation Mobility
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747127
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Dec 7 2017 12:29PM