Evaluating the Safety and Mobility Impacts of American Dream Complex: Phase I (Feasibility Study, and Data Acquisition)

According to the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), New Jersey has the worst traffic bottleneck in the country. With the opening of the second largest retail and entertainment complex in the country, local officials and NJ Governor’s office estimate that the American Dream complex will make congestion and safety even worse. The primary goals of this proposal are (1) to coordinate with the stakeholders to identify the traffic and safety issues associated with this complex and (2) to collect relevant data to develop an analytics framework using modern machine learning algorithms, such as convolutional neural networks, to identify conflicts between the different road user groups (e.g., drivers and pedestrians) in the vicinity of this complex. It is expected that the results obtained from this Phase I project will provide a solid framework for a larger data collection and analytics with the aim of developing effective and innovative solutions to alleviate traffic congestion and motor vehicle crashes/near crashes around this complex. The developed artificial intelligence (AI) will be readily deployed on the stakeholders’ local machines.

• Record URL:
  https://cait.rutgers.edu/research/evaluating-the-safety-and-mobility-impacts-of-american-dream-complex-phase-i-feasibility-study-and-data-acquisition/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $160000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551847102

  CAIT-UTC-REG31

• 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:

  North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority

  One Newark Center, 17th Floor
  Newark, NJ  United States  07102

  Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation

  Rutgers University
  100 Brett Road
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854-8058
• Project Managers:

  Hamas, Keith

  Szary, Patrick

• Performing Organizations:

  Rowan University

  College of Engineering
  201 Mullica Hill Road
  Glassboro, NJ  United States  08028
• Principal Investigators:

  Jalayer, Mohammad

  Bouaynaya, Nidhal

  Rasool, Ghulam

• Start Date: 20191201
• Expected Completion Date: 20201231
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Data collection; Feasibility analysis; Machine learning; Mobility; Safety analysis; Shopping centers; Stakeholders; Traffic conflicts
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01727613
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551847102, CAIT-UTC-REG31
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 17 2020 10:54AM