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Table of Contents
- Asphalt Pavements
- Asset Management
- Bridges
- Design and Construction
- Education
- F-SHRP
- Highway Maintenance
- Iowa ITS and Update on I-235 Reconstruction
- Pavement Management
- PCC Pavements
- Planning
- Traffic and Access Management
- Traffic and Safety
- Transit
- Transportation Security
- Winter Maintenance
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Asphalt Pavements
Analysis Software to Verify Mix Designs
(381 kb pdf)
Brian Coree, Iowa State University; Mike Heitzman, John Hinrichsen,
Dan Redmond, Dab Seward, Todd Siefken, Iowa DOT
Effect of PG Binder Grade and Source on Performance
of Superpave Mixtures under Hamburg Wheel Tester (747 kb pdf)
Aneel Gogula, Mustaque Hossain, John Boyer, Stefan Romanoschi, Kansas
State University
Correlation between the Laboratory and Field
Permeability Values for Superpave Pavements (663 kb pdf)
Aneel Gogula, Mustaque Hossain, Stefan Romanoschi, Kansas State University;
Glenn Fager, Kansas DOT
Foamed Asphalt Stabilized Base in Reclaimed
Asphalt Pavement: A Promising Technology for Midwestern Roads (655 kb
pdf)
Stefan Romanoschi, Mustaque Hossain, Kansas State University; Michael
Heitzmann, Iowa DOT; Andrew Gisi, Kansas DOT
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Asset Management
Asset Management and City Government (677
kb pdf)
Ernie Wittwer, Jason Bittner, Char Kasprzak, Midwest Regional University
Transportation Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
GASB Statement 34—the On-Ramp to Transportation
Asset Management or a Detour Leading to Business as Usual? (526 kb pdf)
Thomas Maze, Omar Smadi, CTRE at Iowa State University
Financial Reporting: GASB Statement 34 and Its Role in Asset Management
Duane Pitchard and Sue Rybolt, City of Ames Department of Finance
Primer on the Science of Asset Management
Omar Smadi, Thomas Maze, CTRE at Iowa State University
Transportation Asset Management Today: An Evaluation
of an Emerging Virtual Community of Practice (629 kb pdf)
Jeromie Winsor, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Sue McNeil, University of Illinois
at Chicago; Lou Adams, New York State DOT
Utilization of LIDAR Technology for Highway
Inventory (561 kb pdf)
Huda Shamayleh, Aemal Khattak, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Bridges
FHWA Bridge Research and Technology
Deployment Initiatives (376 kb pdf)
Ian Friedland, FHWA; Edgar Small, Catholic University of America
An Overview of Scour Types and Scour-Estimation
Difficulties Faced at Bridge Abutments (770 kb pdf)
Robert Ettema, Tatsuaki Nakato, Marian Muste, University of Iowa
Monitoring and Evaluation of the Iowa River
Bridge Launch (358 kb pdf)
Brent Phares, Robert Abendroth, Terry Wipf, N. McDonald, S. Abraham,
Iowa State University
Construction of Laboratory and Field Demonstration
Modified Beam-in-Slab Bridges (775 kb pdf)
Travis F. Konda, Wayne Klaiber, Terry Wipf, Iowa State University
Lateral Impacts to PC Girders in Bridges
with Intermediate Diaphragms (629 kb pdf)
Robert Abendroth, Fouad Fanous, Iowa State University
Strengthening of Steel Girder Bridges Using FRP
(1 mb pdf)
Brent Phares, Terry Wipf, Wayne Klaiber, A. Abu-Hawash, Yoon-Si Lee,
Iowa State University
Repair of Damaged Prestressed Concrete Bridges
Using CFRP (581 kb pdf)
Wayne Klaiber, Terry Wipf, Brian J. Kempers, Iowa State University
Bridge Load Rating Using Physical Testing
(518 kb pdf)
Brent Phares, Terry Wipf, Wayne Klaiber, A. Abu-Hawash, Iowa State University
Monitoring and Evaluation of a Plate Girder Bridge
(555 kb pdf)
Terry Wipf, Brent Phares, Lowell Greimann, Douglas Wood, Iowa State
University; Bruce Brakke, Iowa DOT
Experimental Evaluation of Deteriorated
Precast Channel Bridges (367 kb pdf)
Scott Ingersoll, Terry Wipf, Wayne Klaiber, Iowa State University
Railroad Flatcar Bridges for Economical
Bridge Replacement Systems (617 kb pdf)
Justin Doornink, Terry Wipf, Wayne Klaiber, Iowa State University
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Design and Construction
Iowa’s Statewide Urban Design Standards
Promote Improved Access Management (439 kb pdf)
David Plazak, Dale Harrington, CTRE at Iowa State University
An Investigation of Object-Oriented Specifications
for Iowa DOT and Urban Standards (757 kb pdf)
Russell Walters, Edward Jaselskis, Zhili Gao, Iowa State University
Development and Maintenance of the Electronic
Reference Library (501 kb pdf)
Russell Walters, Charles Jahren, Iowa State University
Construction Scheduling for Urban Freeway
Renewal Projects: A Case Study (1 mb pdf)
Dong Chen, Charles Jahren, Augusto Canales, Iowa State University
Pilot Study on Laser Scanning Technology
for Transportation Projects (646 kb pdf)
Edward Jaselskis, Zhili Gao, Iowa State University; Alice Welch, Dennis
O’Brien, Iowa DOT
Use of LIDAR-Based Elevation Data for Highway
Drainage Analysis: A Qualitative Assessment (1.7 mb pdf)
Zachary Hans, Ryan Tenges, Shauna Hallmark, Reginald Souleyrette, Sitansu
Pattnaik, CTRE at Iowa State University
Web-Based Database for Highway Erosion and
Sedimentation Control Measures (1.3 mb pdf)
Marian Muste, Roger Gomez, Kwonkyu Yu, Robert Ettema, University of
Iowa
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Education
Information is Our Seed Corn: An Overview
of the Midwest Transportation Knowledge Network (216 kb pdf)
Robert Sweet, Transportation Research Institute at University of Michigan
Training—the Key to Technology Implementation
(403 kb pdf)
Leland Smithson, AASHTO Snow and Ice Cooperative Program
Iowa Department of Transportation Technical
Training Activities (331 kb pdf)
Chris Anderson, Iowa DOT
Turning Students on to Transportation:
A Pilot Program for Recruiting High School Students into Transportation
Careers and Programs of Study (406 kb pdf)
Michele Regenold, Deborah Witt, CTRE at Iowa State University
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F-SHRP
F-SHRP Overview and Stakeholder Involvement (159
kb pdf)
Ann Brach, Transportation Research Board
Future Strategic Highway Research Program:
Background and Status Report; Renewal (2.3 mb pdf)
Thomas Cackler and Stephen Andrle, CTRE at Iowa State University
F-SHRP Safety: Making a Significant Improvement in Highway Safety
Tom Welch, Iowa Department of Transportation and Panel Member
F-SHRP Reliability: Providing a Highway System with Reliable Travel Times
Richard Margiotta, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
F-SHRP Capacity: Providing Highway Capacity in Support of the Nation’s
Economic, Environmental, and Social Goals
Ian MacGillivray, Iowa DOT retired and Panel Member
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Highway Maintenance
Synthesis of Best Practice for Increasing
Protection and Visibility of Highway Maintenance Vehicles (319 kb pdf)
Ali Kamyab, Western Transportation Institute; Thomas McDonald, CTRE
at Iowa State University
Quantitative Guidelines for Use of Thin Maintenance
Surfaces (1 mb pdf)
Charles Jahren, Jacob Thorius, Kevin Behling, Iowa State University
Cost Comparison of Treatments Used to
Maintain or Upgrade Aggregate Roads (424 kb pdf)
Mary Rukashaza-Mukome, Jacob Thorius, Charles Jahren, David White, Iowa
State University; Gregory Johnson, Minnesota DOT
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Iowa ITS and I-235
Update on I-235 Reconstruction in Des Moines, Iowa
Martin Sankey, Iowa DOT
Use of Advanced Microscopic Traffic Simulation
for Transportation Planning in Des Moines Area (902 kb pdf)
Stu Anderson, Iowa DOT; Tom Kane, Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization; Mithilesh Jha, Jacobs Civil, Inc.
CARS Pooled Fund Effort (945 kb pdf)
John Whited, Iowa DOT
Iowa 511 and Freeway ITS in the Des Moines Region
Michael Jackson, Iowa DOT
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Pavement Management
Demonstrating the Use of Pavement Management
Tools to Address GASB Statement 34 Requirements (481 kb pdf)
Angela Wolters, Kathryn Zimmerman, Applied Pavement Technology, Inc.
Integrating Preventive Maintenance and
Pavement Management Practices (475 kb pdf)
Kathryn Zimmerman, David Peshkin, Applied Pavement Technology, Inc.
Adaptability of AASHTO Provisional Standards
for Condition Surveys for Roughness and Faulting in Kansas (573 kb pdf)
Kamesh Vedula, Mustaque Hossain, Kansas State University; Rick Miller,
Kansas DOT; Gaylord Cumberledge, CGH-Pavement Engineering, Inc.
Roughness Progression Model on Kansas PCC
Pavements (598 kb pdf)
Victoria Felker, Mustaque Hossain, Yacoub Najjar, Kansas State University;
Richard Barezinsky, Kansas DOT
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PCC Pavements
Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research
and Technology (298 kb pdf)
Theodore Ferragut, TDC Partners, Ltd.; Dale Harrington, Marcia Brink,
CTRE at Iowa State University
Effect of Curling on As-Constructed and
Early Life Smoothness of PCC Pavements (576 kb pdf)
Zahidul Siddique, Mustaque Hossain, John Devore, Kansas State University;
William Parcells, Jr., Kansas DOT
Evaluation of Premature PCC Pavement Longitudinal
Cracking in Colorado (855 kb pdf)
Ahmad Ardani, Shamshad Hussain, Robert LaForce, Colorado DOT
Alternative Dowel Bars (418 kb pdf)
Max Porter, Iowa State University
Investigation into Pavement Curing Materials,
Application Techniques, and Assessment Methods (693 kb pdf)
Kejin Wang, James Cable, Zhi Ge, Iowa State University
A Structural Model for the Rapid Analysis of
Concrete Pavement Systems (306 kb pdf)
Halil Ceylan, Iowa State University; Erol Tutumluer, Ernest Barenberg,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Implications of Wetting-Drying Cycles for the
Performance of Pavement Systems (132 kb pdf)
Radhey Sharma, Iowa State University
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Planning
Planning the Mississippi River Trail
in Iowa Using Geographic Information Systems (473 kb pdf)
Jamie Luedtke, David Plazak, CTRE at Iowa State University
Iowa’s New Rest Areas (5.2 mb pdf)
Mark Masteller, Iowa DOT
Collaboration, Automation, and Cognitive
Aids Technologies to Solve Complex Transportation Problems (330 kb pdf)
Deepa Mani, University of Missouri-Columbia
Exclusive Facilities for Trucks in Florida:
An Investigation of the Potential for Reserved Truck Lanes and Truckways
on the State Highway System (439 kb pdf)
Stephen Reich, Janet Davis, Anthony Ferraro, Martin Catalá, Center
for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida
US 83 Texas Study Corridor—FHWA Economic
Development Highway Initiative: Border Crossings and Rural Communities
(432 kb pdf)
Richard Burruss, Wilbur Smith Associates
A Dynamically Configurable Network-Scanning
Tool for the Spatial Cluster Analysis of Linear Network Feature Corridors
(266 kb pdf)
Dan Gieseman, CTRE at Iowa State University
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Traffic and Access Management
Process to Identify High Priority Corridors
for Access Management Near Large Urban Areas in Iowa Using Spatial Data
(1.1 mb pdf)
David Plazak and Reginald Souleyrette, CTRE at Iowa State University
Access Management Techniques to Improve
Traffic Operations and Safety: A Case Study of a Full vs. Directional Median
Opening (359 kb pdf)
Sunanda Dissanayake, Kansas State University; John Lu, University of
South Florida
Impact of Modern Roundabouts on Vehicular
Emissions (399 kb pdf)
Srinivas Mandavilli, Eugene Russell, and Margaret Rys, Kansas State
University
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Traffic and Safety
Reducing Crashes at Rural Thru/Stop-Controlled
Intersections (426 kb pdf)
Howard Preston, CH2M Hill
Young Drivers and Run-Off-the-Road Crashes
(393 kb pdf)
Sunanda Dissanayake, Kansas State University
U.S. Experience with Centerline Rumble Strips
on Two-Lane Roads: Pattern Research and North American Usage (543 kb
pdf)
Eugene Russell, Margaret Rys, Troy Brin, Kansas State University
Deer-Vehicle Crash Countermeasures Effectiveness
Research Review (338 kb pdf)
Keith Knapp, Tanveer Oakasa, Xin Yi, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Improving Left-Turn Safety Using Flashing Yellow
Arrow Permitted Indications (658 kb pdf)
David Noyce, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Using Reidentification to Evaluate the SCOUT Traffic
Management System (2 mb pdf)
Eric Meyer, University of Kansas; Carlos Sun, University of Missouri-Columbia
Urban Four-Lane Undivided to Three-Lane
Roadway Conversion Guidelines (460 kb pdf)
Keith Knapp, Woochul Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Karen Giese,
Kittelson and Associates, Inc.
Effectiveness of Speed Advisory Sign System
in Reducing Speeds Upstream of a Traffic Slowdowns (222 kb pdf)
Vijay Kannan, Geza Pesti, Mid-America Transportation Center at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Role of the Street Environment in
How People Cross Roads in Urban Settings (857 kb pdf)
Michael Baltes, Xuehao Chu, Center for Urban Transportation Research at
the University of South Florida; Martin Guttenplan, Florida Department of
Transportation
Roadway Conditions as Contributing Factors
in Florida Traffic Crashes (635 kb pdf)
Michael Baltes, Xuehao Chu, Center for Urban Transportation Research
at the University of South Florida
Fiber Optic Implementation of a Cumulative Momentum
Model for Natural Urban Intersection Traffic Management (407 kb pdf)
Chung Yu, Sheldon Muir, North Carolina A&T State University
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Transit
Introduction to the Transit Capacity and Quality
of Service Manual (360 kb pdf)
Stephen Andrle, CTRE at Iowa State University
Evaluation of First-Year Florida MPO Transit
Capacity and Quality of Service Reports (470 kb pdf)
Victoria Perk, Chandra Foreman, Center for Urban Transportation Research
at the University of South Florida
Statistical Estimation of the Importance
Customers Place on Specific Elements of Bus Rapid Transit (785 kb pdf)
Michael Baltes, Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University
of South Florida
Conducting a Successful On-Board Survey of
Public Transit Customers (385 kb pdf)
Michael Baltes, Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University
of South Florida
Spatial Data Integration for Low-Income
Worker Accessibility Assessment: A Case Study of the Chicago Metropolitan
Area (442 kb pdf)
Piyushimita Thakuriah, Juan Ortega, P.S. Sriraj, Urban Transportation
Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Analysis of the Environmental Justice
Compliance of the Chicago Transit Authority (487 kb pdf)
P.S. Sriraj, Geoff Fruin, Sue McNeil, Urban Transportation Center at
the University of Illinois at Chicago
Automated Methods for Collecting National Transit
Database Data (333 kb pdf)
Victoria Perk, Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University
of South Florida
Iowa Rural Transit ITS Implementation
Jeff Stratton, Iowa DOT
Accomplishments of an Innovative Statewide Van
Lease and Purchase Program (353 kb pdf)
Frederick Wegmann, Theodore Newsom, University of Tennessee
Development of an In-House Automated Vehicle
Location System (452 kb pdf)
Juan Ortega, Audrey Wennink, Urban Transportation Center at the University
of Illinois at Chicago
Travel Demand Modeling of Automated Small Vehicle
Transit on a University Campus (1.8 mb pdf)
Stanley Young, Rick Miller, Kansas DOT; Dean Landman, Kansas State University
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Transportation Security
Surface Transportation Security: FHWA Perspective
and Activities (642 kb pdf)
Mac Lister, FHWA
Methodology to Measure the Costs and
Benefits of Technology to Improve Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety
and Security (522 kb pdf)
Joseph DeLorenzo, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; John
Allen, Battelle; Mark Jensen, Science Applications International Corporation
Federal Transit Administration Homeland Security Initiatives
Michael Taborn, FTA Office of Safety and Security
System Security Awareness/Transit Watch
Dave Martin, Transportation Security Administration
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Winter Maintenance
Using an Artificial Neural Network to Predict
Parameters for Frost Deposition on Iowa Bridgeways (476 kb pdf)
Bradley Temeyer, William Gallus, Jr., Iowa State University; Karl Jungbluth,
National Weather Service; Dennis Burkheimer, Diane McCauley, Iowa DOT
Bridge Frost: Observations and Forecasts
by Numerical Methods (541 kb pdf)
Tina Greenfield, Eugene Takle, Brian Tentinger, José Álamo,
Iowa State University; Dennis Burkheimer, Diane McCauley, Iowa DOT
Bridge Prioritization for Installation
of Automatic Anti-icing Systems in Nebraska (368 kb pdf)
Aemal Khattak, Geza Pesti, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Cost-Effectiveness of Abrasives, Salt Brine, and
LCS for Winter Operations in Nebraska (219 kb pdf)
Yu Liu, Geza Pesti, Mid-America Transportation Center at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln
Deploying the Winter Maintenance Decision
Support System in Iowa (1.4 mb pdf)
Dennis Kroeger, CTRE at Iowa State University; Dennis Burkheimer, Iowa
DOT
A Business Case for Winter Maintenance Technology
Applications: Highway Maintenance Concept Vehicle (650 kb pdf)
Dennis Kroeger, Reggie Sinhaa, CTRE at Iowa State University
Benefit-Cost Assessment of Automatic Vehicle
Location in Highway Maintenance (536 kb pdf)
Eric Meyer, Ishtiaque Ahmed, University of Kansas
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