Year Two Research Projects

4-5: Feasibility of a Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Program

Principal Investigator Jeff Kramer, AICP Final Report (DOI) View Final Report TRID View TRID – 1885417 Policy Brief View Policy Brief Abstract Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) are federally mandated transportation planning organizations comprised of representatives from local governments and transportation authorities. MPOs develop and maintain the required transportation plans and programs for a metropolitan planning…

2-5.1: Advancing Social/Racial Equity and Congestion Relief: Understanding the Travel Needs of Marginalized Populations that Rely on Transportation Network Companies

Principal Investigator Susan Shaheen, Ph.D. Final Report (DOI) View Final Report TRID View TRID – 1885422 Policy Brief View Policy Brief Abstract Transportation network companies (TNCs) and microtransit are changing the way people travel by providing dynamic, on-demand mobility that can supplement public transit and personal-vehicle use. Early research suggests that TNCs can expand access…

2-5.2: Advancing Equity and Congestion Relief: An Investigation into On-Demand Shared Rides for Underserved Populations

Principal Investigator Ipek Sener Final Report (DOI) Available Soon TRID Available Soon Policy Brief Available Soon RIP Available Soon Abstract Transportation network companies (TNCs) and microtransit are changing the way people travel by providing dynamic, on-demand mobility that can supplement public transit and personal vehicle use. Early research suggests that TNCs can expand access…

1-6.1: Predicting Travel and Congestion in a Post-Pandemic America

Principal Investigator Mark Burris, Ph.D. Final Report (DOI) Available Soon TRID Available Soon Policy Brief Available Soon RIP View RIP entry Abstract COVID-19 has affected travel behavior in many ways. Changes include a predictable reduction in overall travel, and even larger reductions in transit travel, carpooling, and travel on toll facilities. What happens to…

M5: Benchmarking “Smart City” Technology Adoption in California: An Innovative Web Platform for Exploring New Data and Tracking Adoption

MATCH PROJECT Available Soon Principal Investigator Allison Post, UCB Final Report (DOI) View Final Report TRID View TRID – 1902073 Abstract In recent years, “smart city” technologies have emerged that allow cities, counties, and other agencies to manage their infrastructure assets more effectively, make their services more accessible to the public, and allow citizens to…

M4: Double the Trouble: A Playbook for COVID-19 and Evacuations

MATCH PROJECT Principal Investigator Susan Shaheen, Ph.D. Final Report (DOI) View Final Report TRID View TRID – 1849512 Abstract Evacuation and response plans require thoughtful strategies that build mandatory evacuation order compliance, reduce vehicular congestion, and increase social equity for disadvantaged populations. However, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic coincided with a series of devastating disasters…

4-4.2: Corridor-Wide Surveillance Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems Phase II: Freeway Incident Detection using Unmanned Aircraft Systems Part B

Principal Investigator Yu Zhang, Ph.D. Final Report (DOI) Available Soon TRID Available Soon Policy Brief Available Soon RIP View RIP entry Abstract Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a platform that can carry cameras and sensors for collecting real-time traffic information, especially for corridors under congested conditions, when the traditional loop detectors do not work…

1.7: Evaluating Regional Traffic Signal Performance Measures Using Crowd-Sourced Data in 2021 Urban Mobility Report

Principal Investigator David Schrank Final Report (DOI) View Final Report TRID View TRID – 2026129 Policy Brief View Policy Brief Abstract The Urban Mobility Report (UMR) has been providing information on urban congestion levels in the U.S. for more than three decades. The UMR uses private-sector crowdsourced speed data combined with traditional public-agency roadway…

1-6: Examining the Impact of Stress and Fear of COVID-19 on Transit Travel

M3: Urban Mobility Report 2021

MATCH PROJECT Principal Investigator Bill Eisele, Ph.D. Final Report (DOI) View Final Report TRID View TRID – 1862637 Abstract It is not yet clear what the lasting effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic will be on U.S. urban transportation systems. The mix of strategies that are deployed in urban America will be different for each region…

M2: Who Has Access to E-Commerce During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Sacramento Region? Implications for Future E-Commerce and Shopping Tripmaking

MATCH PROJECT Principal Investigator Susan Shaheen, Ph.D. Final Report (DOI) View Final Report TRID View TRID – 1902074 The COVID-19 pandemic brought about dramatic shifts in travel, including shopping trips. The authors investigated changes in e-shopping for food and non-food items by supplementing an April to May 2018 household travel survey (n=3,956 households) conducted by…

1-4.2: Transit Priority Phase II: Network Control in Realistic Settings with Heterogeneous Vehicles

Principal Investigator Xiaopeng Li, Ph.D. Final Report (DOI) Available Soon TRID Available Soon Policy Brief Available Soon RIP View RIP entry Abstract The research will develop simple but effective schemes to: (i) coordinate all traffic signals residing on most any two-dimensional (e.g. grid) street network; and (ii) optimize signal settings and tailor preferential treatments to…

E-2: MPO Governing Board Training on Congestion Reduction

Principal Investigator Jeff Kramer, AICP Final Report (DOI) Available Soon TRID Available Soon RIP Available Soon Abstract Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Governing Board members are responsible for establishing a long-range transportation vision for their metropolitan area and for making a variety of other significant transportation planning and programming decisions. These decisions have noteworthy and long-lasting…

2-6: Pilot Application of Biometric-Based Vehicle Occupancy Detection on Managed Lanes for Congestion Reduction

Principal Investigator Sara Hendricks Final Report (DOI) Available Soon TRID Available Soon Policy Brief Available Soon RIP View RIP entry Abstract MAP-21’s focus on performance measurement ushered in a shift in emphasis from moving vehicles to moving people, measured as passenger throughput. This recognizes the underutilized capacity of empty seats in buses, vanpools, and single-occupant…

3-4: Social Carpooling-based Road Congestion Mitigation: A Three-Level Analysis

Principal Investigator Peng Chen, Ph.D. Final Report (DOI) Available Soon TRID Available Soon Policy Brief Available Soon RIP View RIP entry Abstract Different from Transportation Network Companies (taxicabs, i.e., Uber) and shared-car providers (rental cars, i.e., Zipcar), social carpooling is personalized incentives-based and smartphone-enabled peer-to-peer ridesharing. Social carpooling emerges as a community-based strategy to reduce…

3-1.2: Influencing Travel Behavior via an Open-Source Platform

Principal Investigator Didier Valdés, Ph.D. Final Report (DOI) Available Soon TRID Available Soon Policy Brief Available Soon RIP View RIP entry Abstract This project will use the open-source platform OneBusAway (OBA) developed at USF to explore how travelers choose between public transit, transportation network companies (TNC), and other methods (e.g., micro-mobility) and how to influence…

2-3.2: Optimizing Service Areas to Reduce Congestion and Enhance Equity in Access to Transportation Systems

2-3.2: Optimizing Service Areas to Reduce Congestion and Enhance Equity in Access to Transportation Systems Principal Investigator Daniel Rodríguez Román, Ph.D. Final Report (DOI) Available Soon TRID Available Soon Policy Brief Available Soon RIP View RIP entry Abstract As new transportation alternatives emerge and existing services are redesigned, communities and their planning agencies…

4-4.1: Corridor-Wide Surveillance Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems Phase II: Freeway Incident Detection using Unmanned Aircraft Systems Part A

Principal Investigator Ivette Cruzado, Ph.D. Final Report (DOI) Available Soon TRID Available Soon Policy Brief Available Soon RIP View RIP entry Abstract Automatic freeway incident detection is expected to reduce the response time and improve the efficiency of incident management. UAV platforms have been used to obtain video data and develop methodologies for incident…

1-5: Multimodal strategies for mitigating congestion from urban parcel delivery

Principal Investigator Mark Hansen, Ph.D. Final Report (DOI) Available Soon TRID Available Soon Policy Brief Available Soon RIP View RIP entry Abstract The explosive growth in e-commerce, the increasing urgency of de-carbonization, the rapid advances in UAV technology, and the continuous disruptive development of the gig economy create needs and opportunities for dramatic improvements in…

2-4: Measuring Access Using Crowdsourced Travel Behavior Data

Principal Investigator Phil Lasley, Ph.D., AICP, PMP Final Report (DOI) Available Soon TRID Available Soon Policy Brief Available Soon RIP View RIP entry Abstract The goal of integrating accessibility into transportation planning is to ensure that congestion mitigation measures encourage transportation equity and urban space livability. Traditional methods of estimating travel time, travel time reliability,…

E1: Tampa Bay Citizens Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT)

Tampa Bay Citizens Academy on Transportation Principal Investigator Jason Jackman, PI Final Report (DOI) View Final Report TRID View TRID – 1850069 Policy Brief View policy brief SOW Y2 TBCAT Abstract Public involvement in local transportation decision making is key to achieving a safe, equitable and sustainable transportation system that meets the needs of…