Featured Projects
Research
The MTO focuses on testing and evaluation of new transportation management and operational strategies and traveler information technologies.
Here are selected research projects organized by our primary capabilities.
Traffic Management Laboratory
- Transportable Low Cost Traffic Data Collection Device for Rapid Deployment for Intersections and Arterials (2007)
- Data Mining of Traffic Video Sequences (2007)
- Access to Destinations: Arterial Data Acquisition and Network- Wide Travel Time Estimation (Phase II) (2007)
- Develop and Analyze ATRI Database (2007)
- Development of A Real-Time Arterial Performance Monitoring System Using Traffic Data Available from Existing Signal Systems (2006)
- New Battery-less Wireless Traffic Sensors as a Replacement for Loop Detectors (2006)
- Freeway Network Traffic Detection and Monitoring Incidents (2006)
- Access to Destinations: Estimation of Arterial Travel Times (2005)
- Portable Traffic Video Processor (2005)
- Bus Signal Priority Based on GPS and Wireless Communications (2004)
- Bus Signal Priority on GPS and Wireless Communications - Phase II (2004)
- Streamlining of the Traffic Modeling Process for Implementation in the Twin Cities Freeway Network (2004)
- Model Evaluation - Comparison of AIMSUN and VISSIM (2003)
- I-494 Future Improvement Evaluation with Two Traffic Simulators (2003)
- Deployment of a Tracking-Based Monitoring and Data Collection System (2003)
- Improving the Estimation of Travel Demand for Traffic Simulation (2000)
- Development of Portable Wireless Measurement and Observation Station (2002)
- Automated Vehicle Control Algorithms and their Influence on Traffic (2000)
- Model-Based Intelligent Vehicle Control System (1999)
- Monitoring Weaving Sections (1999)
- Bicycle Counter (1997)
- Activation of I-394 Lab for ITS Operational Testing: Phase II (1996)
- Development of Traffic Simulation Laboratory for Design, Planning and Traffic Operations: Phase II (1996)
- Archival of Traffic Data: Evaluation of Alternative DBMS Architectures (1995)
- Vehicle Following (Platooning) Using CCD Cameras - Phase I (1995)
- Development of traffic simulation laboratory design, planning and traffic operations (1994)
Traffic Safety
- Automatic Safety Alert System for Work Zones with Flag Operators (2007)
- Development of Analysis Methods Using Recent Data (2007)
- Cross-Median Crashes-Identifications and Countermeasures (2006)
- Development of Real-Time Traffic Adaptive Crash Reduction Measures for the Westbound I-94/35W Commons Section (2005)
- Enhanced Micro-Simulation Models for Accurate Safety Assessment (2005)
- Identification of Causal Factors and Potential Countermeasures for Fatal Rural Crashes (2003)
- Accident Prevention Based on Automatic Detection of Accident Prone Traffic Conditions Phase I (2002)
- Identification and Simulation of Common Freeway Accident Mechanisms (2002)
- A Case Controlled Study of Driving Speed and Crash Risk (2000)
- Development of a Vehicle/Pedestrian Collision Model to Support Neighborhood Traffic Control (1998)
- Impact of Traffic Safety Improvements (1996)
- Identification of Factors Affecting Freeway Accidents (1994)
Planning Support Systems
- TH-36 Full Closure Construction: Evaluation of Traffic Operations Alternatives (2007)
- Estimating Running Time and Demand for a Bus Rapid Transit Corridor (2006)
- Employment of the Traffic Management Laboratory for the Evaluation and Improvement of Stratified Metering Algorithm: Phase IV (2006)
- Access to Destinations: Twin Cities Metro-wide Traffic Micro-Simulation: Feasibility Investigation (2006)
- Modeling Traffic Impact on Denali Park Road (2006)
- Employment of the Traffic Management Laboratory for improving the Stratified Metering Algorithm: Phase III (2005)
- A Predictive Study of Use Impacts on the Denali Park Road (2005)
- Evaluation and Improvement of the Stratified Ramp Metering Algorithm through Microscopic Simulation (2004)
- Ramp Meter Delays, Freeway Congestion, and Driver Acceptance (2001)
- Measuring the Equity and Efficiency of Ramp Meters (2000)
- Employment of the Traffic Management Laboratory (TRAMLAB) for Evaluating Ramp Control Strategies in the Twin Cities (2000)
- Future TMC operations system prototype and testing facility: Phase II (1998)
- Integrated Simulation and Information System for Traffic Management, Operations (1997)
- Development of Traffic Control Laboratory (TRAMLAB) (1996)