UFTI Annual Report July 2017 - June 2018

ANNUAL REPORT July 2017 - June 2018

UFTI Vision

To conduct and foster impactful, cross-cutting, multimodal transportation research; educate the next generation of transportation leaders; and facilitate technology transfer.

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UFTI Mission

To lead the profession in shaping a better transportation future by functioning as a preeminent center of multidisciplinary transportation research, students’ top choice for transportation education, and a provider of state-of-the-art analysis and decision-support tools.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 Director’s Message

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Internal Steering Committee

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UFTI By The Numbers

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External Advisory Board

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Research Impact Highlights

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UFTI Core Centers

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Education 8

Affiliated Centers

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Student Awards

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Selected Active Projects

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UFTI Student Chapters

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Selected Publications

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Technology Transfer

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Selected Presentations

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UFTI In The News

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DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE 4

Dear friends and colleagues, I-STREET, now in its second year of operations, is a real-world transportation technology testbed resulting from our strong partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the City of Gainesville. I-STREET aims to develop, implement, test, and refine advanced transportation technologies (such as autonomous and connected vehicles and adaptive signal control) to improve mobility and safety for our region and beyond.

This year we assisted FDOT with the development of a proposal, which was awarded a $1 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to test pedestrian and bicyclist safety applications at signalized intersections and mid-block crosswalks using connected vehicle and connected infrastructure technology.

The project is part of FHWA’s AID (Accelerated Innovation Deployment) program, and it builds on the existing I-STREET initiatives to improve safety for pedestrians and bicycles. For additional information on all I-STREET initiatives, visit https:// www.transportation.institute.ufl.edu/research-2/istreet-about-us/ infrastructure-and-projects/.

While many I-STREET projects are still just getting off the ground, we are very excited about the potential benefits technologies may have on our mobility and safety. Also, we are committed to providing an open data exchange platform to allow other researchers the ability to access data and information generated from the testbed. The end goal is to provide an environment to fuel research and learn more about emerging technologies and their impact on all road users.

Impactful research remains one of our main goals, and we continuously strive to improve people’s lives through our research, education, workforce development, and technology transfer efforts.

In this annual report, we describe several projects that have produced a variety of products, used by various communities.

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As an example, one of our older University Transportation Center-funded projects (“Validity and Usability of a Safe Driving Behaviors Measure for Older Adults: Strategy for Congestion Mitigation”), has produced a new method for evaluating driving risks for older drivers. The product, Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure (FTDS) is still used broadly today, 8 years after it was developed, and it can be accessed at http://fitnesstodrive.phhp.ufl. edu/.

This past year, our very generous External Advisory Board Member and former Chair Mr. Milton Carrasco, President and CEO of Transoft Solutions, Inc., sponsored the first annual Transoft Solutions Scholarship for transportation engineering students at the University of Florida. Two undergraduate students received this award (see pg. 9) which aims to attract more students into transportation.

Ms. Sophia Semensky, one of the awardees, is now working on I-STREET’s Autonomous Shuttle evaluation project, and has been making significant contributions in understanding traveler perceptions and acceptance of autonomy.

I look forward to hearing from you and working together to improve transportation and make a positive impact on our communities.

Professor & UFTI Director

UFTI BY THE NUMBERS

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$8.94M

in reasearch dollars awared to the UFTI (FY 2018)

$6.33M

annual research expenditures

108

UFTI affiliated faculty (representing five colleges at UF)

45

active more than transportation projects (FY 2018)

2398

course participants (McTrans & T2 Center)

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RESEARCH IMPACT HIGHLIGHTS 6

Autonomous Vehicles at Intelligent Intersections and Advanced Networks AVIAN Project

Sponsor: NSF, FHWA, and FDOT PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D. Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE Co-PI: Dr. Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D., Computer & Information Science & Engineering; Dr. Carl Crane, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Shannon Ridgeway, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Effects of Mobility, Safety and Emissions on Signal Timing Optimization Sponsor: USDOT/STRIDE PI: Mohammed Hadi, Ph.D., Florida International University Co-PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D., Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE

This project set out to develop a new methodology to optimize traffic signal control to account simultaneously for mobility, safety, and emissions.

The new methodology was implemented in the Highway Capacity Software (HCS) module STREETS, which is a UF commercially available product. The HCS is used by transportation professionals around the world, and the STREETS module is widely applied by planners, designers, signal control engineers, and traffic analysts interested in designing signalized intersections. This product represents a new generation of methods and tools capable of considering safety and environmental performance as part of traffic signal control and signalized intersection design.

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The AVIAN Project is a multidisciplinary research project that develops and tests the necessary software and hardware for optimizing traffic signal control simultaneously with vehicle trajectories, when the traffic stream includes connected and autonomous vehicles. Two algorithms were developed in this project: (1) A real-time optimization algorithm for signal control and vehicle trajectories, and (2) a novel sensor fusion software to detect and classify vehicles and their movement characteristics.

The system was successfully implemented and tested at the FDOT Traffic Engineering Research Lab (TERL) in Tallahassee. The AVIAN team is currently developing software to run the system at a signalized intersection on campus.

An RTS bus retrofitted with bike rack sensors.

Testbed Initiative Transit Components

Sponsor: FDOT/Gainesville Regional Transit System (RTS) PI: Dr. Yong-Kyu Yoon, Ph.D. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering The goal of this project is to develop sensor technology that can detect bicycle usage per rack position. Bicyclists and mix-mode commuters will be able to use an app to see whether there is space on the bike rack of an incoming bus. This will allow them to alter their route or simply ride their bike if necessary. Additionally, travelers will indirectly benefit from Regional Transit System’s ability to make data-driven decisions about which routes need additional bike space and any possible follow-up studies. A literature review and development of capacity sensors has already been completed at this time, and the smart phone application is currently under development.

Active AV testing at TERL in Tallahassee, Fla.

Improved Analysis of Two-Lane Highway Capacity and Operational Performance

NCHRP Project 17-65 Sponsor: National Academies/Transportation Research Board PI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D., P.E., Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE

Dr. Sherrilene Classen, Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy.

Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure

Sponsor: USDOT/CMS (2007) PI: Dr. Sherrilene Classen, PhD, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA, FGSA, Chair Department of Occupational Therapy This project was funded by the Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation (CMS), which was the Tier-1 2007 U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant-funded University Transportation Center (UTC) at the UF Transportation Research Center (TRC) – now known as the UFTI. Years later, the product is still being used to determine when advanced age may become a risk for older drivers. The product developed is called the Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure (FTDS), and the user-friendly tool can be accessed at http://fitnesstodrive.phhp.ufl.edu/. Additional development of a FTDS Short Form and Computerized Adaptive Test are currently under way. FTDS works by allowing family members, caregivers or friends who have driven with the driver in question in the last three months to rate the drivers’ difficulties by completing 54 screening questions. After completing the questions, a key form, or rating profile, of each driver is produced which includes a classification of the driver into one of three categories: at-risk driver, routine driver, or accomplished driver. Based on the specific driver category and recommendations, the appropriate next steps for family members, friends, or clinicians are suggested for each driver. These recommendations entail guidelines for continued fitness to drive, seeking interventions, or starting conversations about stopping driving. The FTDS has been translated into Japanese and Korean with demonstrated psychometric support for the Korean version. A shorter version has been developed (32 items) with excellent predictive validity of fitness-to-drive outcomes. Testing the efficacy of the FTDS as a clinical decision-making tool in the community among clinicians (general practitioners, specialty practitioners, nurse practitioners, and occupational therapists) and caregivers, is the next step in this research.

This project addressed certain limitations related to the two-lane highway analysis chapter in the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM). The following improvements were made: • more realistic speed-flow relationship • new service measure (follower density) • new headway threshold value to identify follower status • development of percent followers-flow relationship • elimination of passenger car equivalent (PCE) values and direct use of percentage of heavy vehicles in the models for performance measure estimation • inclusion of quantitative adjustment based on posted speed limit for estimation of base free-flow speed (BFFS) • new performance functions for passing lanes • new method for combining analysis of multiple contiguous segments into a facility-level analysis Additionally, two microsimulation tools were identified that are capable of modeling two-lane highways: SwashSim and TransModeler. This new analysis methodology allows roadway design and traffic engineers to identify ways to address operational performance issues of a two-lane highway without resorting to a full multilane configuration.

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EDUCATION

RECENT GRADUATES

Les Brown, MURP, 2018 Urban and Regional Planning

Pruthvi Manjunatha, Ph.D. 2018 Postdoctoral Researcher Professor/UFTI

Ethan Stoop, M.E. 2017 Engineer Intern/Scalar Consulting Group, Inc.

UF SURF

The University of Florida launched the Summer Undergraduate Research at Florida (SURF) in summer 2017. SURF is a 10-week program that provides students who excel in their studies at their home institutions with the opportunity to work with premier faculty at UF on active research projects. The following students participated in the UF SURF program during the summer 2018.

Matt Dean Faculty Advisor: Dr. Siva Srinivasan Topic: Autonomous Vehicles: The Future of Transit with JTA and the Gainesville Autobus

Parfait Masungi Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Topic: Autonomous Vehicles and the Gainesville Autobus

Iva and Norman Tuckett Fellowship for the UFTI Tyler Valila, M.E. 2017 Transit/Roadway/HDR

The UFTI offered four fellowships through the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Students from any department in the College were eligible. The following students were recipients of the Iva and Norman Tuckett Fellowship for the UFTI: Asean Davis – Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE

Ebony Johnson – Industrial & Systems Engineering

Don Watson, Ph.D. 2018 Traffic Specialist/FDOT District Five

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Collin Ortals – Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE

Brian Ortiz-Salcedo – Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE

Thomas Smallwood – Environmental Engineering Sciences/ESSIE

Kelly Ward WTS Scholarship

Yantong Chen WTS Scholarship

Deja Jackson ESSIE Poster Symposium 3rd Place ENO Fellow and Traffic Safety Scholar WTS Scholarship

Aschkan Omidvar ESSIE Poster Symposium 2nd Place

STUDENT AWARDS

Les Brown STRIDE 2017 Student of the Year

Tyler Valila ITE Scholarship 2017-2018

Liteng Zha 2018 COTA Best Dissertation Award

Sophia Semensky Transoft Scholarship, Fall 2018

Chayma Tika Transoft Scholarship, Fall 2018

Transoft Solutions Scholarship for Undergraduate Students in Transportation

The Transoft Solutions Scholarship was generously created by the UFTI’s external advisory board member Milton Carrasco. This scholarship is for junior or senior civil engineering undergraduate students specializing in transportation.

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UFTI STUDENT CHAPTERS 10

Women’s Transportation Seminar Florida Gator Student Chapter

This year, the WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter co-sponsored events with GatorITE and held a resume-writing workshop before the Annual Fall Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment Evening with Industry event. The WTS chapter participated in the Alachua County Habitat for Humanity Women Build as part of their community service and in international WTS events such as the Annual TRB Reception and the Annual WTS Conference. Most excitingly, the chapter hosted their annual WTS Symposium on SMART Cities. The event brought together students, researchers, engineers, and planners to discuss the state of practice as it relates to SMART Cities.

UF ITE Student Chapter

This year, the Gator ITE Student Chapter focused on increasing membership and providing leadership opportunities for the members. Gator ITE’s goal as a chapter was to enhance and develop the professional and leadership skills of Gator engineers by promoting the advancement of the transportation engineering field. Gator ITE hosted seven general body meetings, from transportation engineering firms such as Kittelson & Associates, Inc., and CHW Professional Consultants. Additionally, they hosted a number of transportation seminars by leaders in industry and academia. For service, Gator

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ITE adopted 1.67 miles of road along University Avenue in Gainesville as part of the Adopt-a-Highway program.

Most notably, in February 2018, Gator ITE hosted Florida’s first annual ITE Student Leadership Summit (SLS), which was held in conjunction with the 2018 Florida Section ITE (FSITE) Winter Workshop. The program featured a variety of leadership-focused sessions and events. Members of the chapter were given the opportunity to attend other ITE meetings, participate in social events, volunteer in the community, and give research presentations.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

5th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region November 16 – 17, 2017 J. Wayne Reitz Union at the University of Florida Rion Ballroom, 3rd Level

Hosted by

The University of Florida Transportation Institute and the STRIDE Center hosted the 5th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region on Nov. 16-17, 2017. Over 230 people registered for the event, with attendees from academia and the public and private sectors. The two-day event featured keynote speakers, various paper and poster presentations, a state DOT panel, a WTS and ITE student session, and an autonomous and connected vehicles (AV/CV) demonstration. “The conference provided a valuable opportunity to promote and facilitate cooperation and collaboration across a broad cross-section of academic expertise,” said keynote speaker Tom Byron, Assistant Secretary on Strategic Development for FDOT.

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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

McTrans Center: A Year in Review

The McTrans Center continued to add functionality and features to the Highway Capacity Software (HCS7) that implements the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition (HCM6).

New tools added to HCS7 include signal timing optimization for safety and emissions, automation of the generalized service volume tables, expansion of the highway safety software to include freeways and ramps with empirical analysis capabilities, and graphical and heat map reports for both urban streets and freeway facilities.

McTrans presented over twenty webinar series and live training courses on the HCM6 procedures and HCS7 applications. The webinar series were attended by national audiences, while the training courses were typically for state DOTs or professional organization regional, state, or local sections or chapters. McTrans participated in, and exhibited at, both the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meetings. McTrans continues to develop software prototypes in parallel with the research process for the NCHRP 15-57 project.

Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center: A Year in Review

This year the T2 Center presented over 150 training courses to nearly 2,000 participants.

Additionally, the T2 Center is now offering a number of traffic engineering and transportation planning training courses online for professionals and practitioners. The T2 Center welcomed Alyssa Mercadante as the new network assistant and Roozbeh Rahmani as a new post-doc. The Transportation Safety Center (TSC), led by Dr. Siva Srinivasan and Dr. Nithin Agarwal, received continued funding to provide technical assistance and develop Local Roads Safety Plans for the next two years.

The T2 Center was involved in multiple research activities, including the bikerack project with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Autonomous Bus Survey with the UFTI, and assisting the UF Department of Occupational Therapy to design and develop an online course that aims to reduce distracted driving among teens.

The T2 Center was awarded three Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Accelerating Safety Activities Program (ASAP) awards, and Dr. Agarwal was nominated to two National Cooperative Highway Research Program panels, NCHRP 03-133 and NCHRP 17-92.

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UFTI IN THE NEWS

The UFTI was featured in the following news outlets, publications, and social media:

Top: Tom Byron, P.E. of the Florida Department of Transportation speaking during the WTS symposium. Bottom: Members of the WTS Executive Board.

The Conversation WCJB Gainesville Sun Florida High Tech Corridor Miami Herald The Independent Florida Alligator Government Technology Florida Trend WUFT Business Wire Orlando Weekly Mashable

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INTERNAL STEERING COMMITTEE

Jennifer Bridge, Ph.D. Associate Professor Civil Engineering/ESSIE

Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D. UFTI Director & Barbara Goldsby Professor of Civil Engineering ESSIE

Bill Sampson, P.E. Director T2 Center & McTrans

Evangelos Christou, Ph.D. Professor Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Myoseon Jang, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences/ESSIE

Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D. Associate Professor Civil Engineering/ESSIE

Carl Crane, Ph.D. Professor Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D. Professor Computer & Information Science & Engineering

Ruth Steiner, Ph.D. Professor Department of Urban & Regional Planning

SUPPORT STAFF Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S. Coordinator, Research Programs UFTI/STRIDE Center

Jennifer Gomez Administrative Assistant UFTI

Dona Moss Grants Administrator Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE

Amy Fu Student Assistant STRIDE Center

Elaine Khoo, B.S. Marketing &Communications Assistant UFTI

Ragen Tillery Grants Specialist Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE Nuchanart Tuntiserirat (Feb 2019 to May 2018) Student Assistant STRIDE Center

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Marsha Anderson Bomar, AICP, ENV SP Executive Director Gateway86 Gwinnett

Chimay J. Anumba, Ph.D., P.E. Professor and Dean UF College of Design, Construction & Planning

Alex Bond Director Center for Transportation Leadership, Eno Center for Transportation

Ann Brach, Ph.D., P.E. Director Transportation Research Board, Technical Activities Division

Tom Byron, P.E. Assistant Secretary of Intermodal Systems Development Florida Department of Transportation

Milton Carrasco, P.Eng., M. Eng. President and CEO Transoft Solutions, Inc.

Grady Carrick, Ph.D. Principal Enforcement Engineering, Inc.

Laura Kelley Executive Director Central Florida Expressway Authority

Michael Meyer, Ph.D. Senior Advisor WSP USA

Ananth Prasad, P.E. President Designate Florida Transportation Builders Association, Inc.

Debora M. Rivera, P.E. Public Works Operations Manager City of Gainesville

EXTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD

Vassili Alexiadis, Ph.D. Executive Vice President Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

Matt Ubben President Confianza Consulting, Inc.

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UFTI CORE CENTERS

STRIDE

The Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development, and Education (STRIDE) Center is a U.S. Department of Transportation grant-funded, regional (Southeast) University Transportation Center (UTC) headquartered at the University of Florida that conducts research, and offers educational and technology transfer programs related to congestion mitigation. The Center is housed within the UFTI and involves nine other universities: Auburn, The Citadel, Florida International University, Georgia Tech, Jackson State University, North Carolina State University, Tennessee Technological University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Technology Transfer Center (T2)

T2 provides training, technical assistance, technology transfer services, and safety information to transportation, public works, and safety professionals as well as the general public.

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McTrans

The McTrans Center develops, distributes, and supports software programs for traffic engineering and transportation planning applications, including the Highway Capacity Software™ (HCS 2010™), TSIS-CORSIM™ and TRANSYT-7F™, with training courses and technical support provided for these packages.

AFFILIATED CENTERS

Center for Health & the Built Environment Representative: Dr. Ruth Steiner Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning

Center for Intelligent Machines & Robotics (CIMAR)

Representative: Dr. Carl Crane Professor, Department of Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Digital Worlds Institute

Representative: Dr. Angelos Barmpoutis Associate Professor, Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering

Geo-Facilities Planning & Information Research Center (GeoPlan Center)

Representative: Dr. Ilir Bejleri Associate Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning

Human-Experience Research Lab (HXRL) Representative: Dr. Juan Gilbert Professor & Chair, Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department

Neuromuscular Physiology Lab

Representative: Dr. Evangelos Christou Professor, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology

Smart Infrastructure Management Laboratory

Representative: Dr. Jennifer Rice Associate Professor, Civil Engineering/ ESSIE

Efficient Transportation Decision Making (ETDM) Representative: Alexis Thomas Director

Florida Traffic & Bicycle Safety Education Program (FTBSEP)

Representative: Dr. Dan Connaughton, Professor, Department of Tourism, Recreation & Sport Management

Institute for Mobility, Activity, & Participation (I-MAP) Representative: Dr. Sherrilene Classen Professor & Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy

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SELECTED ACTIVE PROJECTS

Florida’s Pedestrian and Bicycling Safety Resource Center Florida Department of Transportation PI: Bill Sampson, P.E. Teen Distracted Driving Education Program Florida Department of Transportation PI: Bill Sampson, P.E. Co-PIs: Dr. Nithin Agarwal, Dr. Sherrilene Classen, Dr. Sandra Winters Florida Occupant Protection Resource Center (OPRC) Florida Department of Transportation PI: Bill Sampson, P.E. Florida Technology Transfer Support Florida Department of Transportation PI: Bill Sampson, P.E. Accelerating Safety Activities Program in Florida Federal Highway Administration/ Florida Department of Transportation PI: Bill Sampson, P.E. Co- PI: Dr. Nithin Agarwal Florida Driver Assistive Truck Platooning Analysis Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Carl Crane LiDAR Data Collection to Support Quality Control (QC) Processes and the Florida Shared-Use Non-Motorized SUN Trail System Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Carl Crane

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University of Florida (UF) Testbed Initiative – Alternative Transportation Safety Systems Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Clark Letter Co-PI: Dr. Nithin Agarwal CAREER: Integrated Online Coordinated Routing and Decentralized Control for Connected Vehicle Systems National Science Foundation PI: Dr. Lili Du Collaborative Research: Coordinated RealTime Traffic Management Based on Dynamic Information Propagation and Aggregation under Connected Vehicle Systems National Science Foundation PI: Dr. Lili Du Sustainable Urban Freight Mobility through Optimization of Logistics Facility Locations Freight Mobility Research Institute/FAU PI: Dr. Lili Du Before and After Implementation Studies of Advanced Signal Technologies in Florida Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Co-PIs: Dr. Scott Washburn and Dr. Siva Srinivasan Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream National Science Foundation PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Co-PIs: Dr. Sanjay Ranka and Dr. Carl Crane

Development and Testing of Optimized Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Trajectories at Signalized Intersections Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Co-PIs: Dr. Sanjay Ranka and Dr. Carl Crane Evaluation of Arterial Corridor Improvements and Traffic Management Plans in Florida Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Florida DOT Central Office Statistics 2015 – Subconsultant Technical Support Activities Cambridge Systematics, Inc. PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Co-PI: Dr. Siva Srinivasan Highway Capacity Manual Methodologies for Corridors Involving Freeways and Surface Streets NCHRP 15-57 National Academy of Sciences PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Improvements to the FDOT Travel Time Reliability Model for Freeway Analysis Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou University of Florida Advanced Technologies Campus Testbed Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Public Acceptance of Autonomous Vehicle Technology University of Florida PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Co-PI: Dr. Nithin Agarwal

Transportation Safety Center (TSC) 2018 Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Nithin Agarwal Co-PIs: Dr. Siva Srinivasan and Dr. Ilir Bejleri Big Data Management Plot Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Sanjay Ranka Co-PIs: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou and Dr. Siva Srinivasan Data Management and Analytics for UF Smart Testbed Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Sanjay Ranka Co-PI: Dr. Siva Srinivasan Dynamic Intersection Learning Machine Optimization Real-Time Engine Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Sanjay Ranka Co-PIs: Dr. Anand Rangarajan, Dr. Siva Srinivasan, and Dr. Nithin Agarwal Traffic-Event Unification System Highlighting Arterial Roads Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Sanjay Ranka Co-PI: Dr. Siva Srinivasan Truck Taxonomy & Classification Using Video and Weigh-In Motion (WIM) Technology Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Sanjay Ranka

Video-Based Machine Learning for Smart Traffic Analysis and Management City of Gainesville PI: Dr. Sanjay Ranka

Interchange Design to Accommodate Ramp Metering System Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Scott Washburn

Application of Travel Time Data and Statistics to Travel Time Reliability Analyses Leidos PI: Dr. Scott Washburn

Enhancement of Transportation Network Analysis Tools for Truck-Related Planning and Operations Freight Management Research Institute/FAU PI: Dr. Scott Washburn Co-PI: Dr. Yafeng Yin (University of Michigan)

Commercial Heavy Vehicle Impacts on Signalized Arterial Corridor Performance University of South Florida PI: Dr. Scott Washburn Co-PI: Dr. Seckin Ozkul (University of South Florida) Commercial Truck Parking Detection Technology Evaluation for Columbia County Rest Area Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Scott Washburn Curriculum Development for Highway Freight Transportation Freight Mobility Research Institute/FAU PI: Dr. Scott Washburn Co-PI: Dr. Lili Du Freight Mobility Research Institute Florida Atlantic University PI: Dr. Scott Washburn Co-PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou

AAA-Smart Features for Older Drivers American Automobile Association PI: Dr. Sherrilene Classen Aging Road User Information System 2017-2018 Florida Department of Transportation Safety PI: Dr. Sherrilene Classen The Future of Transit, Autonomous/Connected Vehicles, and Shared Mobility: A Scoping Study for the Jacksonville Transportation Authority Jacksonville Transportation Authority PI: Dr. Siva Srinivasan Co-PI: Dr. Ruth Steiner UF Testbed Initiative – Transit Components Florida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Yong-Kyu Yoon Co-PI: Dr. Nithin Agarwal

Improved Analysis of Two-Lane Highway Capacity and Operational Performance National Academy of Sciences PI: Dr. Scott Washburn

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Al-Kaisy, Ahmed, Jafari, Amirhossein, and Washburn, Scott S. (2017). “Measuring Performance on TwoLane Highways: Empirical Investigation.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2615, pp. 62–72.

Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2017. DOI: 10.3141/2615-08.

Al-Kaisy, Ahmed, Jafari, Amirhossein, Washburn, Scott S., Luttinen, Tapio, and Dowling, Richard.

“Performance Measures on Two-Lane Highways: Survey of Practice.” Research in Transportation Economics.

Elsevier. In press.

Alvarez, L. and Classen, S. (2018). “Clinical predictors of on-road outcomes in Parkinson’s disease.” The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 85(3):232-241.

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Alvarez, L., Classen, S., Medhizadah, S., Knott, M., and He, W. (2018). “Pilot efficacy of a DriveFocus™ intervention on the driving performance of young drivers.”

Frontiers in Public Health, 6, Article 125, p. 1-9.

Alvarez, L., Classen, S., Medhizadah, S., Knott, M., Asantey, K., and He, W. (2018).

“Feasibility of DriveFocus™ and Driving Simulation Interventions in Young Drivers.” OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health. In press.

Carrick, G. Srinivasan, S., and Jermprapai, K. (2018). “Safety of Freeway Service Patrol Operations: a Case Study of Florida Road Rangers.”

Transportation Research Record. Accepted.

Chen, S., and Du, L. (2017).

“Simulation study of the impact of local real-time traffic information provision strategy in connected vehicle systems.” International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 6(4), 229-239.

Classen, S., Alvarez, L., Bundy, A., Dickerson, A., Gélinas, I., Matsubara, A., Patomella, H-A., Pfeiffer, B., Ross, P., Schold-Davis, E., and Swanepoel, L. (2018). “WFOT Position Statement: Driving and Community Mobility.” World Federation of Occupational Therapy. In press.

Du, L., and Alobeidyeen, A. “Information Dissemination Dynamics through Vehicleto-Vehicle Communication over Transportation Network.”

Submitted for presentation in TRB conference 2019.

Emami, P., Elefteriadou, L., and Ranka, S. “Tracking Vehicles Equipped with Dedicated Short-Range Communication at Traffic Intersections,” Seventh ACM International Symposium on Design and Analysis of Intelligent Vehicular Networks and Applications (DIVANet’17), 2017.

Gong, S., and Du, L. “Cooperative Platoon Control for a Mixed Traffic Flow Including Human-Driven Vehicles and Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.”

Submitted for presentation in TRB conference 2019.

Gong, S., and Du, L. (2018).

“Cooperative platoon control for a mixed traffic flow including human drive vehicles and connected and autonomous vehicles.”

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 116, 25-61.

Jafari, Amirhossein, Al-Kaisy, Ahmed, Washburn, Scott S, Dowling, Richard, and Luttinen, Tapio. “Traffic Operations on Rural TwoLane Highways: A Review on Performance Measures and Indicators.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

In press.

Letter, C., Elefteriadou L., “Efficient Control of Fully Automated Connected Vehicles at Freeway Merge Segments”, Transportation Research Part C, Volume 80, July 2017, pp.

190-205.

Li, Z., Pourmehrab, M., Elefteriadou L., Ranka S., “Intersection Control Optimization for Automated Vehicles Using Genetic Algorithm”, Accepted for publication, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, June 2018.

Lin, J., Zhou, W., and Du, L. (2018). “Is On-Demand Same Day Package Delivery Service Green?” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 61, 118-139.

Medhizadah, S., Classen, S., and Johnson, A. (2018).

“Constructing the 32-Item Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure©.” OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 38(2), 89-95.

Moreno, Ana Tsui, Llorca, Carlos, Washburn, Scott S., Bessa Jr, José Elievam, and Garcia, Alfredo. “Analysis Procedure for Spanish TwoLane Highways: Passing Considerations.” Traffic & Transportation. In press.

Elefteriadou, L., Crane, C., Ranka, S., “Deployment and Testing of Optimized Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Trajectories at a ClosedCourse Signalized Intersection”, accepted for publication, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, February 2018.

Peng, W, and Du, L. “ClusteringBased Online Coordinated In-Vehicle Routing Built upon Understanding the Competition Potential among Travelers on Network Route Resources.”

Submitted for presentation in TRB conference 2019.

Pourmehrab, M., Elefteriadou, L., and Ranka, S., “Smart Intersection Control Algorithms for Automated Vehicles,” Tenth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3 2017), 2017, November 2017.

Rapoport, M.J., Chee, J.N., Carr, D.B., Molnar, F., Naglie, G., Dow, J., Marottoli,

R., Mitchell, S., Tant, M., Herrmann, N., Lanctot, K., Taylor, J-P., Donaghy, P.C., Classen, S., and O’Neill, D. (2018). “An International Approach to Enhancing a National Guideline on Driving and Dementia.” Current Psychiatry Reports, 20 (16).

Washburn, Scott S., Sun, Wei, and Knight, Matthew.

(2018). “Commercial Truck Parking Detection Technology Evaluation for Columbia County Rest Areas (Part 2).” Final Report. Florida Department of Transportation.

Tallahassee, FL. 48 pages.

Sun, X. (G), Shahabi, M., Carrick, G. (A), Yin Y., Srinivasan, S., and Shirmohammadi, N. (G).

(2018). “Methods for Design of Safety Service Patrol Beats: the Florida Road Ranger Case Study.” Accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record.

Washburn, Scott S., Al-Kaisy, Ahmed, Luttinen, Tapio, Dowling, Richard, Watson, Donald, Jafari, Amirhossein, Bian, Zilin, and Elias, Aaron.

(2018). “Improved Analysis of Two-Lane Highway Capacity and Operational Performance.”

Final Report. National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Sun, Wei, Stoop, Ethan, and Washburn, Scott S. “Evaluation of Commercial Truck Parking Detection for Rest Areas.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

In press.

Omidvar, A., Pourmehrab, M., Emami, P., Kiriazes, R., Esposito, J., Letter, C.,

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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Al-Kaisy, Ahmed, Jafari, Amirhossein, Washburn, Scott S, Luttinen, Tapio, and Dowling, Richard.

(2018). “Traffic Operations on Rural Two-Lane Highways: a Review on Performance Measures and Indicators.” Poster presentation at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C. Carrick, G. Srinivasan, S. and Jermprapai, K. (2018). “Safety of Freeway Service Patrol Operations: a Case Study of Florida Road Rangers.” Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C. Classen, S. (2018). “Autonomous Vehicles and Medically At-RiskDrivers through the Lifespan: Role, Function, and Future Directives for the Driver Rehabilitation Specialist.”

Presented at the Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists Conference, Richmond, Virginia.

Classen, S. (2018). “Autonomous, Connected and Intelligent Vehicles: The future is now!” Presented at the Rotary Club, Gainesville, Florida.

Classen, S. (2018). “Autonomous, Connected and Intelligent Vehicles.”

Presented for the Southeastern Association of Allied Health Deans’

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Classen, S. (2018). “Enhancing Team Science via Use of Technology in Scientific Writing.” Presented at the 7th Annual Occupational Therapy Summit of Scholars, June 8-9, 2018, University of Kansas and University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO. Classen, S. (2018). Convocation address. Presented at the College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida.

Classen, S. (2018). “Driver Assessment for Autonomous and Connected Vehicles.” Presented at the University of Florida Transportation Research Institute (UFTI), External Advisory Board Meeting, Hilton University of Florida Conference center, Gainesville, Florida.

Classen, S., Jeghers, M., Medhizadah, S., Winter, S. M., King, L., and Struckmeyer, L. (2018). Preconference workshop: “Autonomous vehicles and medically at-risk-drivers through the lifespan: Role, function and future directives for the driver rehabilitation specialist.” Presented at the Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists 2017 Conference, Richmond, Virginia.

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De Andrade, G., Elefteriadou, L., Hadi, M., Khanapure, V. (2018).

“Effects of Mobility, Safety, and Emissions on Signal Timing Optimization.” Poster presentation at Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington DC.

Du, L. (2018). “Distributed Computation-Based Constrained Model Predictive Control for a Mixed Flow Platoon.” ASCEInternational Conference on Transportation & Development 2018, Pittsburgh, PA.

Du, L. (2017). “Distributed Computation-Based Constrained Model Predictive Control for a Mixed Flow Platoon.” First Triennial Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Du, L. (2018). “Research on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle System and Distributed ComputationBased Constrained Model Predictive Control for a Mixed Flow Platoon.” Seminar at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Du, L. (2017). “Research in Connected and Autonomous Systems & Distributed Computation based Constrained Model Predictive Control for a Mixed Flow Platoon.”

Seminar at University of South Florida.

Du, L. (2018). “Distributed Computation-Based Constrained Model Predictive Control (MPC) for a Mixed Flow Platoon.” Automated Vehicles Symposium, CICTP 2018, Tsinghua, Beijing, China.

Du, L. (2018). “Distributed Computation-Based Constrained Model Predictive Control (MPC) for a Mixed Flow Platoon.” Automated Vehicles Symposium, San Francisco, CA.

Du, L. (2018). “Research on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle System and Distributed Computation-Based Constrained Model Predictive Control for a Mixed Flow Platoon.”

Seminar at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Elefteriadou, L. (2017). “Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream.” Invited Speaker, Georgia Tech Seminar, September 28, 2017, Atlanta, GA. Elefteriadou, L. (2017). “I-STREET: a transportation testbed in Gainesville, Florida.” Invited Speaker, Florida Automated Vehicle (FAV) Conference, November 15, 2017, Tampa, FL.

Elefteriadou, L. (2017). “Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream.” Distinguished Lecture for the College of Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, December 11, 2017, Boca Raton, FL. Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “I-STREET: a Transportation Testbed in Gainesville, Florida.” Invited Presentation, ITE Florida Section, Gainesville, Feb. 9, 2018, Gainesville, FL. Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “I-STREET: a Transportation Testbed in Gainesville, Florida.” Invited Presentation, Turner Fairbanks Highway Research Center, USDOT, March 13, 2018, Washington, D.C. Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream.” Invited Seminar, University of Massachusetts, March 28, 2018, Amherst, MA. Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “Panel Discussion on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.” Invited Panelist, Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce, May 16, 2018, Palm Springs, FL Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic

Stream.” Invited Seminar, University of Washington, May 24, 2018, Seattle, WA. Fisher, D., and Classen, S. (2018).

Presiding: Pre-conference workshop.

“Fitness to drive: The role of driving simulators.” Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C. Jackson, D.M., and Srinivasan, S. (2018). “Spatio-Temporal Clustering Analyses for Assessing Motorcycle Safety.” Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C. Jafari, Amirhossein, Al-Kaisy, Ahmed, and Washburn, Scott S. (2018).

“Investigation of Passing Lane Effective Length on Two-Lane TwoWay Highways.” Poster presentation at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C. Manjunatha, P., Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “Analysis of Wiedemann Car Following Thresholds Using Driving Simulator Observations” Poster presentation at Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington DC.

Omidvar, A., Letter, C., Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “An Overview of Existing Pilot and Testbed Activities to Advance Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology: Common Threads and Future Priorities” Poster presentation at Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington DC. Sasahara, F., Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “Lane-by-lane Analysis of Congestion Effects due to Queue Spillback at an Off-ramp” Poster presentation at Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington DC. Sasahara, F., Srinivasan, S., and Zhu, X. (2018). “An Exploratory Analysis of User Compliance with Route Guidance.” Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C. Sasahara, F., Srinivasan, S., Zhu, X., and Chiu, Y. (2018). “An Exploratory Analysis of User Compliance with Route Guidance.” Presented at the International Association for Travel Behavior Research Conference, July 15-20, 2018, Santa Barbara, USA.

Srinivasan S. (2017). “Freeway Traffic Incident Management in Florida, USA: Warrants, Beat Design, and Safety of Service Patrolmen.”

Presented at a seminar in Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Srinivasan. S (2017). “Freeway Traffic Incident Management in Florida, USA: Warrants, Beat Design, and Safety of Service Patrolmen.”

Presented at a seminar in Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China.

Sun X., Shahabi, M., Carrick,G., Yin Y., Srinivasan, S., and Shirmohammadi, N. (2018).

“Methods for Design of Safety Service Patrol Beats: the Florida Road Ranger Case Study.” Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C. Wei, Sun, Stoop, Ethan, and Washburn, Scott S. (2018).

“Evaluation of Commercial Truck Parking Detection for Rest Areas.”

Lectern presentation (presented by Sun Wei) at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.

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