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Leveraging New Vehicle Technologies to Address Congestion, Environmental Impacts and Traffic Safety
With increasing frequency, the public is exposed to news coverage announcing the autonomous vehicle (AV) revolution and the ways in which mobile devices, sensors and other connected vehicle (CV) technologies are redefining the automotive world. As engineers and other specialists contend with the technical aspects of AVs and CVs, society grapples with questions about safety, […]
Preserving Coastal Infrastructure through the Design and Implementation of Image-Based Structural Health Monitoring (iSHM)
To assess infrastructure for maintenance and repair, structural health monitoring (SHM) is an assessment strategy undertaken to determine the location, severity, and progression of damage. SHM is actually not used frequently and is primarily deployed on high-profile structural systems. Devin Harris, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University […]
Combatting Congestion: Strategies to Reduce Emissions, Address Safety and Improve Driver Morale
The willingness of governments and transportation agencies to undertake complex and expensive infrastructure projects is indicative of the congestion ‘crisis’ experienced by millions and the policy dilemmas faced by public funders trying to address the issue. Beyond incurring tremendous expenses to build wider highways, new tunnels and bridges, and extensive mass transit systems, are there […]
Leveraging Connected Vehicles to Enhance Traffic Responsive Traffic Signal Control
With growing use of Connected Vehicles (CV) (vehicles typically equipped with communication technologies such as GPS to communicate with the driver, other cars and roadside infrastructure), researchers at Old Dominion University, Virginia Tech and Marshall University are exploring optimization of current adaptive signal control technology to estimate queue length and develop enhanced signal coordination through […]
Is Traffic Congestion Overrated?
Congestion is universally unpopular, but is it always a problem? Are some places more “congestion-adapted” than others? Using data for Los Angeles, CTS researcher, Andrew Mondschein, and his collaborator, Brian Taylor, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, examined whether the geographies of congestion and accessibility are distinct by mapping and describing them across neighborhoods. Controlling […]
NSF Grants Support Smart Stormwater Management Research
When commentators talk about smart cities, they usually refer to buildings that regulate their own energy use, autonomous transportation systems or apps that provide real-time information about train and bus service. Jonathan Goodall, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering in the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering & Applied Science, brings an innovative […]
Effect of Crash Characteristics on Cyclist Injuries
Erin Robartes and T. Donna Chen, CTS researchers in UVA’s department of civil and environmental engineering, examined bicyclist, automobile driver, vehicle, environmental, and roadway characteristics influencing cyclist injury severity in order to determine which factors should be addressed to mitigate the worst bicyclist injuries. The results of this study most notably found automobile driver intoxication to increase the […]
With Rise of Autonomous Vehicles, Hackers Pose a Serious New Threat
The allure of the autonomous vehicle is seductive: a morning commute spent sipping coffee and checking e-mail while the car finds its own way to the office. But whereas drivers of today might have had to worry about flat tires, engine trouble and reckless drivers, the owners of future wonder-cars might have to worry about […]