2014 Spring Meeting
Austin
Sheraton Capitol
Anna Martin, Alex Reyna, LAC Chair
Social Event: Stubb's BBQ
Download the meeting program.
Presentations
Session 1: Interacting with Policy Makers |
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Session 3A: What the Tech! |
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| Mike Hutchison, ITS Plus | PLM Technology: The Elimination of Pulling Power/Coax Cables for VIVDS Intersections |
| Arnold McLaughlin, Texas Highway Products | High Density Cabinet -337 HDC/ATC w/HD Components |
| Bill Marshall, Eltec | Hybrid Crosswalk (HAWK) and Emergency Vehicle Hybrid Systems |
| Gary Nesbitt, Emerson Network Power | Emerson (aka EDC) Continues to "Surge" Ahead |
Session 3B: Round and Round We Go |
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| John Denholm, Lee Engineering | A Review of Speeds at Roundabouts in North Texas |
| Alozno Linan, City of Fort Worth and Chris Bosco, Freese and Nichols | Fort Worth Roundabout Program |
| Mark Lenters, GHD Inc. | Roundabout Design Heuristics |
| Steve Miller, HNTB | Roundabout Planning Along I-35 in Austin |
Session 4A: Our State, Our Region -A Look at Regional Planning Across the State |
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| Cameron Walker, MOTOR | Boom, Bust or Somewhere in Between? |
| Jeff Taebel, H-GAC | Our Great Region 2040 Plan |
| Jennifer Duthie, Center for Transportation Research and Cynthia Long, Williamson Count | Use of Dynamic Traffic Assignment for Planning in Williamson County |
| Natalie Bettger, NCTCOG | Regional Planning for Operations in Dallas-Fort Worth |
Session 4B: The Future in Transportation |
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| Jason Wagner, Texas A&M Transportation Institute | Automated Vehicles: The Future Is Near |
| Kay Fitzpatrick, Texas A&M Transportation Institute | Gazing at Rapid Flashing Beacons: Preliminary Findings from FHWA Studies |
| Darren McDaniel, Derryk Blasig/Dustin Wiggins, TxDOT | Variable Speed Limit Pilot Project |
| Mike Brown, Southwest Research Institute | SwRI Connected Vehicle Affiliated Test Bed |
Session 5A: DMS, ATMS, ITS, Oh My! |
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| Koushik Arunachalam, Arcadis US | An Innovative Approach to Proactively Evaluate Safety Performance of Future Transportation Projects |
| Jamie Mackey, Utah DOT | Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures |
| Jory Dille, NCTCOG | 2014 Survey Results of DFW Area Incident Management |
| Matthew Hotelling, Town of Flower Mound | Flower Mound ATMS |
Session 5B: Letgo my NACTO! |
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| Jeffrey Riegner, Whitman, Requardt and Associates | Introduction to Complete Streets |
| Nathan Wilkes, City of Austin | Applying NACTO’s Urban Bikeway Design Guide |
| Jim Robertson, City of Austin | Applying NACTO’s Urban Street Design Guide |
Session Student Poster Presentations |
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| Santosh Danda, Texas A&M University | Empirical Measurements of Travelers’ Value of Travel time Reliability |
| Yanfen Zhou, Texas A&M University | Safety Assessment of Interstate 35 Austin, Texas (Travis County) |
| Peija Tang, Texas Southern University | Effect of Driving Behaviors on Emissions in Eco-driving at Intersections |
| Walter Council, Texas Southern University | Application of the City of Houston’s Transit Corridor Development Ordinance along METRO’s Light Rail Corridors |
| Qing Li, Texas Southern University | Impacts of V2I Communication System on Brake Response and the Change of Vehicle’s Kinetic Energy |
| Tyler Beduhn, University of Texas at Austin | A Transit Route Choice Model for Application in Dynamic Transit Assignment |
| Jake Gutekunst, University of Texas at Austin | An Empirical Delay Model for Dynamic Traffic Assignment Applications |
