2007 Winter Meeting

Houston

Crowne Plaza Downtown
Stuart Corder, LAC Chair
Social Event: Cajun cooking and Zydeco music

Presentations

Session 1A: Public Image of Transportation
Chase, Coby (TxDOT) Talking to Texans About Transportation
Halvorson, Clifford (TxDOT) Talking to Houstonians About Transportation
Ericksen, Scott (San Antonio/Bexar Co MPO) Public Involvement: The Costs and the Benefits

Session 1B: Accommodating Pedestrians in the Urban Environment
Brewer, Marcus (TTI) Traffic Control Devices Used at Pedestrian Crossings
Fitzpatrick, Kay (TTI) Guidelines for Pedestrian Crossing Treatments: Results from TCRP/NCHRP Project on Improving Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Crossings
Dumbaugh, Erik (Texas A&M University) Safe Streets, Livable Streets

Session 2A: Roundtable: Professional Workforce Development
Various Roundtable discussion: No presentations

Session 2B: Alternative Intersection Treatments
Stiles, Tom & Sean Merrell (Brown & Gay Engineers) A Roundabout Way of Solving a Traffic Signal Timing Problem
Parma, Kelly (Lee Engineering) Conversion of a Congested All-Way Stop Intersection to Roundabout Control
Hogue, Norman (City of Waco) & Srinivasa Sunkari (TTI) Operating a Three-Level Diamond Interchange with Four Controllers vs. One Controller - A Case Study

Session 3: Student Presentations
Sperry, Ben (Texas A&M University) Internal Trip Capture for Mixed-Use Developments
Conway, Allison (University of Texas) Advanced Technology Use and Inter-Agency Cooperation for Commercial Vehicle Security: A Survey of State Enforcement Authorities
Vo, Phong (University of Texas at Arlington) Comparing Quality of Service in Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth Using Two-Fluid Model
Wang, Ziqianli (Texas Southern University) On-Road Vehicle Emissions In Beijing, China: An Experimental Study Using PEMS

Session 4A: TxDOT Research Highlights
Collins, Rick (TxDOT) Overview of TxDOT and Federal Research Projects
Harrison, Rob (CTR) Planning for Container Growth Along the Houston Ship Channel and Other Texas Seaports
Parikh, Roy (TxDOT) Development of Guidelines for Ramp Reversal Projects
Sunkari, Srinivasa (TTI) Improving Intersection Safety and Operations Using Advance Warning of End of Green System (AWEGS)

Session 4B: Rapid Transit through Traffic Engineering
Arndt, Jeff (TTI) What IS Bus Rapid Transit, Really?
Smith, Loyd (Houston METRO) Regional Computerized Traffic Signal System Supporting Bus Service Improvements in Houston
Hemingson, Todd (Captial Metropolitan Transit Authority) BRT Texas Style
Biba, Steve (DART) Babystepping Into BRT