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List of Caltrans Sponsored Research related to Active Transportation Active Transportation and Livable Communities Quarterly Meeting 21 st May, 2015
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Agenda National Accessibility Evaluation – TPF Project PlanWorks – SHRP2 Product Research @ University Transportation Centers
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National Accessibility Evaluation Transportation Pooled Fund (TPF) Project Led by Minnesota DOT and UMN Received a funding commitment for $1.2 million from various states (CA, FL, IA, MN, NC, WisDOT, FHWA), far exceeding the required commitment of $430k http://access.umn.edu/
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National Accessibility Evaluation Calculates number of jobs accessible in 10 min, 20 min, 30 min – by road – by transit Better than EPA tool (smart location database) – Better resolution of data, CENSUS block level – Speed data using GPS, accounts for congestion – Transit data for all day
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PlanWorks SHRP2 Product (FHWA + TRB + AASHTO) Improves collaborative decision making in transportation planning – Long Range Planning – Programming – Corridor Planning – Environmental Review Decision Guide + Assessments + Applications + Library https://fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov/planworks/Home
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University Transportation Centers 35 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) per USDOT 3 UTCs in California: – National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) UC Davis, Georgia Tech, UC Riverside, USC, U. Vermont Focus: Environmental Sustainability – University of California Center on Economic Competitiveness in Transportation (UCCONNECT) UC Berkeley, Cal Poly Pomona, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, UCSB Focus: Safety – Metropolitan Transportation University Transportation Center (METRANS) USC, CSU Long Beach Focus: Economic Competitiveness Completed research at Transportation Research Board website
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UTC – UCCONNECT Bike Level of Comfort Study – Offer Bicycle Crash Risk: How Does it Vary? – Ligget Toward Accurate and Valid Estimates of Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Bikeway Projects – Matute What can a bike lane do? Performance metrics for proposed bicycle infrastructure – Walker
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UTC – UCCONNECT Accessibility and Economic Development: How the Transportation Network Affects the Economic Performance of Regions – Taylor Bringing a Community Health Lens to Highway-to- Main Street Conversions through the Integration of Top-Down Expert Guidance and Bottom-Up Community Engagement – Cole SB-743: From LOS to VMT, VHT, and Beyond through Data Fusion: Application to Integrated Corridor Management – Bayen
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UTC – UCCONNECT Promoting Peer-to-Peer Ridesharing Services as Transit System Feeders – Jayakrishnan Mobile Apps and Transportation: Exploring data metric potential and user response to multi-modal traveller information – Shaheen Coordinating Transit Transfers in Real Time – Daganzo
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UTC – UCCONNECT Rail and the California Economy – Hansen Public Transportation and Industrial Location Patterns in California – Chatman Potential Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction from Optimizing Urban Transit Networks – Madanat
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UTC – UCCONNECT UCCONNECT Speaker Series – Bike/Ped Volume Data Collection: Frank R Proulx and Offer Grembek (SafeTREC) – NCHRP797 – New trends in Transportation and Land Use: Louise Mozingo (Landscape Arch.) Speaker Series – Potential Topics – Transportation, Public Health, Environmental Justice – Caltrans Goal 3 Performance Measures: Accessibility, Livability, Prosperity, Resiliency – Big Data – Resiliency and Vulnerability Planning, NCHRP 750
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UTC – NCST The Role of Environmental Concerns, Lifestyles, Mobility-Related Attitudes and Peers' Influence in Affecting Travel Behavior and Aspirations Towards the Purchase of Private Vehicles of Young Adults in California – Giovanni Circella Bicyclist Behavior in San Francisco: A Before-and-After Study of the Impact of Infrastructure Investments – Susan Handy White Paper on Performance-based Approaches to Incentivize Local Adoption of Sustainable Land-Use Policies – Gian-Claudia Sciara
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Questions? Rahul Srivastava _______________________________________ Branch Chief, Planning Research Coordination Division of Transportation Planning CALTRANS (HQ) rahul.srivastava@dot.ca.gov 916.651.6008 Caltrans Mission Provide a safe, sustainable, integrated, and efficient transportation system to enhance California’s economy and livability. Caltrans Vision A performance-driven, transparent, and accountable organization that values its people, resources and partners, and meets new challenges through leadership, innovation, and teamwork.
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