Research: Current Projects
Currently our research falls into seven focus areas. Below is a listing of current UVM TRC research projects organized by focus area. (NOTE: Some projects fall into more than one focus area.)
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- Integrated Transportation & Land Use Modeling
- Tailpipe Emissions and Other Environmental Impacts
- Tourism Travel
- Mobility, Livability, and Seasonality
- Transportation Energy and System Efficiency
- Transportation Finance
- Safety
Land Use Modeling and Transportation
- Navigating Trade-Offs in Complex Systems – Zia, Asim
- Agricultural Freight: Network Access and Issues – Smith, Julia
- Designing Sustainable Porous Pavements for Northern Communities – Dewoolkar, Mandar
- Integrated Land-Use, Transportation and Environmental Modeling – Troy, Austin
- Developing a New Theoretical and Analytic Framework to Simulate the Transportation and Land Use Systems of Rural and Small Urban Areas – Lee, Brian
- Integrated Land-Use, Transportation and Environmental Modeling: Stormwater – Watzin, Mary
- Modeling Transportation Alternatives – Boumans, Roelof
- Network Robustness Index: A Comprehensive Spatial-Based Measure for Transportation Infrastructure Management – Novak, David
- Pupil Transportation: Travel Behavior, Traffic Impacts and Potentials For Improvement – Wang, Qingbin
- Spatial Analysis of Mobility Patterns – Danforth, Chris
- Spatial Extent of the Impact of Transported Road Materials on the Ecological Function of Forested Landscapes – Taylor Lovell, Sarah
- Transportation Equity and Communities at Risk: Refugee Populations and Transport – Bose, Pablo
- Vermont Transportation and Land Use Carbon Calculator – Jenkins, Jennifer
- Roundabout Traffic Modeling – Aultman-Hall, Lisa
- Integrating Sustainability with Transport Asset Management Processes: Governance of Intergovernmental Decision Making on Prioritizing V-Trans STIP Projects – Zia, Asim
- Travel Importance and Strategic Investment in Vermont's Transportation Assets – Sullivan, James
Tailpipe Emissions and Other Environmental Impacts
- Atmospheric Oxidative Chemistry of Organic Particulate Emissions from Fuel Combustion – Petrucci, Giuseppe
- Modeling Vehicle Choice to Assess Potential GHG Emission Gains – Aultman-Hall, Lisa; Lee, Brian
- Atmospheric Oxidative Chemistry of Organic Particulate Emissions from Fuel Combustion – Petrucci, Giuseppe
- Characterizing Older Driver Behavior for Traffic Simulation and Emissions Modeling – Aultman-Hall, Lisa
- Designing Sustainable Porous Pavements for Northern Communities – Dewoolkar, Mandar
- Emissions & Performance of Alternative Vehicles in Northern Climates – Holmen, Britt
- Environmental Traffic Assignment – Patil, Gopal
- Integrated Land-Use, Transportation and Environmental Modeling: Stormwater – Watzin, Mary
- Optimal Design for Porous Concrete Pavement – Pinder, George
- Spatial Extent of the Impact of Transported Road Materials on the Ecological Function of Forested Landscapes – Taylor Lovell, Sarah
- Tailpipe Emissions and the Construction Knowledge – Watts, Richard
- Second-by-Second Driving Style and Emissions – Aultman-Hall, Lisa
- Evaluation of Transportation/Air Quality Model Improvements Based on TOTEMS On-road Driving Style and Tailpipe Emissions Data – Holmen, Britt
- Nutritional Supplementation with the Antioxidant, Glutathione, to Reduce the Health Effects of Petro- and Biodiesel Exhaust Particle Emissions – Fukagawa, Naomi K.; Holmen, Britt
- Social Ties and Transportation: A Community-level basis for reducing Vehicle Tailpipe Emissions – Macias, Thomas; Watts, Richard
Tourism Travel
- Using Innovative Methods to Measure Travel Sustainability – Manning, Robert
- Can Eco-labeling Motorcoaches Encourage Greener Travel?– Chase, Lisa
- National Technical Assistance Center for Alternative Transportation in Public Lands – Aultman-Hall, Lisa
- Tourism Travel Demand – Aultman-Hall, Lisa
- Simulation Modeling for Guiding Management of Transportation and Recreation in Parks and on Public Lands: Building Foundational Expertise – Manning, Robert
- Longitudinal Study of Overnight Travel – Aultman-Hall, Lisa
Mobility, Livability, and Seasonality
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel in Chittenden County, Vermont: Part III Work Plan – James Sullivan
- Assessing the Impact of Weather and Season on Pedestrian Traffic – Aultman-Hall, Lisa
- Estimating an Incentive Elasticity of Demand for Non-motorized Transportation – Kolodinsky, Jane
- Seasonal and Built Environment Impacts of Mobility – Kolodinsky, Jane
- Seasonal Impacts on Bicycle Transport – Flynn, Brian
- Refugees and Transportation in Vermont: Travel Behavior and Critical Questions based on Gender, Age and Transportation Hierarchies – Bose, Pablo
- Rural Travel Behavior and Accessibility – Aultman-Hall, Lisa
- Estimating the Effect of Mobility and Food Choice on Obesity – Kolodinsky, Jane
- A Policy & Communications Investigation of Transportation Financing and Environmental Issues – Watts, Richard
- Bicycles, Transportation Sustainability, and Quality of Life – Watts, Richard
- Work Zones and Travel Speeds: The Effects of Uniform Traffic Officers Speed Management Measures – Lee, Brian
Transportation Energy and System Efficiency
- Driver Behavior – Sullivan, Jim
- Gasoline Taxes: An Examination of News Media Discourse Related to Gas Tax Funding Debates in Six States – Watts, Richard
- Modeling Vehicle Choice to Assess Potential GHG Emission Gains – Aultman-Hall, Lisa; Lee, Brian
- The Development of an Optimal Transit System utilizing Vermont-based E-911 Data – Watts, Richard
- Incentives for Efficient Transportation – Watts, Richard
- Modeling Transportation and Land Use Carbon – Jenkins, Jennifer
- Multi-Scale Model of the U.S. Transportation Energy Market for Policy Assessment – Eppstein, Margaret
- Optimal Statewide Public Transit Network – Patil, Gopal
- Transportation Equity and Communities at Risk: Refugee Populations and Transport – Bose, Pablo
- Can EVs Serve Vermonters' Travel Demand? – Aultman-Hall, Lisa
- Electric Vehicles and their Impact on the Electric Power Delivery System – Hines, Paul; Marshall, Jeff; Frolik, Jeff
- A Risk-Based Flood-Planning Strategy for Vermont’s Roadway Network – Novak, David C.; Sullivan, James
Transportation Finance
Safety
- Quantifying Vermont Transportation Safety Factors – Glitman, Karen
- Measuring the Effect of Passengers on the Safety of Older Drivers – Aultman-Hall, Lisa
- Statistical Analysis of Weigh in Motion Data to Validate Use of HL-93 AASHTO Vehicle Live Load for Bridge Design in Vermont – Hernandez, Eric
- Rapid Exploitation of Commercial Remotely Sensed Imagery for Disaster Response & Recovery – Troy, Austin