CUTS

UWM, Center for Urban Transportation Studies
Research Summaries:

Land Use Projects:

  • NEW Analysis of the Effects of Local Street Connectivity on Arterial Traffic
  • NEW Realtionships between Land Use Patterns and Road Widening (2.2 mb)
  • Land Use and Transportation, A White paper prepared for the Arizona Department of Transpotation
  • Smart Growth Transportation, A presentation to the Wisconsin ITE Traffic Engineering Workshop
  • A Land Use - Transportation Primer Smitha Vijayan (1415 K)
  • Power Point presentation of the Land Use - Transportation Primer
  • Environmental Issues in Local Land Use DevelopmentWilliam Schlise (381 K)
  • Transportation and Aesthetics: Context Sensitive Design Malindi Neluheni (480 K)
  • Transportation Guidelines for Local Land Use Decisions Christine Rawson (1080 K)

    An Overview: Land Use and Economic Development in Statewide Transportation Planning FHWA Report

  • Implications of Automated Highways on Land Use Patterns Transit Based Land Use design (Now includes full report as pdf file)
  • A full graphics version of the Land Use Guidelines Report is availible at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (6.4 mb)
  • Implementation Strategies for Transit Based Land Use design

    Transit Projects

  • NEW Basic course material in Public Transit
  • NEW An Examination of the process of innovation at transit systems: (trb paper for January 06 meeting)
  • NEW Innovations in Transit Systems - full report
  • NEW Highways and Transit: Leveling the Playing Field in Federal Transportation Policy
  • NEW Innovations in Transit web page
  • Impact of Accessibility, Connetivity and Mode Captivity on Transit Choice - Full Report
  • Transit Accessibility, Connectivity and Captivity: Impacts on Transit Choice - TRB Record 1835 (shortened) Version
  • Power point slides for " Accessibility, Connectivity and Captivity: Impacts on Transit Choice"
  • Waukesha Trip Planner
  • User Assessment of The Benefits of Automatic Vehicle Location Systems
  • Power Point Presentation of papaer: User Assessment of The Benefits of Automatic Vehicle Location Systems
  • Evaluation of the Benefits of Automated VEhicle Location Systems for Small and Medium Sized Transit Agencies (Adobe Acrobat file, 154K) , (paper from 1999 TRB meeting)
  • Full version of the AVL Benefits report(Adobe Acrobat file, 360K)
  • Appendix A of the AVL Benefits report - AVL State of the Art(Adobe Acrobat file, 393K)
  • Measurement of Transit Benefits
  • A full graphics version of the Benefits Report is availible at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (5.8mb as an acrobat document)
  • A text version of the Benefits Report is also available at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (500k + figures as gifs)
  • Windows version of CAI Fundamentals of transit course
  • Design of Transit Facilities
  • Executive Summary Evaluation of an Innovative Transit Pass (UPASS) Program
  • Usage, Impacts and Transferability of an Innovative Pass Program (TRB paper for 1998 meeting
  • Power Point presentation about UPASS used by Chicago Transit Authority (TRB

    Travel Forecasting

  • A Transportation Modeling Primer
  • Inside the Black Box, making travel models work for livable communities (includes the primer above and additional information) 7.9 mb in size!
  • A Critical Review of Statewide Travel Forecasting Practice (Adobe Acrobat file, 77K) , (paper from 1999 TRB meeting)
  • Through Trip Tables for Small Urban Areas (Adobe Acrobat file, 117K) , (paper from 1999 TRB meeting)
  • A GNE/QRSII Primer - Overview
  • Updated... A GNE/QRSII Primer - Part 1
  • Guidebook on Statewide Travel Forecasting
  • Quick Response Freight Manual
  • Delay Volume Relations for Travel Forecasting
  • FHWA's Model Calibration Manual

    Other topics

  • NEW Sensitivity Analysis of Factors Affecting Road Widneing Tresholds, Paper for National ITE meeting, August, 2006
  • Transportation Energy: Demand, Supply and the Future, Paper for ITE Disrtict IV meeting, June, 2005
  • Engineer in Residence: A Strategy for Increasing Relevancy in Transportation Education
  • Fundamentals of Technology Transfer
  • Methods to Estimate Capacity and Delay at Roundabouts for use in Travel ForecastingAdobe Acrobat, 236K
  • WDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems Design Manual
  • WDOT Traffic Incident Management Enhancement(TIME)Program Manual
  • Internet GIS and its Applications in Transportation
  • Design of Freeway Noise Barriers
  • Evaluation of Intermodal Transfer Facilities
  • Survey of Motorist Attitudes Towards a Proposed Highway Project
  • How to Conduct a Focus Group
  • Use of an Alternative Futures Approach for Transportation Planning

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