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Work Zone Safety III: Calibration of Safety Notifications through Reinforcement Learning and Eye Tracking

October 1, 2021August 10, 2023Elena Chung

According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), work zone fatalities at road construction projects account for up to 3% of all workplace fatalities in a given year. We propose adding new functionality to the current VR platform to track the subjects’ attention through his/her head-movement and eye-movement to infer his/her gaze pattern. With the introduction of this method to measure the subject’s attention, we plan to capture additional critical information about the decision a worker makes.

Deployment and Tech Transfer of a Street-level Flooding Platform: Sensing and Data Sharing for Urban Accessibility and Resilience

October 1, 2021August 10, 2023Elena Chung

This project aims to develop a platform to provide real-time, street-level flood information – including the presence, frequency, and severity of local surface flood events – to a range of stakeholders, including policymakers, government agencies, citizens, emergency response teams, community advocacy groups, and researchers.

Traffic Signal Optimization and Coordination in Connected Cities

October 1, 2021August 10, 2023Nick Hudanich

This research aims to explore the basic research on developing signal control and coordination methods under the CV environment, develop a framework for urban traffic signal optimization with CVs, and test the developed methods both in traffic simulation and using real-world CV data.

Lane Changing of Autonomous Vehicles in Mixed Traffic Environments: A Reinforcement Learning Approach

October 1, 2021August 10, 2023Elena Chung

In order to guarantee the safety of autonomous vehicles (AV), improve passenger comfort, and increase traffic efficiency, we aim to develop innovative learning-based control methods for lane changing of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) in mixed traffic by a combined use of reinforcement learning and optimal control techniques.

Designing and Managing Infrastructure for Shared Connected Electric Vehicles

October 1, 2021December 5, 2023Nick Hudanich

This study aimed to develop a demand model for an eFFCS service in the City of Seattle, which can increase the feasibility of eFFCS by reducing the cost of relocation by optimally locating the charging stations near the areas of heavy usage and real-time control to minimize manual relocation.

A Trusted Data Platform for Transportation Data Sharing

October 1, 2021August 10, 2023Nick Hudanich

Led by INTERCEP founding director Bill Raisch, this project aims to adapt an information sharing and situational awareness technology platform currently used by INTERCEP’s Metropolitan Resilience Network to support transportation data sharing and stakeholder engagement in New York City and each of the C2SMART consortium member cities. This platform is designed to help users understand their larger operating environment, identify risks in that environment, and make informed decisions during disruptions using the assembled data.

Automated Truck Lanes in Urban Area for Through and Cross Border Traffic

October 1, 2021August 10, 2023Nick Hudanich

This research project will investigate the design and operations of dedicated lanes for fully automated trucks, the suitability of existing infrastructure to accommodate these novel technologies, and the potential economic ramifications on the surrounding region. The project will use the I-10 Freeway in El Paso, Texas, from the New Mexico border in the west to milepost 55 in the east, as the testbed.

Using High Resolution Mobility Data to Understand Human Behavior and Population Dynamics in Cities

October 1, 2021November 30, 2023Nick Hudanich

This project aims to develop new models of pedestrian mobility using WiFi probe data as a novel data source. The models will be designed to scale to any region with a similar WiFi network infrastructure. Deliverables will also include a research paper submitted to a peer-reviewed journal and a final report.

Dual Rebalancing Strategies for Electric Vehicle Carsharing Operations

September 30, 2021August 10, 2023Nick Hudanich

The research team aims to test a new queueing network-based dynamic rebalancing strategy in test cases provided by ReachNow in Brooklyn, NY. In addition, the researchers will develop a MATSim agent model of the study area in NYC and calibrate it based on household travel survey data from NYMTC, Openstreetmaps, traffic data from NYCDOT, and transit schedules from GTFS.

Integrative Vehicle-Traffic Control in Connected/Automated Cities

September 30, 2021August 10, 2023Nick Hudanich

In this project, the research team built on work done in a Year 1 C2SMART project, in which a decomposition method was developed to address traffic signal optimization. This project aims to develop methods to deal with mixed traffic flow and develop CAV-based signal coordination methods with multiple signalized intersections