Research Interests & Recent Funded Projects

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Research Interests

· Highway Capacity

· Transportation Flow Theory

· Traffic Control (Particularly Ramp Metering)

· Intelligent Transportation Systems

· Transit Operations

· Transportation Planning

 

Recent Funded Research Projects

· “Evaluation of Portable Automated Data Collection Technologies,” California PATH Program, ($182,446), 2006-2008.

· “New Approach to Bottleneck Capacity Analysis,” California PATH Program, ($166,759), 2004-2006.

· “Validation of Daganzo’s Behavioral Theory of Multi-Lane Traffic Flow,” California PATH Program, ($157,747), 2001-2002 (With Mike Cassidy, UC Berkeley).

· "Traffic Management Systems Performance Measurement," California PATH Program, ($80,003), 1996-97.

· "Smart Call Box Field Operational Test Evaluation Study," California PATH Program, ($181,978), 1994-96.

 

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