Success Stories
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December 12, 2018
PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story 2018 #7: Safety Net: A Transportation Safety Performance Analysis and Visualization Platform
For many years, the University of Washington’s Smart Transportation Application & Research (STAR) Lab has been developing the Digital Roadway Interactive Visualization and Evaluation Network (DRIVE Net), which is a region-wide, web-based transportation decision support system that adopts digital roadway maps as a base and provides data layers for integrating and analyzing a variety of data sources. Read More
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PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story 2018 #6: Vehicle-Pedestrian Near-Miss Detection Using Onboard Monocular Video Data
Several years ago, faculty and students from the University of Washington’s Smart Transportation Application & Research (STAR) Lab, partnered with the Washington State Transit Insurance Pool on a project cofounded by PacTrans and a TRB IDEA Grant to student collision avoidance technologies for transit vehicles. Read More
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December 06, 2018
PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story 2018 #5: Linking the Evaluation of Safety Data Management to Professional Certification
During the course of the second iteration of the PacTrans Center, funded by MAP-21, PacTrans had an ongoing, three-year education project titled Safety Data Management and Analysis: Addressing the Continuing Education Needs for the Pacific Northwest. This project, led by University of Idaho Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kevin Chang, also had coPIs from each of our other consortium partner universities. Read More
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PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story 2018 #4: 3D Virtual Visibility Analysis Program
In 2015, PacTrans funded a project lead by Oregon State University Associate Professor of Civil & Construction Engineering, Michael Olsen, titled 3D Virtual Sight Distance Analysis Using Mobile LIDAR Data. This research project investigated advanced safety analysis methodologies for drivers’ sight distance (SD) based on high resolution data acquired using lidar (light detection and ranging) technology. Read More
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PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story 2018 #3: Location and View-Frustum Tracking System of Workers for Safety Applications on Construction Work-zones
“The construction industry is infamous for its hazardous working environments due to workers-on-foot commonly needing to function at dangerous heights and in close proximity to other construction entities such as moving heavy equipment. Read More
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