PacTrans News
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December 6, 2018
Register for ITS Washington’s annual conference
ITS Washington, along with the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC), UW, and WSDOT, proudly presents its two-day Transportation Systems and Management Operations (TSMO) training and annual conference event next week. Read More
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December 6, 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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December 6, 2018
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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December 6, 2018
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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December 6, 2018
PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story 2018 #2: Bicycle Simulator Calibration Manual
PacTrans PI and Oregon State University Associate Professor of Civil & Construction Engineering, David Hurwitz, conducts research in the areas of transportation human factors, transportation safety, and traffic control devices. Over the past years, PacTrans has funded a handful of research projects, conducted by Dr. Hurwitz, in these areas. In much of his work, he leverages the OSU Driving and Bicycling Simulator Laboratory and a significant array of traffic data collection tools to provide a more detailed understanding of how and why transportation systems perform the way they do. Dr. Hurwitz has recently utilized PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story funds to develop the first ever Bicycle Simulator Calibration on Speed and Steering Latency. Read More
