Small Projects
Developing a Portable Data Acquisition System to Study Road User Behavior
University: Small Projects, Small Projects Year 9 (2020-2022), University of Alaska, Fairbanks
PI: Vinod Vasudevan (UAA), vvasudevan@alaska.edu, ORCID: 0000-0003-4078-9213
Co PIs: none
AMOUNT & MATCH: $50,000 from PacTrans; $50,000 Match
PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2020 – 8/15/2022
STATUS: Completed
CATEGORIES: Data Acquisition System, Road User Behavior
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Integration of Mobile Road Weather Information Systems into Winter Maintenance Operations in Fairbanks, Alaska
University: Small Projects, Small Projects Year 9 (2020-2022), University of Alaska, Fairbanks
PI: Nathan Belz (UAF), npbelz@alaska.edu, ORCID: 0000-0003-0814-110X
Co PIs: none
AMOUNT & MATCH: $70,000 from PacTrans; $70,000 Match
PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2020 – 8/15/2022
STATUS: Completed
CATEGORIES: Weather Information, Winter Maintenance and Operations
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Advanced Energy Storage System for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations for Rural Communities in the Pacific Northwest
University: Small Projects, Small Projects Year 9 (2020-2022), University of Idaho
PI: Herbert Hess (UI), hhess@uidaho.edu, ORCID: 0000-0003-1099-3854
Co PIs: none
AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 from PacTrans; $40,000 Match
PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2020 – 8/15/2022
STATUS: Completed
CATEGORIES: Electrification, Rural Communities, Energy Storage
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Economic and Health Metrics of Active School Travel: A Practical Tool or Transportation Planners and Educators
University: Small Projects, Small Projects Year 9 (2020-2022), University of Washington
PI: Anne Vernez Moudon (UW), moudon@uw.edu, ORCID: 0000-0001-8485-4799
Co PIs: Xiao Shi
AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 from PacTrans; $40,000 Match
PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2020 – 8/15/2022
STATUS: Completed
CATEGORIES: Safety, Public Health, Pedestrian, Safe Routes to School
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Measuring the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Trucking industry: A Spatial and Econometric Framework to Capture the Impacts of the Hours-of-Service (HOS) Emergency Declaration and Congestion Effects on Truck Driver Safety
University: Oregon State University, Small Projects, Small Projects Year 9 (2020-2022)
PI: Salvador Hernandez (OSU), sal.hernandez@oregonstate.edu, ORCID: 0000-0001-8160-5949
Co PIs: none
AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 from PacTrans; $40,000 Match
PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2020 – 8/15/2022
STATUS: Completed
CATEGORIES: Freight Transportation, COVID-19, Hours-of-Service, Safety
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