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Improve Congestion Performance Measures Via Con Lating Private University Transportation Research Center - Region 2 Final Report Improve Congestion Performance Measures Via Con�lating Private and Public Information Sources Performing Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology August 2018 Sponsor: University Transportation Research Center - Region 2 University Transportation Research Center - Region 2 Project No(s): The Region 2 University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) is one of ten original University Transportation Centers established in 1987 by the U.S. Congress. These Centers were established UTRC/RF Grant No: 49198-36-28 with the recognition that transportation plays a key role in the nation's economy and the quality Project Date: of life of its citizens. University faculty members provide a critical link in resolving our national and regional transportation problems while training the professionals who address our transpor- Project Title: August 2018 tation systems and their customers on a daily basis. Improve Congestion Performance Measures The UTRC was established in order to support research, education and the transfer of technology Project’sVia Con�lating Website: Private and Public Information Sources - in the �ield of transportation. The theme of the Center is "Planning and Managing Regional congestion-performance-measures Transportation Systems in a Changing World." Presently, under the direction of Dr. Camille Kamga, http://www.utrc2.org/research/projects/improve the UTRC represents USDOT Region II, including New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Principal Investigator(s): Virgin Islands. Functioning as a consortium of twelve major Universities throughout the region, Rongfang (Rachel) Liu, AICP, PE UTRC is located at the CUNY Institute for Transportation Systems at The City College of New York, theme.the lead UTRC’s institution three of main the goalsconsortium. are: The Center, through its consortium, an Agency-Industry Council and its Director and Staff, supports research, education, and technology transfer under its Professor Research UniversityDepartment Heights of Civil and Environmental Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology program that is responsive to the needs of regional transportation organizations and stakehold- ers,The andresearch (2) to conductprogram that objectives program are in cooperation(1) to develop with a the theme partners. based The transportation program includes research both Newark, NJ 07102 Tel: (973) 596-5884 Email: [email protected] thestudies mostresponsive that are identi�ied UTRC withteam research conducts partners the work. of projects The research targeted program to the theme,is responsive and targeted, to the short-term projects. The program develops competitive proposals, which are evaluated to insure Performing Organization(s): complex transportation system of transit and infrastructure, and the rapidly changing environ- UTRC theme: “Planning and Managing Regional Transportation Systems in a Changing World.” The New Jersey Institute of Technology Sponsor(s):) ment impacts the nation’s largest city and metropolitan area. The New York/New Jersey intermodal and multimodal systems must serve all customers and stakeholders within the region University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) Metropolitan has over 19 million people, 600,000 businesses and 9 million workers. The Region’s and globally.Under the current grant, the new research projects and the ongoing research projects- concentrate the program efforts on the categories of Transportation Systems Performance and Information Infrastructure to provide needed services to the New Jersey Department of Transpor tation, New York City Department of Transportation, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council , New York State Department of Transportation, and the New York State Energy and EducationResearch Development and Workforce Authorityand Development others, all while enhancing the center’s theme. The modern professional must combine the technical skills of engineering and planning with web,knowledge and knowledgeable of economics, aboutenvironmental advances science,in information management, technology. �inance, UTRC’s and laweducation as well and as trainingnegotiation efforts skills, provide psychology a multidisciplinary and sociology. program And, she/he of course must workbe computer and experiential literate, wired learning to the to train students and provide advanced training or retraining of practitioners to plan and manage regional transportation systems. UTRC must meet the need to educate the undergraduate and graduate student with a foundation of transportation fundamentals that allows for solving complex problems in a world much more dynamic than even a decade ago. Simultaneously, the demand for continuing education is growing – either because of professional license requirements education with tailored ways of delivering content. or because the workplace demands it – and provides the opportunity to combine State of Practice Technology Transfer informationUTRC’s Technology concerning Transfer transportation Program issues goes facingbeyond Region what 2; might (2) to improvebe considered the knowledge “traditional” base andtechnology approach transfer to problem activities. solving Its mainof the objectives region’s transportation are (1) to increase workforce, the awareness from those and operating level of To request a hard copy of our �inal reports, please send us an the systems to those at the most senior level of managing the system; and by doing so, to improve email at [email protected] the overall professional capability of the transportation workforce; (3) to stimulate discussion and Mailing Address: debate concerning the integration of new technologies into our culture, our work and our University Transportation Reserch Center researchtransportation and practicingsystems; (4)community to provide both the nationally more traditional and internationally; but extremely and important (5) to provide job of unbiaseddisseminating information research and and testimonyproject reports, to decision-makers studies, analysis concerning and use of regional tools to transportationthe education, The City College of New York issues consistent with the UTRC theme. Marshak Hall, Suite 910 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 Web:Tel: 212-650-8051 www.utrc2.org Fax: 212-650-8374 Board of Directors The UTRC Board of Directors consists of one or two members from each UTRC Consortium Universities Consortium school (each school receives two votes regardless of the number of representatives on the board). The Center Director is an ex-oficio member of the The following universities/colleges are members of the UTRC Board and The Center management team serves as staff to the Board. consortium under MAP-21 ACT. City University of New York Dr. Robert E. Paaswell - Director Emeritus of NY City University of New York (CUNY) Dr. Hongmian Gong - Geography/Hunter College Clarkson University (Clarkson) Columbia University (Columbia) Clarkson University Cornell University (Cornell) Dr. Kerop D. Janoyan - Civil Engineering Hofstra University (Hofstra) Columbia University Manhattan College (MC) Dr. Raimondo Betti - Civil Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Dr. Elliott Sclar - Urban and Regional Planning New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) New York University (NYU) Cornell University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Dr. Huaizhu (Oliver) Gao - Civil Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Dr. Richard Geddess - Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy Rowan University (Rowan) Hofstra University State University of New York (SUNY) Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue - Global Studies and Geography Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens) Syracuse University (SU) Manhattan College The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Dr. Anirban De - Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez (UPRM) Dr. Matthew Volovski - Civil & Environmental Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology UTRC Key Staff Dr. Steven I-Jy Chien - Civil Engineering Dr. Joyoung Lee - Civil & Environmental Engineering Dr. Camille Kamga: Director, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering New York Institute of Technology Dr. Nada Marie Anid - Engineering & Computing Sciences Dr. Robert E. Paaswell: Director Emeritus of UTRC and Distinguished Dr. Marta Panero - Engineering & Computing Sciences Professor of Civil Engineering, The City College of New York New York University Dr. Ellen Thorson: Senior Research Fellow Dr. Mitchell L. Moss - Urban Policy and Planning Dr. Rae Zimmerman - Planning and Public Administration Penny Eickemeyer: Associate Director for Research, UTRC (NYU Tandon School of Engineering) Dr. Alison Conway: Associate Director for Education/Associate Dr. John C. Falcocchio - Civil Engineering Dr. Kaan Ozbay - Civil Engineering Professor of Civil Enginering Dr. Elena Prassas - Civil Engineering Nadia Aslam: Assistant Director for Technology Transfer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dr. José Holguín-Veras - Civil Engineering Nathalie Martinez: Research Associate/Budget Analyst Dr. William "Al" Wallace - Systems Engineering Andriy Blagay: Graphic Intern Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. James Winebrake - Science, Technology and Society/Public Policy Dr. J. Scott Hawker - Software Engineering Tierra Fisher: Ofϔice Manager Rowan University Dr. Sandeep Mudigonda, Research Associate Dr. Yusuf Mehta - Civil Engineering Dr. Beena Sukumaran - Civil Engineering Dr. Rodrigue Tchamna, Research Associate State University of New York Dr. Dan Wan, Research
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