Current Funded Research Projects on Traffic Operations and Control

Project Role

Funding Agency

Amount

Start ~ End Date

Project Title

PI: D. Gettman
Co-PIs: H. Liu
             M. Abbas
             A. Skabardonis
NCHRP 03-90 $600,000

03/01/08

~

06/30/10

Operation of Traffic Signal Systems in Oversaturated Conditions

PI

Minnesota DOT

$67,000

10/01/07

~

08/31/08

Real-Time Arterial Performance Monitoring System (SMART-SIGNAL)

PI

(Co-PI: P. Michalopoulos)

U of M ITS Institute

$75,000

10/01/07

~

05/31/09

Development of Algorithms for Travel Time Based Traffic Signal Timing Control, Phase I

PI

Minnesota DOT

$70,000

07/01/07

~

12/31/08

Development of A Platoon-Priority Control Strategy and Smart Advance Warning Flashers for Isolated Intersections with High-Speed Approaches

Co-PI

(PI: G. Davis)

Minnesota DOT

$150,000

05/01/07

~

12/31/08

Access to Destinations: Arterial Data Acquisition and Network-Wide Travel Time Estimation (Phase II)

PI

Minnesota Local Road Research Board &

U of M ITS Institute

       $140,000

07/01/06

~

04/30/09

 

Development of A Real-Time Arterial Performance Monitoring System Using Traffic Data Available from Existing Signal Systems

 

Past Research Projects on Traffic Operations and Control

 

Project Role

Funding Agency

Amount

Start ~ End Date

Project Title

Co-PI

(PI: P. Michalopoulos)
Minnesota DOT $65,000

07/01/06

~

12/31/07
Employment of the Traffic Management Laboratory for the Evaluation and Improvement of Stratified Metering Algorithm: Phase IV
PI Minnesota DOT $44,000

07/01/06

~

11/30/07
Evaluation of Cell Phone Travel Time Data

Co-PI

(PI: P. Michalopoulos)
Minnesota DOT $75,000

07/01/05

~

12/31/06
Employment of the Traffic Management Laboratory for the Evaluation and Improvement of Stratified Metering Algorithm: Phase III

PI

Caltrans/California PATH

Sub-Award

$44,000

10/01/04

~

09/30/06

Development of an Integrated Microscopic Traffic Simulation and Signal Timing Optimization Tool, Final Report

PI

 

Caltrans/California PATH

Sub-Award

 

$63,000

10/01/04

~

09/30/06

Development of Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) Simulation and Paramics/VS-PLUS Integration