Human talent provides a strong foundation for the program’s research capabilities. Areas of expertise include the following:
- Project Development Process:
- Utility coordination
- Utility conflict analysis and resolution
- Right-of-way acquisition
- Process optimization
- Alternatives assessment and evaluation
Information Technology
- Development of web-based applications to optimize transportation processes
- Data modeling
- Database design and optimization
- Design and implementation of GIS applications
- Automation of GPS data collection and processing
- Electronic document management
- Applications of commercial real-time traffic data
- Multi-source data integration
Transportation System Management
- Utility inventory and permitting
- Outdoor advertising control
- Right-of-way asset management
- Pedestrian asset management
- Traffic simulation and visualization
- Intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
- Hurricane and emergency evacuations
- Freeway and arterial corridor operational analysis
- Driver safety
- Freight analysis and operations
- System performance optimization and evaluation
- Commercial vehicle routing