2018 NJDOT TRB Roundtable Discussion

Below you can view 2018 presentations and session notes provided by NJDOT staff who attended the 97th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB), which is grouped by their bureau or unit. You can also download the entire set of presentations here: 2018 NJDOT TRB Roundtable Slides. The TRB AMOnline portal provides access to all available TRB papers and presentation slides and visual aids.

Introduction to TRB (326 KB, 11 slides)

Traffic Operations Notes (622 KB, 38 slides)

  • Automated Vehicles Symposium 2017 (Session 129)
  • Mobility of the Future Session (Session 203)
  • Regional Transportation Systems Management & Operations (RTSMO) Committee, Connected and Automated Vehicles Working Group (AHB10)
  • After Hurricanes (Session 191)
  • Physical Security Sub-committee Meeting
  • CyberSecurity Sub-committee Meeting
  • Cybersecurity Challenges for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: Fact vs. Myth (Session 592)
  • Maintenance and Operations Workforce: Assessing the Effects of Technology and Demographics (Session 285)
  • Diets, Diamonds, and Daring New Ideas for Intersections (Session 547)
  • Vision Zero Evaluation Workshop (Session 881)
  • Next Steps in Automated Vehicles
  • Advanced Traffic Signal Performance Measure (ATSPMs)
  • Innovation in Control Delay Calculation
  • Work Zone Lane Capacity (Session 451)
  • Proactive Signal Control Systems for Congestion Mitigation on Arterial

Notes from TRB Focus Area: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Statewide Planning Notes (2 MB, 63 slides)

  • Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, which includes an overview of AV state legislation and developing a connected AV vision and notes on the following sessions:
    • Metropolitan Policy Considerations for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (Part 1) (Session 265)
    • Impacts of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles on Transportation Forecasting and Planning (Session 271)
    • The Future of Transportation Infrastructure: What? Where? How? (Session 329)
    • Planning for a Future with Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (Session 406)
  • Smart Transportation: Getting Organized (Session 471)
  • International Progress Toward Vehicle-Highway Automation (Session 546)

Bureau of Research Notes (3.3 MB, 43 slides)

  • Optimizing Work Zone Lighting (Session 384)
  • Roundabout Topics: Safety, Design and Operations (Session 777)
  • Evaluation of different paints systems for over-coating exiting structural steel, Corrosion Committee (AHD45)
  • Vision Zero at a Crossroads: Identifying Challenges and Developing Partnerships to Eliminate Traffic Deaths in the United States (Session 477)
  • Competing Visions of Transportation’s Future (Session 268)
  • The Future of Transportation and Reliance on Knowledge Sharing Among Transportation Organizations (Session 461)
  • Humanizing Highway Landscape Design (Session 537)
  • Tools for the Zombie Apocalypse: Avoiding the Brain Drain in Transportation Organizations (Session 661)

Notes from TRB Session 777: Roundabout Safety, Design & Operations

Multimodal Notes (1.4 MB, 8 slides)

  • Aero Sessions:
    • Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Session 237)
    • Stating the Initiative: Aviation Programs, Funding, Support, and Development Among States (Session 372)
    • Current Trends in Aviation System Planning: System Performance and Resiliency (Session 563)
    • Essential Elements for Airport Operations: Pavement Repair, Aircraft Arresting and Anti-Icing (Session 628)
  • Maritime Sessions:
    • Where to Go with Transportation Taxes? Past evidence and future visions (Session 260)
    • Emerging Technologies: The role of LIDAR and Unmanned Aerial Systems in supporting the transportation spatial information infrastructure (Session 263)
    • Transportation Agency Data Governance and Open Data Efforts (Session 337)
    • Freight Systems and Marine Transportation Work in Progress (Session 368)
    • Marine Safety and Human Factors Committee Meeting
    • A Comparison of Existing and Potential Ferry Services in Norway, Australia, and Washington, D.C. (Session 501)
    • Freight Day, Part 1: Making Short-Haul Intermodal Work (Session 504)
    • Improving Ferry Operations and Planning with Digital Information (Session 559)

 

Notes from TRB Session 598: Technological Advances in Road Ecology Science

Environmental Resources Notes (2 MB, 27 slides)

  • Climate Change Response: Where Are We Now and What Happens Next? (Session 331)
  • Environmental Justice AASHTO Community of Practice, TERI Database, EJ Courses
  • Decarbonization & Greenhouse Gas Reductions: Progress, Priorities, and Research Needs (Session 466)
  • Technological Advances in Road Ecology Science (Session 598)
  • What’s Hot in State DOTs (Session 342)
  • Increasing Infrastructure Resilience through Bioenhancement (Session 629)
  • Virtual or Augmented Reality (Session 205)

Civil Rights & Affirmative Action Notes (5.3MB, 48 slides)

  • Revenue and Finance: The Uncertainty of Funding
  • Environmental Justice in Transportation Committee
  • Community Impact Assessment Committee Meeting
  • DBE Program
  • The Interstate: Mitigating Past and Current Project Impacts (Session 269)

“Mending the Divide” — Notes from Session 269: The Interstate: Mitigating Past and Current Project Impacts

Capital Program Support Notes (2.5 MB, 11 slides)

  • Public Engagement for Crisis Situations (Session 157)
  • Environmental Justice in Transportation Committee
  • Planning Process and Environmental Justice (Session 805)
  • Joint Subcommittee on Community Impact Assessment

Structural Engineering Notes (740 KB, 7 slides)

  • Truck Size and Weight: What You Need to Know (Session 120)
  • Bridging the Gap Between Non-Destructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring (Session 164)

19th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase

The theme for the 19th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase was “Innovation in Transportation Mobility” and the event provided an opportunity for NJDOT customers to learn more about ongoing research initiatives, technology transfer activities, and academic research being conducted by university research partners and their associates.  The annual event serves as a showcase to present the ongoing initiatives and benefits of the NJDOT Research program. Several awards were given in recognition of research, innovation and implementation efforts, including: outstanding university student in  transportation award to a student involved with a NJDOT sponsored research project and an annual implementation award, among others.

Student researchers answer questions about their work

In addition to providing a glimpse into research projects funded by NJDOT, inspirational projects sponsored by other organizations are also invited for presentation. The Research Showcase included a general session in the morning featuring Jim Shurbutt, from FHWA’s Exploratory Advanced Research Program at Turner-Fairbank’s Highway Research Center as well as presentation that highlighted recent successes of NJDOT’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program including a NJDOT-sponsored UAS peer exchange. The day’s events included afternoon topical breakout sessions and a poster display area. The event was attended by 250 NJDOT, NJ Transit, MVC, FHWA, local government, consultant and academic representatives.

The 19th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase was hosted by the New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program (NJ LTAP) at Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) on behalf of the event sponsors NJDOT Bureau of Research and the Federal Highway Administration.

Below are several presentations and other information from the 19th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase. All the files listed below are in PDF.

Michael Russo, Assistant Commission, Capital Investment, Planning, and Grant Administration, and Amanda Gendek, Manager, Bureau of Research

19th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase Program

Keynote Presentation: The Exploratory Search for Innovation and Mobility (3 MB)
Jim Shurbutt, Exploratory Advanced Research Program Coordinator, FHWA Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

Environment
Infrastructure

250 NJDOT, NJ Transit, MVC, FHWA, local government, consultant and academic representatives attended the 19th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase Program

Multimodal/ITS
Safety

 

 

18th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase

On behalf of the NJDOT Bureau of Research, the New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program (NJ LTAP) at Rutgers’ Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) invites NJDOT staff and customers to come learn about research and technology transfer activities being conducted by university research partners and their associates at the 18th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase. The Showcase took place on October 26, 2016.

The 19th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase will be held on October 25, 2017.

Below is a list of presentations from the 18th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase. All the files listed below are in PDF.

Environment

Green Sorbent Media for Mitigation of Urban Road Runoff Pollution (3.7MB)

General

An Overview of U.S. DOT’s Multi-modal Research (1.7MB)

TRB Overview (3.2m)

Infrastructure

Center for Research and Education in Advanced Transportation Engineering Systems (CREATEs) (3.7MB)

Performance-Related Mix Design and Balanced Mix Design (5.1MB)

State of Practice for the Design of Bridge Fender Systems with Polymeric Materials (1.2MB)

Mobility

Personal Intersection Speed Advisory System (PISAS) (1.6MB)

The Use of Technology Enabled Rideshare Services in New Jersey: An Examination of Uber Usage in the Garden State(6.8MB)

Safety

Truck Side Guards (2.8MB)

Truck Side Guards Specifications (343KB)

Virtual Guide Dog: The Next Generation Pedestrian Signal for the Visually Impaired (1.6MB)