Technical Summaries

DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION

• No Technical Summaries

Environmental Research

• Methods for Excluding Cliff Swallows from Nesting on Highway Structures - August 2009, 119 kB

• The Effects of Highways and Highway Construction Activities on Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle Habitat - March 2009, 331 kB

• Research State Highway Culverts to Determine Impacts on Threatened and Endangered Salmon - September 2008, 55 kB

• Use of Organic Amendments for Disturbed Sites with Harsh Conditions - December 2006, 75 kB

• Exploring Alternative Methods for Vegetation Control and Maintenance Along Roadsides - December 2006, 239 kB

• Two Studies on Impacts of Highway Culverts on Salmon and Steelhead - October 2003, 129 kB

Geotechnical/Structures Research

• Full-Scale Seismic Performance Testing of a Modern Caltrans Bridge Column Demonstrates Excellent Resilience - January 2012, 133 kB

• Prediction Exercise of Column Performance Reveals Capabilities and Limitations of Non-Linear Structural Modeling - January 2012, 331 kB

• Evaluation of Abrasion Resistance of Pipe and Pipe Lining Materials - September 2007, 152 kB

• CISN Display - Synthesizes the Best Available Earthquake Data for Caltrans Responders - November 2006, 240 kB

• ShakeCast - Developing a Tool for Rapid Post-Earthquake Response - October 2006, 240 kB

• CalNail, a Web-based Data Repository for Soil Nail Wall Design and Construction Case Histories - June 2006, 314 kB

• Geotechnical Data Management Initiatives at Caltrans - December 2005, 308 kB

• Sensitivity of Bridge Cost to Design Earthquake Loading - September 2005, 148 kB

• Non-Destructive Measurement of Pavement Layer Thickness - June 2005, 172 kB

• Simulation of a Mobile Crane's Dynamic Load Using the CraneSim Program - June 2005, 453 kB

• Development and Crash Testing of a Bridge Rail Transition Barrier - March 2005, 799 kB

• Truck Scheduling for Ground to Air Connectivity: Final Report - October 2003, 10 kB

• Caltrans GPS Monitoring System Tracks Deformations During Full-Scale Earthquake Tests - August 2003, 456 kB

• LIDAR Technology Provides An Advanced Tool for Landslide Mapping in Heavily Forested Terrain - June 2003, 466 kB

• Lateral Load Tests Of Pile Groups Lead to Improved Design Recommendations - May 2003, 270 kB

• Swedish Research Reports on Soil Stabilization Translated for U.S. Designers - April 2003, 279 kB

• New Landslide Hazard Maps Demonstrate Value for Big Sur Coast Highway Management Plan - March 2003, 451 kB

• Corridor-Scale Landslide Hazard Maps Provide Big Picture for Planning and Mitigation - February 2003, 648 kB

• Portable Field Mapping Systems Expedite Response Time After Landslides - January 2003, 106 kB

• ShakeMap and GIS Technologies Demonstrated to Expedite Caltrans Earthquake Response - December 2002, 550 kB

Maintenance Research

• Development of Weed Control Barrier Beneath Metal Beam Guardrail - Jan. 2011, 208 kB

• Identifying Excessive Vehicle Idling in the Caltrans Fleet - Sep 2009, 540 kB

• Sealzall Machine - Automated High Production Longitudinal and Manual In-Lane Crack Sealing - May 2007, 92 kB

• Automated Raised Pavement Marker Machine - May 2007, 92 kB

• Best Practices in Roadside Inventory Assessment - May 2007,147 kB

• GPS-Based Driver Assistance Makes Mountain Pass Opening Safer - March 2007, 130 kB

• Mobile Information System Keeps Roads Open - May 2007, 150 kB

• Labor Intensive Manual Tasks - LIMTask - May 2007, 242 kB

• GPS Automated Travel Diary (GPS-ATD) Enhances Travel Behavior Surveys - May 2007, 114 kB

• Cone Placement and Retrieval Vehicle - May 2007, 174 kB

• Automated Roadway Debris Vacuum - May 2007, 191 kB

• Open Advanced Traffic Management System Lowers Costs - May 2007, 54 kB

• Standards and Specifications for 3D Laser Scanning in Caltrans Projects - May 2007, 566 kB

• On-the-Fly Bridge Profile Sensor Provides Data for Over height Permitting - May 2007, 210 kB

• Caltrans Mobile Work Zone Protection System: The Balsi Beam - January 2007, 451 kB

• Landslide Hazard Maps for State Highway Corridors Help Planning and Mitigation - September 2006, 541 kB

• High Production Longitudinal Crack Sealing - September 2006, 76 kB

• Intelligent Roadway Magnetic Reference Sensing System Enhances Outlook for Vehicle Guidance and Control - May 2005, 301 kB

• Wireless Network Sends Real-Time Kinematic GPS Differential Signals Enabling New Applications - May 2004, 134 kB

Modal Research

• Development of an Integrated Adaptive Transit Signal Priority (ATSP) and Dynamic Passenger Information (DPI) System - March 2011, 54 kB

• Developing a Policy Framework for a Statewide Transit Smart Card Infrastructure - November 2008, 116 kB

• The Efficient Deployment of Advanced Public Transportation Systems (EDAPTS) Cost-Benefit Evaluation Study - September 2008, 113 kB

• EPIC Interconnectivity Tool - August 2008, 64 kB

• Intelligent Transportation Systems Solutions for the Small Transit Provider - February 2004, 130 kB

Pavement Research

• No Technical Summaries

Planning/Policy/System Information (PPSI) Research

• No Technical Summaries

Right of Way and Land Surveys Research

• No Technical Summaries

Rural Research

• No Technical Summaries

Transportation Safety and Mobility (TS&M) Research

• Field Test Implementation of Queue Control - December 2011, 306 kB

• Diagnosing Chronic Errors in Freeway Loop Detectors from Existing Field Hardware - March 2011, 159 kB

• NetZone: An Integrated Work Zone Traffic Management Tool - February 2011, 261 kB

• Development and Crash Testing of an Aesthetic, See-Through Bridge Rail, Type 90 - December 2008, 512 kB

• Development and Deployment of Corridor Management Prototype - September 2007, 74 kB

• Development of a Tool for Measuring Non-recurrent Congestion Impacts of Accidents - September 2007, 34 kB

• Mobile Throughput of 802.11b - September 2007, 97 kB

• Distributed Paramics Development - September 2007, 53 kB

• Analytical Studies of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Information Propagation - September 2007, 52 kB

• Development of the Capability-enhanced PARAMICS Simulation Environment - September 2007, 36 kB

• Dynamic Vehicle Navigation in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) System - September 2007, 39 kB

• Implementation of a Tool for Measuring ITS Impacts on Freeway Safety Performance - September 2007, 59 kB

• Implementation Tests of a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Network for Incident Exchange - September 2007, 192 kB

• Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Traffic Information Propagation - September 2007, 49 kB

• Real-time Adaptive System-wide Ramp Metering and Signal Control - September 2007, 50 kB

• Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Ramp Metering Algorithms - September 2007, 34 kB

• Real-Time Traffic Information Estimation Through On-line Simulation and Hybrid Data Fusion - February 2007, 39 kB

• Task Order 5313: Coordinated Adaptive Real-Time Expert System for Incident Management in Urban Systems - January 2007, 98 kB

• On-Ramp Metering Experiments to Increase Freeway Merge Capacity - November 2006, 134 kB

• California Center for Innovative Transportation Task Order 10 - November 2006, 243 kB

• Mobile Transportation Management Center Deployment - November 2006, 223 kB
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• Automated Collection, Comparison and Fusion of Data from All Vehicle Presence Detectors in I-405 Detector Test Bed - October 2006, 313 kB

• Control of Heavy-Duty Vehicles Environmental Fuel Economy Considerations - September 2006, 128 kB

• Development of a Heavy-Duty Diesel Modal Emissions and Fuel Consumption Module for Smart AHS - September 2006, 131 kB

• Fault Tolerant Lateral Control for Transit Buses and Trucks - September 2006, 149 kB

• Development of Demonstrations Systems For Demo 2003 - September 2006, 138 kB

• Development of an Integrated Microscopic Traffic Simulation and Signal Timing Optimization Tool - September 2006, 186 kB

• Enhanced AHS safety through the integration of vehicle control and communication - September 2006, 116 kB

• Developing Optimal Planning and Management Strategies for a Robust Highway System - September 2006, 190 kB

• Queue Detection and Count Information System - September 2006, 239 kB

• Magnetometer/GPS/INS Demo 2003 Support and Mitigation of GPS Signal Blockage Research - September 2006, 126 kB

• Caltrans Laser Detector - September 2006, 203 kB

• Automated Collection, Comparison and Fusion of Data From All Vehicle Presence Detectors in I-405 Detector Test Bed - June 2005, 68 kB

• Development and Crash Testing of a See-Through Steel Bridge Rail - May 2005, 115 kB