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Report Title	Contact	Date Size	Research Area
Research State Highway Culverts to Determine Impacts on Threatened and Endangered Salmon	Harold Hunt	Sep. 2008 55 kB	Environmental
Evaluation of Abrasion Resistance of Pipe and Pipe Lining Materials	Paul Davies	Sep. 2007 152 kB	Structures
Development and Deployment of Corridor Management Prototype	Fred Yazdan	Sep. 2007 74 kB	Operations
Development of a Tool for Measuring Non-recurrent Congestion Impacts of Accidents	Fred Yazdan	Sep. 2007 34 kB	Operations
Mobile Throughput of 802.11b	Fred Yazdan	Sep. 2007 97 kB	Operations
Distributed Paramics Development	Fred Yazdan	Sep. 2007 53 kB	Operations
Analytical Studies of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Information Propagation	Fred Yazdan	Sep. 2007 52 kB	Operations
Development of the Capability-enhanced PARAMICS Simulation Environment	Fred Yazdan	Sep. 2007 36 kB	Operations
Dynamic Vehicle Navigation in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) System	Fred Yazdan	Sep. 2007 39 kB	Operations
Implementation of a Tool for Measuring ITS Impacts on Freeway Safety Performance	Fred Yazdan	Sep. 2007 59 kB	Operations
Implementation Tests of a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Network for Incident Exchange	Fred Yazdan	Sep. 2007 192 kB	Operations
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Traffic Information Propagation	Fred Yazdan	Sep. 2007 49 kB	Operations
Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Ramp Metering Algorithms	Fred Yazdan	Sep. 2007 34 kB	Operations
Real-time Adaptive System-wide Ramp Metering and Signal Control	Fred Yazdan	Sep. 2007 50 kB	Operations
Sealzall Machine - Automated High Production Longitudinal and Manual In-Lane Crack Sealing	UC Davis	May 2007 92 kB	Maintenance
Automated Raised Pavement Marker Machine	UC Davis	May 2007 127 kB	Maintenance
Best Practices in Roadside Inventory Assessment	UC Davis	May 2007 147 kB	Maintenance
GPS-Based Driver Assistance Makes Mountain Pass Opening Safer	UC Davis	May 2007 130 kB	Maintenance
Mobile Information System Keeps Roads Open	UC Davis	May 2007 150 kB	Maintenance
Labor Intensive Manual Tasks - LIMTask	UC Davis	May 2007 242 kB	Maintenance
GPS Automated Travel Diary (GPS-ATD) Enhances Travel Behavior Surveys	UC Davis	May 2007 114 kB	Maintenance
Cone Placement and Retrieval Vehicle	UC Davis	May 2007 174 kB	Maintenance
Automated Roadway Debris Vacuum	UC Davis	May 2007 191 kB	Maintenance
Open Advanced Traffic Management System Lowers Costs	UC Davis	May 2007 54 kB	Maintenance
Standards and Specifications for 3D Laser Scanning in Caltrans Projects	UC Davis	May 2007 566 kB	Maintenance
On-the-Fly Bridge Profile Sensor Provides Data for Over height Permitting	UC Davis	May 2007 210 kB	Maintenance
Real-Time Traffic Information Estimation Through On-line Simulation and Hybrid Data Fusion	Fred Yazdan	Feb. 2007 39 kB	Operations
Task Order 5313: Coordinated Adaptive Real-Time Expert System for Incident Management in Urban Systems	Fred Yazdan	Jan. 2007 98 kB	Operations
Caltrans Mobile Work Zone Protection System: The Balsi Beam	Ed Hardiman	Jan. 2007 451 kB	Maintenance
Use of Organic Amendments for Disturbed Sites with Harsh Conditions	Monica Finn	Dec. 2006 75 kB	Environmental
Exploring Alternative Methods for Vegetation Control and Maintenance Along Roadsides	Gloria Gwynne	Dec. 2006 239 kB	Environmental
On-Ramp Metering Experiments to Increase Freeway Merge Capacity	Fred Yazdan	Nov. 2006 134 kB	Operations
California Center for Innovative Transportation Task Order 10	Fred Yazdan	Nov. 2006 243 kB	Operations
Mobile Transportation Management Center Deployment ( Click here to download the Mobile TMC User Manual. )	Fred Yazdan	Nov. 2006 223 kB	Operations
CISN Display - Synthesizes the Best Available Earthquake Data for Caltrans Responders	Loren Turner (GeoResearch Group)	Nov. 2006 240 kB	Structures
ShakeCast - Developing a Tool for Rapid Post-Earthquake Response	Loren Turner (GeoResearch Group)	Oct. 2006 240 kB	Structures
Automated Collection, Comparison and Fusion of Data from All Vehicle Presence Detectors in I-405 Detector Test Bed	John Slonaker	Oct. 2006 313 kB	Operations
Control of Heavy-Duty Vehicles Environmental Fuel Economy Considerations	P. Ioannou USC	Sep. 2006 128 kB	Operations
Development of a Heavy-Duty Diesel Modal Emissions and Fuel Consumption Module for Smart AHS	M. Barth UC Riverside	Sep. 2006 131 kB	Operations
Fault Tolerant Lateral Control for Transit Buses and Trucks	M. Tomizuka UC Berkeley	Sep. 2006 149 kB	Operations
Development of Demonstrations Systems For Demo 2003	S. E. Shladover UC Berkeley	Sep. 2006 138 kB	Operations
Development of an Integrated Microscopic Traffic Simulation and Signal Timing Optimization Tool	Jerry Kwong	Sep. 2006 186 kB	Operations
Enhanced AHS safety through the integration of vehicle control and communication	Raja Sengupta UC Berkeley	Sep. 2006 116 kB	Operations
Developing Optimal Planning and Management Strategies for a Robust Highway System	Nate Loebs	Sep. 2006 190 kB	Operations
Queue Detection and Count Information System	Nate Loebs	Sep. 2006 239 kB	Operations
Magnetometer/GPS/INS Demo 2003 Support and Mitigation of GPS Signal Blockage Research	Jay Farrell UC Irvine	Sep. 2006 126 kB	Operations
Caltrans Laser Detector	Joe Palen	Sep. 2006 203 kB	Operations
Landslide Hazard Maps for State Highway Corridors Help Planning and Mitigation	Loren Turner (GeoResearch Group)	Sep. 2006 541 kB	Maintenance
High Production Longitudinal Crack Sealing	UC Davis	Sep. 2006 76 kB	Maintenance
CalNail, a Web-based Data Repository for Soil Nail Wall Design and Construction Case Histories	Loren Turner (GeoResearch Group)	June 2006 314 kB	Structures
Geotechnical Data Management Initiatives at Caltrans	Loren Turner (GeoResearch Group)	Dec. 2005 308 kB	Structures
Sensitivity of Bridge Cost to Design Earthquake Loading	Tom Shantz (GeoResearch Group)	Sep. 2005 148 kB	Structures
Automated Collection, Comparison and Fusion of Data From All Vehicle Presence Detectors in I-405 Detector Test Bed	John Slonaker	June 2005 68 kB	Operations
Non-Destructive Measurement of Pavement Layer Thickness	Joe Holland (Pavement Research Group)	June 2005 172 kB	Structures
Simulation of a Mobile Crane's Dynamic Load Using the CraneSim Program	Joe Holland (Pavement Research Group)	June 2005 453 kB	Structures
Development and Crash Testing of a See-Through Steel Bridge Rail	John Jewell Roadside Safety Research Group	May 2005 115 kB	Operations
Development and Crash Testing of a Bridge Rail Transition Barrier	John Jewell Roadside Safety Research Group	Mar. 2005 799 kB	Structures
Intelligent Roadway Magnetic Reference Sensing System Enhances Outlook for Vehicle Guidance and Control	UC Davis	Mar. 2005 301 kB	Maintenance
Wireless Network Sends Real-Time Kinematic GPS Differential Signals Enabling New Applications	UC Davis	May 2004	Maintenance
Two Studies on Impacts of Highway Culverts on Salmon and Steelhead	Harold Hunt	Oct. 2003 129 kB	Environmental
Truck Scheduling for Ground to Air Connectivity: Final Report	Randolph W. Hall	Oct. 2003 9.6 kB	Structures
Caltrans GPS Monitoring System Tracks Deformations During Full-Scale Earthquake Tests	Loren Turner (GeoResearch Group)	Aug. 2003 456 kB	Structures
LIDAR Technology Provides An Advanced Tool for Landslide Mapping in Heavily Forested Terrain	Ali Porbaha (GeoResearch Group)	June 2003 466 kB	Structures
Lateral Load Tests Of Pile Groups Lead to Improved Design Recommendations	Tom Shantz (GeoResearch Group)	May 2003 270 kB	Structures
Swedish Research Reports on Soil Stabilization Translated for U.S. Designers	Ali Porbaha (GeoResearch Group)	Apr. 2003 279 kB	Structures
New Landslide Hazard Maps Demonstrate Value for Big Sur Coast Highway Management Plan	Cliff Roblee (GeoResearch Group)	Mar. 2003 451 kB	Structures
Corridor-Scale Landslide Hazard Maps Provide Big Picture for Planning and Mitigation	Cliff Roblee (GeoResearch Group)	Feb. 2003 648 kB	Structures
Portable Field Mapping Systems Expedite Response Time After Landslides	Loren Turner (GeoResearch Group)	Jan. 2003 106 kB	Structures
ShakeMap and GIS Technologies Demonstrated to Expedite Caltrans Earthquake Response	Loren Turner (GeoResearch Group)	Dec. 2002 550 kB	Structures