Scholarly Work - Western Transportation Institute
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Supporting Employment Transportation in Southern Georgia
(Western Transportation Institute, 2023-10)The Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC) is a regional planning agency that conducts economic development, regional transportation and environmental planning, local government services, aging programs, workforce ... -
In Search of Simultaneous Benefits of Infrastructure Provisions on Freight & Bicycle Movements
(Western Transportation Institute, 2023-10)The United States has three million miles of rural roadways (U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2000). Some bicyclists enjoy recreating on low-volume rural roadways because they are looking ... -
Public Willingness to Raise Transportation Revenues, Priorities for Transportation Spending, and Preferences for Types of Transportation Revenues: Evidence from Montana’s Billings and Missoula Small Urban Areas
(Western Transportation Institute, 2023-07)This project analyzed public willingness to raise transportation revenues, public priorities for transportation spending, and public preferences for transportation revenue types using recent household travel surveys for ... -
Transportation Planning and Public Health: To What Extent is Health Considered in Rural Local Transportation Plans?
(Western Transportation Institute, 2023-05)Transportation systems can impact both physical and mental health, but the effects of transportation planning decisions on health, beyond safety and air pollution, are often overlooked or undervalued (Litman, 2013). Although ... -
Bees and Butterflies in Roadside Habitats: Identifying Patterns, Protecting Monarchs, and Informing Management
(ITD Reseach Program, 2023-07)Pollinating insects provide vital ecosystem services and are facing global declines and habitat loss . Roadsides are increasingly regarded as important potential areas f or enhancing pollinator habitat. Understanding which ... -
Statewide GNSS-RTN Systems: Current Practices
(Scientific Research Publishing, Inc., 2023-01)The applications of geospatial technologies and positioning data embrace every sphere of modern-day science and industry. With technological advancement, the demands for highly accurate positioning services in real-time ... -
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
(SAGE Publications, 2023-02)Understanding the influence of intersections on operating conditions along connecting roadway segments is important for the analysis of highway facilities and corridors. This study aims at assessing the influence area at ... -
Statewide GNSS-RTN Systems: Current Practices
(Scientific Research Publishing, Inc., 2023-01)The applications of geospatial technologies and positioning data embrace every sphere of modern-day science and industry. With technological advancement, the demands for highly accurate positioning services in real-time ... -
Influence Area at Signalized and Stop-Control Intersections: Operational Analysis
(SAGE Publications, 2023-02)Understanding the influence of intersections on operating conditions along connecting roadway segments is important for the analysis of highway facilities and corridors. This study aims at assessing the influence area at ... -
Animal Vehicle Collision Reduction and Habitat Connectivity Cost Effective Solutions - Final Report
(Nevada Department of Transportation, 2022-07)Wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) are a significant component of overall crashes in the US and Canada. Roads and their traffic also create partial or total barriers to the movement of wildlife, both large and small. There ... -
Best Practices Manual to Reduce Animal-Vehicle Collisions and Provide Habitat Connectivity for Wildlife
(Nevada Department of Transportation, 2022-09)The goal for this manual is to provide practical information for the implementation of mitigation measures that aim to: 1. Improve human safety through reducing collisions with large animals, including large wild mammal ... -
Long-term responses of an ecological community to highway mitigation measures
(Nevada Department of Transportation, 2022-07)In road mitigation systems characterized by multiple wildlife crossing structures (CS) and multiple-focal species, these species-specific design criteria are important to meeting management goals. CS types and locations ... -
The effectiveness of electrified barriers to keep large mammals out of fenced road corridors
(Nevada Department of Transportation, 2022-09)For this project the researchers investigated the effectiveness of different types of electrified barriers for varying traffic volume and traffic speed. Some barriers were investigated for carnivores only, whereas others ... -
Modified jump-outs for white-tailed deer and mule deer
(Nevada Department of Transportation, 2022-09)The height of the jump-outs should be low enough for the target species to readily jump down to the safe side, or the habitat side, of the fence. At the same time, the jump-outs should be high enough to discourage animals ... -
Implementing wildlife fences along highways at the appropriate spatial scale: A case study of reducing road mortality of Florida Key deer
(Pensoft Publishers, 2022-03)Florida Key deer mortality data (1966–2017) showed that about 75% of all reported deer mortalities were related to collisions with vehicles. In 2001–2002, the eastern section of US Hwy 1 on Big Pine Key (Florida, USA) was ... -
Intercity Bus Service Funding and Assessment Methodology
(University of South Florida Libraries, 2012-09)The Federal Transit Administration (FTA)’s 5311(f) program requires that 15 percent of 5311 program funds given to a state be used to develop and support intercity bus (ICB) service. This 15 percent can be waived if the ... -
Final Report 2022: Update and expansion of the WVC mitigation measures and their cost-benefit model
(Nevada Department of Transportation, Carson City, NV, 2022-10)This report contains an update and an expansion of a cost-benefit model for wildlife-vehicle collisions and associated mitigation measures along highways, that was originally calculated in 2007 US$ and published in 2009. ... -
Analyze Business Models for Implementation and Operation of a Statewide GNSSRTN
(Montana Department of Transportation (SPR), 2022-10)The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), commonly known as the global positioning system, has become one of the fastest growing emerging technologies delivering location services to various sectors. The applications ... -
Role of Trusted Sources and Behavioral Beliefs in Promoting Mitigation Behaviors: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic (Preprint)
(JMIR Publications Inc., 2022-02)Background: During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and in preparation for future public health crises, it is important to understand the relationship between individuals’ health beliefs, including their trust in various ... -
Animal Vehicle Collision Reduction and Habitat Connectivity Pooled Fund Study – Literature Review
(Nevada Department of Transportation, 2021-12)This report contains a summary of past research and new knowledge about the effectiveness of mitigation measures aimed at reducing animal-vehicle collisions and at providing safe crossing opportunities for wildlife. The ...
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