2014 Spring Meeting

Austin

Sheraton Capitol
Anna Martin, Alex Reyna, LAC Chair
Social Event: Stubb's BBQ

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Presentations

Session 1: Interacting with Policy Makers

  • Will Conley, Hays County
  • Bob Daigh, Williamson County
  • Robert Spillar, City of Austin
  • Richard Suttle, Armbrust & Brown, PLLC
  • Jody Short, City of Colleyville/Lee Engineering
  • Beverly Silas, CapMetro/Beverly Silas and Associates

Session 3A: What the Tech!

Mike Hutchison, ITS PlusPLM Technology: The Elimination of Pulling Power/Coax Cables for VIVDS Intersections
Arnold McLaughlin, Texas Highway ProductsHigh Density Cabinet -337 HDC/ATC w/HD Components
Bill Marshall, EltecHybrid Crosswalk (HAWK) and Emergency Vehicle Hybrid Systems
Gary Nesbitt, Emerson Network PowerEmerson (aka EDC) Continues to "Surge" Ahead

Session 3B: Round and Round We Go

John Denholm, Lee EngineeringA Review of Speeds at Roundabouts in North Texas
Alozno Linan, City of Fort Worth and Chris Bosco, Freese and NicholsFort Worth Roundabout Program
Mark Lenters, GHD Inc.Roundabout Design Heuristics
Steve Miller, HNTBRoundabout Planning Along I-35 in Austin

Session 4A: Our State, Our Region -A Look at Regional Planning Across the State

Cameron Walker, MOTORBoom, Bust or Somewhere in Between?
Jeff Taebel, H-GACOur Great Region 2040 Plan
Jennifer Duthie, Center for Transportation Research and Cynthia Long, Williamson CountUse of Dynamic Traffic Assignment for Planning in Williamson County
Natalie Bettger, NCTCOGRegional Planning for Operations in Dallas-Fort Worth

Session 4B: The Future in Transportation

Jason Wagner, Texas A&M Transportation InstituteAutomated Vehicles: The Future Is Near
Kay Fitzpatrick, Texas A&M Transportation InstituteGazing at Rapid Flashing Beacons: Preliminary Findings from FHWA Studies
Darren McDaniel, Derryk Blasig/Dustin Wiggins, TxDOTVariable Speed Limit Pilot Project
Mike Brown, Southwest Research InstituteSwRI Connected Vehicle Affiliated Test Bed

Session 5A: DMS, ATMS, ITS, Oh My!

Koushik Arunachalam, Arcadis USAn Innovative Approach to Proactively Evaluate Safety Performance of Future Transportation Projects
Jamie Mackey, Utah DOTAutomated Traffic Signal Performance Measures
Jory Dille, NCTCOG2014 Survey Results of DFW Area Incident Management
Matthew Hotelling, Town of Flower MoundFlower Mound ATMS

Session 5B: Letgo my NACTO!

Jeffrey Riegner, Whitman, Requardt and AssociatesIntroduction to Complete Streets
Nathan Wilkes, City of AustinApplying NACTO’s Urban Bikeway Design Guide
Jim Robertson, City of AustinApplying NACTO’s Urban Street Design Guide

Session Student Poster Presentations

Santosh Danda, Texas A&M UniversityEmpirical Measurements of Travelers’ Value of Travel time Reliability
Yanfen Zhou, Texas A&M UniversitySafety Assessment of Interstate 35 Austin, Texas (Travis County)
Peija Tang, Texas Southern UniversityEffect of Driving Behaviors on Emissions in Eco-driving at Intersections
Walter Council, Texas Southern UniversityApplication of the City of Houston’s Transit Corridor Development Ordinance along METRO’s Light Rail Corridors
Qing Li, Texas Southern UniversityImpacts of V2I Communication System on Brake Response and the Change of Vehicle’s Kinetic Energy
Tyler Beduhn, University of Texas at AustinA Transit Route Choice Model for Application in Dynamic Transit Assignment
Jake Gutekunst, University of Texas at AustinAn Empirical Delay Model for Dynamic Traffic Assignment Applications