2007 Winter Meeting
Houston
Crowne Plaza Downtown
Stuart Corder, LAC Chair
Social Event: Cajun cooking and Zydeco music
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Presentations
Session 1A: Public Image of Transportation |
Chase, Coby (TxDOT) | Talking to Texans About Transportation |
Halvorson, Clifford (TxDOT) | Talking to Houstonians About Transportation |
Ericksen, Scott (San Antonio/Bexar Co MPO) | Public Involvement: The Costs and the Benefits |
Session 1B: Accommodating Pedestrians in the Urban Environment |
Brewer, Marcus (TTI) | Traffic Control Devices Used at Pedestrian Crossings |
Fitzpatrick, Kay (TTI) | Guidelines for Pedestrian Crossing Treatments: Results from TCRP/NCHRP Project on Improving Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Crossings |
Dumbaugh, Erik (Texas A&M University) | Safe Streets, Livable Streets |
Session 2A: Roundtable: Professional Workforce Development |
Various | Roundtable discussion: No presentations |
Session 2B: Alternative Intersection Treatments |
Stiles, Tom & Sean Merrell (Brown & Gay Engineers) | A Roundabout Way of Solving a Traffic Signal Timing Problem |
Parma, Kelly (Lee Engineering) | Conversion of a Congested All-Way Stop Intersection to Roundabout Control |
Hogue, Norman (City of Waco) & Srinivasa Sunkari (TTI) | Operating a Three-Level Diamond Interchange with Four Controllers vs. One Controller - A Case Study |
Session 3: Student Presentations |
Sperry, Ben (Texas A&M University) | Internal Trip Capture for Mixed-Use Developments |
Conway, Allison (University of Texas) | Advanced Technology Use and Inter-Agency Cooperation for Commercial Vehicle Security: A Survey of State Enforcement Authorities |
Vo, Phong (University of Texas at Arlington) | Comparing Quality of Service in Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth Using Two-Fluid Model |
Wang, Ziqianli (Texas Southern University) | On-Road Vehicle Emissions In Beijing, China: An Experimental Study Using PEMS |
Session 4A: TxDOT Research Highlights |
Collins, Rick (TxDOT) | Overview of TxDOT and Federal Research Projects |
Harrison, Rob (CTR) | Planning for Container Growth Along the Houston Ship Channel and Other Texas Seaports |
Parikh, Roy (TxDOT) | Development of Guidelines for Ramp Reversal Projects |
Sunkari, Srinivasa (TTI) | Improving Intersection Safety and Operations Using Advance Warning of End of Green System (AWEGS) |
Session 4B: Rapid Transit through Traffic Engineering |
Arndt, Jeff (TTI) | What IS Bus Rapid Transit, Really? |
Smith, Loyd (Houston METRO) | Regional Computerized Traffic Signal System Supporting Bus Service Improvements in Houston |
Hemingson, Todd (Captial Metropolitan Transit Authority) | BRT Texas Style |
Biba, Steve (DART) | Babystepping Into BRT |