Completed Research

Year 1 Research Projects:

01-01: Synthesis of National Transportation Asset Management Practices
01-02: Evaluation of Near Transportation Private Sector Asset Management Practices
01-03: Evaluation of Transportation Outsourcing: Decision Making Criteria for Outsourcing Opportunities

Year 2 Research Projects:

02-01: Optimal Resource Allocation For The Purchase Of New Buses And The Rebuilding Of Existing Buses As A Part Of A Transit Asset Management Strategy For State DOTs
02-02: Develop a Multi-objective Decision Support Framework for Transportation Investments
02-03: Optimizing Transportation Investments Within the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO)/Sawyer County (SC) Transit System
02-04: Long-Range Optimal Deployment of ITS Strategies: Concept Definition
02-05: Best Practices for linking strategic planning to resource allocation and implementation decisions using elements of a transportation asset management program (Approved October 2001)
02-06: Evaluation of Shipper Requirements and Potential Cargo Required to Establish a Rail-Truck-Marine Intermodal Terminal in the Twin Ports of Superior, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota (Approved October 2001)

Year 3 Research Projects:

03-01: Capital Preventative Maintenance (Transportation Asset Management Research Program Pooled Fund)
03-02: Synthesis of Best Practices for the Development of an Integrated Data and Information Management Approach
03-03: A Regional Traffic Simulation/Assignment Model for Evaluation of Transit Performance and Asset Utilization

Year 4 Research Projects:

04-01: GIS Tool to Measure Performance of Winter Highway Operations
04-02: Providing a Continuous, Real-Time Evaluation of the Columbus Metropolitan Freeway Management System
04-03: Infrastructure Management Decision-Making with Condition Data Generated by Remote Sensors: A Time Series Framework
04-04: Incorporating Road Safety into Pavement Management: Maximizing Surface Friction for Road Safety Improvements
04-05: Optimal and Near-Optimal Resource Allocation for Transportation Infrastructure Protection

Year 5 Research Projects: Approved April 2004

05-01: Transportation Asset Management Threshold Levels (Transportation Asset Management Pooled Fund)
05-02: Vehicle Classification from Single Loop Detectors
05-03: Business and Site Specific Trip Generation Methodology for Truck Trips
05-04: Accelerated Construction Decision-Making Process for Bridges
05-05: Use of functional silos to optimize agency decision making (approved July 2004)

Year 6 Research Projects:

06-01: Maintenance Quality Assurance Peer Exchange – Synthesis of Activities (Transportation Asset Management Pooled Fund)
06-02: Documenting Training Opportunities Related to Transportation Asset Management (Transportation Asset Management Pooled Fund)
06-03: Rail to Truck Modal Shift: Impact of Increased Freight Traffic on Pavement Maintenance Costs
06-04: Development of a Guide to Statistics for Maintenance Quality Assurance Programs in Transportation
06-05: Meaningful Use of Collected Local Roads Data and Information
06-06: Measuring the Benefits of Implementing Asset Management Systems and Tools
06-07: Guidelines for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Bicycle Facilities: Refining Methods for Estimating the Effect of Bicycle Infrastructure on Use and Property Value
06-08: An Asset Management Approach for Drainage Infrastructure and Culverts
06-09: Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study-Phase II
06-10: COMPASS 2005 Data Analysis and Reporting
06-11: Library Connectivity Pooled Fund Administrative and Marketing Services

Year 7 Research Projects:

07-01: Development of Regional Pavement Performance Database for Validation and Local Calibration of the Prediction Models Used in the New AASHTO Pavement Design Guide
07-02: Community Maps Prototype Project
07-03: A Wisconsin Evaluation of a Tool to Estimate the Economic Development Benefits of Highway Projects
07-04: Frozen Road Operation Improvements
07-05: Measuring Access to Public Transportation Service
07-06: Developing the Emerging Development Pressure Index for Wisconsin
07-07: Activity-Based Travel-Demand Analysis for Metropolitan Areas in Texas: CEMDAP Models, Framework, Software Architecture and Application Results
07-08: Corrosion Protection Performance of Epoxy – Coated Reinforcing Bars
07-09: Asset Management and Metropolitan Planning Organizations
07-10: Optimal Investment Decision-Making For Highway Transportation Asset Management Under Risk And Uncertainty
07-11: Database Development for a Hot-Mix Asphalt Pavement Performance Analysis System
07-12: Cost per Mile for Routine Highway Operations and Maintenance
07-13: Field Performance of Concrete Deck and Crack Sealers
07-14: Guidelines for the Preventative Maintenance of Bridges
07-15: Use of Trenchless Technologies for a Comprehensive Asset Management of Culverts and Drainage Structures

Year 8 Research Projects:

08-01: COMPASS 2006-2007
08-02: Managing Wisconsin’s Freight System by Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Timber Bridges with Composite Materials
08-03: Benefit-Cost Analysis Framework for Evaluating Inter-City Transit Investment
08-04: Strategies for Appropriately Allocating Risk on Transportation Projects
08-05: Methods for Implementing Innovative Transportation Project Delivery Systems
08-06: A Methodology for Integrating Roadway Safety Hardware Management into the Overall Highway Asset Management Program
08-07: Guidelines for the Implementation of a Bridge Health Index
08-08: Materials Characterization and Analysis of the Marquette Interchange Project
08-09: Use of AVL Technology to Optimize Transit Service Restoration Strategies
08-10: Scoping Data Access and Integration Needs to Facilitate Better Management of Research Innovation
08-11: Rethinking Bridge Deck Longevity and Maintenance with Portland Cement Polymer Concrete
08-12: Community Maps Pilot Project – Phase II
08-13: Managing State & Local Transportation Assets: A Short Course Offered via Distance
08-14: Traffic Operations Asset Management Systems
08-15: Maintenance Quality Assurance Peer Exchange 2

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