CCRPC Bicycle Count Program Evaluation and Data Analysis
This project: 1) determines the progress that has been made on the CCRPC’s Active Transportation Plan since its adoption in 2017 and updates the priority recommendation; and 2) develops a comprehensive bicycle count program for the CCRPC by reviewing and identifying gaps in existing data and reviewing best practices in bicycle data collection.
Project Team: Gregory Rowangould, Rose O'Brien, and Eliana Fox
Project Sponsor: Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission
Effect of E-bike Use on Route Choice and Bicycle Infrastructure Preference
This project aims to understand the differences in how Vermonters using conventional and e-bikes choose their bicycle routes, the types of trips they make on bicycles, how safe they feel while riding and their preferences for different types of bicycle facilities and street designs.
Principal Investigator: Stephen Montaño
Project Sponsors: University of Vermont and Federal Highway Administration
Cool and Sustainable Sidewalks
Our technical challenge is to design a sidewalk that can be built using recycled and less energy- and carbon-intensive materials with the thinnest possible thickness, to reduce material use and limit heat storage capacity. By revisiting the materials and techniques that cities and towns use to build sidewalks, we believe it is possible to identify more durable, environmentally sustainable, and cost-effective approaches than are commonly used today.
Principal Investigator: Gregory Rowangould
Co-Investigators: Brittany Antonczak, Claude Morelli, Mahmoud Taha, Moneeb Genedy, Stephen Montaño, and Patience Raby
Project Sponsor: EPA
Evaluating the Timeline of Particulate Matter Exposure from Urban Transportation and Land-Use Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Strategies Using a Novel Modeling Framework
The aim of the proposed research is to create a clearer picture of how changes in land-use patterns and transportation systems affect population exposure to particulate matter (PM) pollution from vehicle traffic. The research also aims to understand how the timing of land use and transportation system changes, particularly those strategies intended to mitigate climate change, affect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and cumulative exposure to PM emissions. Finally, the research will consider how well changes in PM emission inventories, which are widely used to assess improvements in air quality, correspond to changes in PM exposure.
Principal Investigator: Gregory Rowangould
Project Sponsor: EPA
Modeling Electric Vehicle Charging Scenarios for New York and New England
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This project aims to utilize detailed travel behavior data to calculate time-specific regional demand for electric vehicle charging, specifically for the New York/New England region.
Principal Investigator: Jonathon Dowds
Project Sponsor: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
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The 2021 Vermont Transportation Energy Profile
The 2016 Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan (CEP) included three goals and nine supporting objectives for reducing transportation sector energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The 2021 Vermont Transportation Energy Profile will be the fifth installment of a biennial reporting series that evaluates Vermont's progress toward achieving these transportation sector goals and objectives.
Principal Investigator: Jonathon Dowds
Project Sponsor: Vermont Agency of Transportation
Measuring Adhesion Between Binders and Aggregates Using Particle Probe Scanning Force Microscopy at Low Temperatures
This project will measure adhesion between plain binders and aggregate minerals at low temperatures, and measure adhesion between modified binders and aggregate minerals at low temperatures.
Principal Investigator: Ting Tan
Project Sponsor: Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center
I-89 2050 Study
This study conducts a comprehensive evaluation of the Interstate 89 corridor through Chittenden County out to a design horizon year of 2050 and develop a suite of policy, planning, and infrastructure recommendations that align with stakeholder-identified Vision, Goals, and Objectives for the corridor.
Principal Investigator: James Sullivan
Project Sponsor: VHB
The Vermont Travel Model: Year 14 (2021-2022)
The statewide travel-demand model to addresses key traffic, regional travel, and policy questions for a variety of stakeholders. The work planned for Year 14 of this project includes efforts to continue the improvement of the Model functionality, accuracy, and effectiveness, building on its base-year of 2010.
Principal Investigator: James Sullivan
Project Sponsor: Vermont Agency of Transportation
A new method of determining payment for in-place concrete with double-bounded compressive strength pay factors
The goal of this project is to develop a new method of enforcing pay factors for payment of in-place CCS that does not rely on the Gaussian distribution and allows for the use of asymmetrical set of pay factors.
Principal Investigators: James Sullivan, David Novak, and Eric Hernandez
Project Sponsor: Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center
Synthesis of Technical Requirements and Considerations for Automated Snowplow Route Optimization
This project’s goal was to expedite the process for states to procure an automated snowplow route optimization program vendor by providing a list of technical requirements and considerations that states can use to build their RFP.
Principal Investigator: James Sullivan
Quantifying Correlations Between Winter Severity, Pavement Conditions, and Snow and Ice Control Cost
This Add-On project allowed an opportunity to quantify relationships among winter severity, SIC costs, and SIC performance to make data driven decisions about SIC budgeting, where SIC activities can be improved, and how SIC resources can best be utilized.
Principal Investigators: James Sullivan, Jonathon Dowds, Mitchell Robinson
Project Sponsor: Vermont Agency of Transportation