Faster, smarter tools, cutting-edge data analysis, and interconnectivity. To ease congestion and ensure equitable transportation access for all, CAIT research investigates multiple approaches.
Training & Events
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February 15, 2019Event Category:2019 New Jersey Work Zone Safety Conference
This annual conference is recognized by the New Jersey Legislature as the State's official work zone safety event and promotes work zone safety awareness on our local and state roadways to a multi-disciplinary audience of construction, maintenance and operations, engineering, and public safety personnel.
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NJLTAP - Engineering and Traffic Studies
This course will review basic concepts in probability and statistics and their application in designing traffic control features and regulating traffic.
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Traffic Control Coordinator Program
UPDATE - DELAYED OPENING. Sign in will begin at 9 o'clock. This four-day program is designed for experienced highway work zone personnel who seek training in work zone traffic control.
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Traffic Control Coordinator Program
This four-day program is designed for experienced highway work zone personnel who seek training in work zone traffic control.
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Traffic Control Coordinator Program
This four-day program is designed for experienced highway work zone personnel who seek training in work zone traffic control.
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Traffic Control Coordinator Program
This four-day program is designed for experienced highway work zone personnel who seek training in work zone traffic control.
News
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CAIT Awarded $3.5 million from USDOT UTC program
Rutgers’ CAIT was awarded a $3.5 million grant from USDOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration under the University Transportation Center (UTC) program. This is the third time CAIT has successfully competed to retain its UTC status.
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CAIT experts testify before NJ Assembly transportation committee
CAIT director Dr. Ali Maher and civil engineering professor Dr. Franklin Moon offered their thoughts on New Jersey infrastructure and encouraged lawmakers to view researchers in higher education as a resource and partner for finding solutions to the state’s pressing issues.
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CAIT research prompts lawmakers to improve mobility for NJ adults with ASD
A CAIT research report spurred legislation to establish a task force to examine difficulties that adults with developmental disabilities face just getting around.
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CAIT chosen to lead USDOT Region 2 University Transportation Center
The Region 2 UTC consortium is focusing on developing practical tools and methods to improve infrastructure health, durability, and resilience. Partners are: Atlantic Cape Community College, Columbia, Cornell, NJIT, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Princeton, Rowan, SUNY–Farmingdale, and University at Buffalo.
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Every Day Counts round five initiatives announced
FHWA acting administrator Brandye Hendrickson has announced the fifth round of the agency’s Every Day Counts (EDC) program, 10 selected proven, yet underutilized innovations to enhance safety, reduce congestion, shorten project timelines, and improve sustainability.
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Improving work zones every day, in every way
FHWA has developed a comprehensive set of programs, strategies, and tools for managing safer, smarter, more efficient temporary traffic control. How can you start using them?
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Do big trucks equal big problems in work zones?
About 25 percent of fatal accidents in work zones involve large commercial vehicles. That’s about one fatality every three days. According to Texas A&M research, there are two main categories for countermeasures that could bring this number down.
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Governor announces $30 million for NJ towns to improve truck routes
NJDOT announced the first awards in the new Local Freight Impact Fund program totaling $30.1 million to help municipalities safely manage large truck traffic. It is supported by the gas tax that was part of the 2016 TTF reauthorization.
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Governor announces opening of NJ Transportation Infrastructure Bank
The Murphy administration announced that the New Jersey Transportation Infrastructure Bank is now offering low-interest loans to municipalities and counties to help them reduce the overall cost of local transportation projects.
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New Tech Sheets: Strategies to Improve Pedestrian Safety
EDC-4 Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) tech sheets, complete with stats and clear graphics, provide information on safety benefits and design considerations for five STEP countermeasures.
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New Tool for Work Zone ITS Implementation
FHWA offers a new, free tool to help with data collection and decision making when it comes to implementing intelligent transportation systems in construction and maintenance work zones.
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Are they dreaming, or could this group make traffic deaths a thing of the past?
The goal of “Road to Zero” is to eliminate traffic fatalities by 2050. Coalition members develop priorities; take action individually and collaboratively; and encourage partners and stakeholders to help ensure safe mobility for all people.
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Recap: 2017 Work Zone Safety Conference
Roadway work crews face many dangers: inattentive drivers, hazardous dust, night work, and soon, autonomous vehicles. More than 250 construction, engineering, public works, and law enforcement pros gathered at the NJ Work Zone Safety Conference, held each year in conjunction with National Work Zone Awareness Week.
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Ride-sharing apps offer viable commuter solutions in New Jersey
Ride-sharing services are beginning to integrate with existing public transit to provide multimodal transportation for commuters. APTA published a study showing services like Uber and Lyft can complement fixed routes of traditional transit.
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Good road design is good for safety
Roadway departure crashes are among the most severe type of motor vehicle accidents. There are many contributing factors to these crashes and several safety measures that can reduce the number and/or severity of run-off-road and head-on collisions that occur when a vehicle strays from its proper travel lane.
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Safe Routes to School application deadline extended
NJDOT officials extended the application deadline for the federally-funded Safe Routes to School grants to September 18, 2018, giving schools additional time to gather information they need to be eligible for a grant.
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New USDOT Strategic Plan Released
NJDOT has released its strategic plan, establishing its organizational objectives for 2018–2022. It reflects the Secretary’s priorities for achieving the agency’s mission through four strategic goals; Safety, Infrastructure, Innovation, and Accountability.
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USDOT taps CAIT to go “beyond traffic”
Beyond Traffic 2045 presents USDOT’s is the most comprehensive report in decades to outline current and anticipated U.S. transportation needs. With its record for unique products and solutions, CAIT nabbed a slot as one of only 18 Beyond Traffic Innovation Centers.
Research
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Cloud-Based Virtual Traffic Sensor Network with 511 CCTV Traffic Video Stream
The proposed research will develop a cloud-computing platform for state-wide traffic video data analytics. The platform will use the existing 511 CCTV traffic video streams to generate traffic flow and occupancy data to enrich the existing TRANSCOM data feed primarily containing travel time and event data. The added flow…
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Impact Assessments of Automated Truck Platooning on Highway Traffic Flow and Adjacent Drivers
The primary goal of this research is to examine the effectiveness of ATP implementation on a major interstate highway carrying freight traffic under various traffic conditions, given managed strategies. ATP managed lane strategies would include:
- ATP-dedicated lane on the left-most lane
- ATP-dedicated…
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Short Line Rail: Its Role in Intermodalism and Distribution
The purpose of this project is to investigate the potential role of short line railroads in the U.S. to perform intermodal terminal operations and distribute/pick-up containers/trailers in metropolitan areas. Included in this project is an investigation of the potential for short line railroads to serve industrial parks …
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Quantifying Non-Recurring Delay on New York City’s Arterial Highways
The project will help NYSDOT and NYCDOT better quantify and predict the non-recurring delay (NRD) from incidents on the City’s highway network. NRD is a substantial portion of the total delay that occurs within the City and it can be mitigated through various actions. If NYSDOT and NYCDOT can better predict NRD and tra…
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based Traffic Monitoring and Management
The proposed study includes two phases: system development phase and field test phase. One key resource available to the investigation team is the FAA approved UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) test side expected to be operational by the summer of 2014. The test site is planned to be located in the East Jersey area, and curre…
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The Impact of Tolls on Access and Travel Patterns of Different Socioeconomic Groups: A Study for the Greater New York Metropolitan Area
This research will analyze data from the 2011 household travel survey for the Greater New York Metropolitan area, conducted by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) and the North Jersey Tran…
The Impact of Tolls on Access and Travel Patterns of Different Socioeconomic Groups: A Study for the Greater New York Metropolit
This research will analyze data from the 2011 household travel survey for the Greater New York Metropolitan area, conducted by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) and the North Jersey Tran…
Development of a Methodological Framework for Optimal Truck Highway Parking Location and Capacity Expansion
This research will synthesize and integrate the prior related work into a quantitative (or semi-quantitative) framework. Two major approaches will be adopted and developed. 1) Cost-benefit analysis (CBA): quantitative analysis and evaluation of the dominating economic, social and environmental factors in terms of costs a…
Collaborative Proposal: Resilience: Definitions, Measurement, Tools, and Research Opportunities
The goal of this project is to develop a road map for research through CAIT on transportation infrastructure resilience.Evaluation of Real-Time Parking Information Dissemination on Energy Consumption and Environment Pollution
The project is proposed to expand the previous efforts (by WinLab-Rutgers) performed on Parking Guidance and Information System (ParkNet) and assess the effect of real-time dissemination of on-street parking information using mobile connectivity on the gas emission and consequently the environment pollution. The research…
ADA Paratransit Service Area Geographic Realignment
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires public transit agencies to provide paratransit service to individuals who are unable to use fixed-route buses because of their disability. New Jersey first introduced Access Link paratransit in 1993; in compliance with the law, the system fully shadowed the NJ TRANSIT lo…
New Jersey Congestion, Security, and Safety Initiative
The purpose of this project was to examine the relationship between effective national transportation congestion, security, and safety technology transfer applications. Next, a comparison was made between national trends and the conditions found in New Jersey; then the most appropriate solution was implemented.
Wh…
The Future of Transportation Modeling
The scope of this study is to determine the new trends and approaches in transportation modeling and assist transportation professionals in reviewing features of alternative software packages, evaluating them, and comparing their capabilities. Information for selected packages has been collected through publicly availabl…
Evaluation Study of New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s Time of Day Pricing Initiative
In September 2000, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority introduced E-ZPass technology along with the first stage of its time of day pricing program. In January 2003, toll levels for each time period and vehicle type were increased as part of the second stage of the NJ Turnpike time of day pricing program. The project had th…
Evaluation of Adaptive Control Strategies for NJ Highways
In this project, a prototype knowledge-based expert system (KBES) integrated with a Geographical Information System (GIS) is developed. Geomedia Pro is used as the GIS interface for data entry. A software bridge is also implemented to ensure swift data exchange between Synchro, which is a commercial signal optimization s…
Utilizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Infrastructure Management
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to inspect, inventory, and monitor interchange assets within New Jersey’s road network. The team will use UAS to collect video and photographic data to do preliminary inspections on multiple components of the interchange, including s…
Transportation cost modeling for U.S. soybean exports
Moving soybeans and other commodities is a complex operation, often involving multiple production sites and distribution hubs and multimodal transportation. A new trend is moving smaller units of soybeans in shipping containers. Dr. Yun Bai modeled a range of scenarios to see if this emerging trend is cost effective.-
Cloud-Based Virtual Traffic Sensor Network with 511 CCTV Traffic Video Stream
The proposed research will develop a cloud-computing platform for state-wide traffic video data analytics. The platform will use the existing 511 CCTV traffic video streams to generate traffic flow and occupancy data to enrich the existing TRANSCOM data feed primarily containing travel time and event data. The added flow…
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Impact Assessments of Automated Truck Platooning on Highway Traffic Flow and Adjacent Drivers
The primary goal of this research is to examine the effectiveness of ATP implementation on a major interstate highway carrying freight traffic under various traffic conditions, given managed strategies. ATP managed lane strategies would include:
- ATP-dedicated lane on the left-most lane
- ATP-dedicated…
-
Short Line Rail: Its Role in Intermodalism and Distribution
The purpose of this project is to investigate the potential role of short line railroads in the U.S. to perform intermodal terminal operations and distribute/pick-up containers/trailers in metropolitan areas. Included in this project is an investigation of the potential for short line railroads to serve industrial parks …
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Quantifying Non-Recurring Delay on New York City’s Arterial Highways
The project will help NYSDOT and NYCDOT better quantify and predict the non-recurring delay (NRD) from incidents on the City’s highway network. NRD is a substantial portion of the total delay that occurs within the City and it can be mitigated through various actions. If NYSDOT and NYCDOT can better predict NRD and tra…
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based Traffic Monitoring and Management
The proposed study includes two phases: system development phase and field test phase. One key resource available to the investigation team is the FAA approved UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) test side expected to be operational by the summer of 2014. The test site is planned to be located in the East Jersey area, and curre…
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The Impact of Tolls on Access and Travel Patterns of Different Socioeconomic Groups: A Study for the Greater New York Metropolitan Area
This research will analyze data from the 2011 household travel survey for the Greater New York Metropolitan area, conducted by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) and the North Jersey Tran…
The Impact of Tolls on Access and Travel Patterns of Different Socioeconomic Groups: A Study for the Greater New York Metropolit
This research will analyze data from the 2011 household travel survey for the Greater New York Metropolitan area, conducted by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) and the North Jersey Tran…
Development of a Methodological Framework for Optimal Truck Highway Parking Location and Capacity Expansion
This research will synthesize and integrate the prior related work into a quantitative (or semi-quantitative) framework. Two major approaches will be adopted and developed. 1) Cost-benefit analysis (CBA): quantitative analysis and evaluation of the dominating economic, social and environmental factors in terms of costs a…
Collaborative Proposal: Resilience: Definitions, Measurement, Tools, and Research Opportunities
The goal of this project is to develop a road map for research through CAIT on transportation infrastructure resilience.Evaluation of Real-Time Parking Information Dissemination on Energy Consumption and Environment Pollution
The project is proposed to expand the previous efforts (by WinLab-Rutgers) performed on Parking Guidance and Information System (ParkNet) and assess the effect of real-time dissemination of on-street parking information using mobile connectivity on the gas emission and consequently the environment pollution. The research…
ADA Paratransit Service Area Geographic Realignment
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires public transit agencies to provide paratransit service to individuals who are unable to use fixed-route buses because of their disability. New Jersey first introduced Access Link paratransit in 1993; in compliance with the law, the system fully shadowed the NJ TRANSIT lo…
New Jersey Congestion, Security, and Safety Initiative
The purpose of this project was to examine the relationship between effective national transportation congestion, security, and safety technology transfer applications. Next, a comparison was made between national trends and the conditions found in New Jersey; then the most appropriate solution was implemented.
Wh…
The Future of Transportation Modeling
The scope of this study is to determine the new trends and approaches in transportation modeling and assist transportation professionals in reviewing features of alternative software packages, evaluating them, and comparing their capabilities. Information for selected packages has been collected through publicly availabl…
Evaluation Study of New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s Time of Day Pricing Initiative
In September 2000, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority introduced E-ZPass technology along with the first stage of its time of day pricing program. In January 2003, toll levels for each time period and vehicle type were increased as part of the second stage of the NJ Turnpike time of day pricing program. The project had th…
Evaluation of Adaptive Control Strategies for NJ Highways
In this project, a prototype knowledge-based expert system (KBES) integrated with a Geographical Information System (GIS) is developed. Geomedia Pro is used as the GIS interface for data entry. A software bridge is also implemented to ensure swift data exchange between Synchro, which is a commercial signal optimization s…
Utilizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Infrastructure Management
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to inspect, inventory, and monitor interchange assets within New Jersey’s road network. The team will use UAS to collect video and photographic data to do preliminary inspections on multiple components of the interchange, including s…
Transportation cost modeling for U.S. soybean exports
Moving soybeans and other commodities is a complex operation, often involving multiple production sites and distribution hubs and multimodal transportation. A new trend is moving smaller units of soybeans in shipping containers. Dr. Yun Bai modeled a range of scenarios to see if this emerging trend is cost effective.
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