Multimodal Transportation Division

Research Notes Research Notes are four page summaries of SPR research reports. A Research Note is not written for every report, but are done for many. Select below to read .pdf versions of the Research Notes we have loaded here. 418 Customer-Oriented Level of Service Maintenance Management System 461 Procedures for Winter Storm Maintenance Operations 466(2) Fuzzy Variable Speed Limit Device Modification and Testing -- Phase II 473(1) Arizona Intelligent Vehicle Research Program - Phase One: 1997-2000 473(2) Arizona Intelligent Vehicle Research Program - Phase Two: 2000-2001 473(3) Arizona Intelligent Vehicle Research Program - Phase Two(b): 2001-2002 473(4) Arizona Intelligent Vehicle Research Program - Phase Three: 2002-2003 482 Continuous Evaluation of In-Service Highway Safety Feature Performance 486 Highway Facilities for an Aging Arizona Population Enhancing ADOT's Traffic Data Resource 494 Development and Implementation of Arizona Department of          Transportation (ADOT) Pavement Management System (PMS) 497 Statewide Roadway Incident Management Plan 501 Single Point Urban Interchanges with Frontage Roads 502(1) ADOT Uses for Virtual Private Networking Technology: Phase 1 -- Pre-Pilot Test Report 502(2) ADOT Uses for Virtual Private Networking Technology: Phase 2 -- Final Test Report 503 "State-of-the-Art" Report on Non-Traditional Traffic Counting Methods 504 Arizona Local Government Safety Project Analysis Model 506 What is the Best Way to Address Environmental Justice Issues? 507(1) Survey of Futurist Trends 507(2) Movements in Land-Use Regulations 507(3) Tourism's Impact on Future Transportation Needs 507(4) Technology and ITS: The Implications for Future Transportation 511 Best Practices in Project Management 512 ITS Traffic Data Consolidation System 513 Arizona Alternate Routing Information System 515 Program and Project Financial Management Needs Assessment 516 Impact of Highways on Property Values: Case Study of the Superstition Freeway Corridor 517 Evaluation of Integrated Document Management System (IDMS) Options for ADOT 519 PM10 Research for Developing Educational Tools          and Outreach Programs 526 Coordination of Commercial Vehicle Data Collected by ATC and WIM 528 Estimating the Cost of Overweight Vehicle Travel on Arizona Highways 529 ADOT Information Data Warehouse Application: Evaluation of HERS/ST as a Data Source Component 531 Development of a Plan for Compliance with NCHRP 350 for Temporary Concrete Barriers 534 Digital Signature Feasibility Study 537 Crash Data Collection and Analysis System 539 Third Party Transaction Cost-Benefit Analysis 540 Evaluation of Measures to Minimize Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions and Maintain Permeability          across Highways: Arizona Route 260 542 Congestion Mitigation Resources and Strategies for Arizona's State Highway System 554 Light Use Study for Vertical Channel Devices 556 Evaluation of Off-Ramp Right Turn Control at Single Point Urban Interchanges without Frontage Roads 557 Congestion Mitigation at Railroad-Highway At-Grade Crossings 558 High Risk Crash Analysis 559 New, Improved, Comprehensive, and Automated Driver's License Test and Vision Screening System 561 Transportation Communications Interoperability: Phase 1 - Needs Assessment 562 ITS Technologies and Mature Drivers 568 Arizona Highways Magazine's Impact on Tourism 569 Transportation Communications Interoperability: Phase 2-Resource Evaluation 570 Rural ITS Progress Study - Arizona 2004 572 Evaluation of Benefits and Opportunities for Innovative Noise Barrier Designs 576 US93 Desert Bighorn Sheep Study 578 Dyed Diesel Education and Enforcement 585 Snowplow Simulator Training Evaluation 588 Evaluation of Distribution and Trans-Highway Movement of Desert Bighorn Sheep:          Arizona Highway 68 595 Real-Time Adaptive Ramp Metering – Phase I: MILOS Proof of Concept 596 Technical Evaluation of Photo Speed Enforcement for Freeways 601 A Cost Evaluation of Cross-Border Truck Emissions Testing          Using Heavy Duty Remote Sensing Equipment 614 Origins and Destinations Study of Older Persons 615 ITS Concepts for Rural Corridor Management 620 Developing a Stabilized Public Transportation Revenue Source 627 State of the Art Evaluation of Traffic Detection and Monitoring Systems          Volume 1 - Phases A & B: Design 635 Snowplow Simulator Training Evaluation:          Potential Fuel and Drivetrain Maintenance Cost Reductions