Development of Trajectory Planning Systems, Learning-based Control Methods for CAVs, and a Data-driven Optimal Controller

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Development of Trajectory Planning Systems, Learning-based Control Methods for CAVs, and a Data-driven Optimal Controller Overview The current Statewide Active Transportation Demand Management (ATDM) program is nearing the end of its contract period. This assignment will assist NYSDOT in setting a strategic direction and executing a procurement strategy for a new Statewide Mobility Services Program,…

Quantifying and Visualizing City Truck Route Network Efficiency Using a Virtual Testbed

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Quantifying and Visualizing City Truck Route Network Efficiency Using a Virtual Testbed Overview Cities like NYC and Seattle need to deal with significant growth of urban deliveries as a result of increasing e-commerce compounded by increased stay-at-home behavior due to COVID-19. Even with the production of vaccines and a return to “normality” in the next…

Understanding, Modeling and Presenting the Impact of Various Endogenous & Exogenous Factors on Mobility in New York City

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Understanding, Modeling and Presenting the Impact of Various Endogenous & Exogenous Factors on Mobility in New York City Overview The multi-modal nature of transportation in NYC presents choices to users such as fixed-route public transit systems (e.g., subway and bus), on-demand taxi, and bike-sharing (e.g., Citibike). However, the usage of each of these modes depends…

Integration and Operation of an Advanced Weigh-in-Motion (A-WIM) System for Autonomous Enforcement of Overweight Trucks

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Integration and Operation of an Advanced Weigh-in-Motion (A-WIM) System for Autonomous Enforcement of Overweight Trucks Overview Roadways in New York City handle substantial daily traffic throughout different boroughs. Trucks have been an integral part of the freight movement network in distributing goods and services to various communities; however, a percentage of these trucks are often…

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Air Quality in the NYC Subway System

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A Comprehensive Analysis of the Air Quality in the NYC Subway System Overview Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) air pollution is one of the leading risk factors for global disease burden, including respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, and mental health disorders. These include asthma, heart disease, diabetes, as well as bipolar disorder, and anxiety. The mechanism…

Quantifying and Visualizing City Truck Route Network Efficiency Using a Virtual Testbed

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Quantifying and Visualizing City Truck Route Network Efficiency Using a Virtual Testbed Overview Cities like NYC and Seattle need to deal with significant growth of urban deliveries as a result of increasing e-commerce compounded by increased stay-at-home behavior due to COVID-19. Even with the production of vaccines and a return to “normality” in the next…

Autonomous Vehicle Good Citizenry Standard

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Autonomous Vehicle Good Citizenry Standard Overview New York City is moving toward a more efficient, safer, and sustainable future that includes autonomous vehicles for transit, e-commerce, and medical transport. However, autonomy often runs on incomplete or flawed foundations: training data sets might not prepare vehicles to “see” people of color; transit shuttles may operate without…

Digital Twin Technologies Towards Understanding the Interactions between Transportation and other Civil Infrastructure Systems

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Digital Twin Technologies Towards Understanding the Interactions between Transportation and other Civil Infrastructure Systems Overview Digital Twin (DT) technology represents the next evolution in a gradual shift from physical to digital models in civil engineering. Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) revolutionized the industry by reducing the time and costs associated with documenting the design. Building Information Modeling…

Exploring AI-based Video Segmentation and Saliency Computation to Optimize Imagery-acquisition From Moving Vehicles

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Exploring AI-based Video Segmentation and Saliency Computation to Optimize Imagery-acquisition From Moving Vehicles Overview Mobile sensing has offered efficient, cost-effective data collection procedures that opened new research frontiers, specifically in urban sensing and transportation. In the past, due to highly costly and time-consuming data collection procedures, a limited number of urban indicators were measured and…

Collaborative Driving, Ramp Metering and Mean-field Controls

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Collaborative Driving, Ramp Metering and Mean-field Controls Overview ADAS and autonomous vehicles allow new control paradigms in traffic management. As the time horizon for driverless cars technology shifted forward in the future, collaborative driving and communication open new possibilities in the next 5-10y to realize control policies aimed at increasing safety, reducing congestion, and dissipate…