Research Projects (2006-07)

Colorado State University

• MPC-273: Low-Cost Soft Crash Barriers
• MPC-274: Beneficial Use of Waste Tire Rubber in Low-Volume Road and Bridge Construction
• MPC-275: Z-Spike Rejuvenation to Salvage Timber Railroad Bridge Members
• MPC-276: Use of Salvaged Utility Poles in Roadway Bridges
• MPC-277: Safety Factor Increase to Fatigue Limit States through Shear Spiking for Timber Railroad Bridge Rehabilitation
• MPC-278: Bus-Stop Shelters-Improved Safety

North Dakota State University

• Tribal Transit Coordination Workshop
• Agricultural Trucking Conference
• Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) Database and Model Development
• Transportation Safety Conference
• Transportation Security and Border-Crossing Congestion
• MPC-266: Small Urban and Rural Transportation
• MPC-267: Estimating Local Economic Impacts of Rail Investments and Rail Capacity Constraints in the HRS Wheat Market
• MPC-268: Accessing International Container Markets from the Northern Plains
• MPC-269: Economic and Environmental Implications of Alternative Fuel Use and Regulations in the Mountain-Plains Region

South Dakota State University

• MPC-279: Structural Applications of Self-Consolidating Concrete
• MPC-280: Bridge Scour in Cohesive Soils
• MPC-281: The Assignment of Chloride Injury from De-Icing Salts in Trees Along State Highways in the Black Hills

University of Utah

• MPC-282: Analysis of the I-15 Express Lane Pilot Project - Salt Lake and Utah County
• MPC-283: Seismic Vulnerability and Emergency Response Analyses of UDOT Lifelines
• MPC-284: Adaptive Signal Control V
• MPC-285: Calibration and Validation of I-15 VISSIM model through a Genetic Algorithm

University of Wyoming

• MPC-270: Serviceability Limits and Economical Steel Bridge Design
• MPC-271: A Comprehensive Transportation Safety Evaluation Program in the State of Wyoming
• MPC-272: Use of Wind Power Maps to Establish Fatigue Design Criteria for Traffic Signal and Variable Message Structures