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2017 International Cycling Safety Conference

The 6th annual International Cycling Safety Conference brought together an international group to discuss the most relevant topics on the safety of bicycling in the “Bicycling Capital of the United States,” Davis, CA.

2020 Critical Update to Caltrans Wildfire Vulnerability Analysis

Research Product Type

Research Report

This research project was designed to support efforts within Caltrans in conducting a wildfire vulnerability risk assessment for fuels reduction in the Right of Way to protect Caltrans’ infrastructure and travelers.

A Connected Automation Enabled Cooperative Management Framework for Mixed Traffic

Principal Investigator Zhouqiao Zhao
University of California, Riverside

The goal of this project is to develop a connected automation-enabled cooperative management framework for mixed traffic.

Project Status

Complete

A Connected Automation Enabled Cooperative Management Framework for Mixed Traffic

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

In this dissertation, a cooperative framework for mixed traffic is proposed at both macroscopic and microscopic levels.

A Model for Efficiently Allocating Resources to Mitigate Wildfire Risk along California Roadways

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection produced a Community Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Report in 2019 with a methodology to assess wildfire risk. Caltrans and researchers at the University of California, Davis applied these methods to develop a highway-segment-specific prioritization model for vegetation management within highway rights-of-way.

Advancing Active Transportation Project Evaluation

Principal Investigator Dillon Fitch-Polse, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

In this project, the researchers will conduct data collection and analysis to supplement the California AT Benefit-Cost Tool (or "the BC Tool").

Project Status

In Progress

Analysis of Intelligent Vehicle Technologies to Improve Vulnerable Road Users Safety at Signalized Intersections

Principal Investigator Xiaodong Qian, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This research will develop a simulation tool to help quantify safety improvements from various intelligent vehicle technologies.

Project Status

Complete

Analysis of Intelligent Vehicle Technologies to Improve Vulnerable Road Users Safety at Signalized Intersections

Research Product Type

Research Report

This project aims to know how the Intelligent Vehicle Technologies (IVT) can improve Vulnerable Road Users’ (VRU) safety in different environments and conditions (e.g., sight distance and traffic flow) at signalized intersections.

Analysis of intelligent vehicle technologies to improve vulnerable road users safety at signalized intersections

Research Product Type

Data

This data includes California Office of Traffic Safety rankings and historical crash data needed for macroscopic statistical modeling.

Analyzing Strategies to Improve Work Zone Safety

Principal Investigator Ghazaleh Jafarsalehi
University of California, Davis

This project aims to review the current literature on practices, reports, and manuals to outline existing safety technologies and analyze the effectiveness of the proposed procedure and strategies implemented in work zones by states.

Project Status

In Progress