Issue link: http://uwashington.uberflip.com/i/193116
This project will address DOT needs for comparable multimodal, multi-objective analysis by: 1. Carefully evaluating the most commonly used approaches by state DOTs, as well as approaches suggested by academic studies, to: 2. Identify the specific challenges to multimodal comparisons, and the areas where comparisons can be made. This will provide the basis for: 3. A gap analysis. -• Project: Near-Road NO2 Monitors • PI: Timothy Larson (UW) Near-road monitoring of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in major urban areas in the U.S. will be required by 2013. It is not yet known exactly how many urban areas will be in attainment of the new NO2 air quality standard, due to a lack of historical near-road monitoring information. The answer is sensitive to the exact siting of these monitors with respect to the roadway and EPA's siting guidance for near-road NO2 monitors is not yet officially established. In this project we will test the feasibility of a relatively new air quality model, the Quick Urban Industrial Complex (QUIC) model as a practical and economical screening tool for assessing near-road NO2 monitoring sites in a complex urban environment. Using the QUIC model, predictions of nitrogen oxides concentrations will be made at locations near Interstate 5 in Seattle. Model performance will be assessed by comparing predictions with accompanying measurements using a mobile monitoring platform. YEAR TWO RESEARCH PROJECTS: Multi-Institution Projects for 2013-14 Education: Refinement and Dissemination of a Digital Platform for Sharing Transportation Education Materials – Phase II (PIs: William Cofer and Shane Brown, WSU) Outreach: Educating Teenage Drivers in the Pacific Northwest Regarding the Dangers of Distracted Driving – Phase II (PI: David S. Hurwitz, OSU) OSU led: Behavior of Drilled Shafts with High-Strength Reinforcement and Casing (Armin Stuedlein, OSU) UAF led: A Platform for Proactive Risk-based Slope Asset Management – Phase II (PI: Keith Cunningham, UAF) UI led: Data Collection and Spatial Interpolation of Bicycle and Pedestrian Data (PI: Michael Lowry, UI) UW led: High Performance Bridge Systems for Lifeline Corridors in the Pacific Northwest (PI: Marc Eberhard, UW) WSU led: Performance-Measure Based Asset Management Tool for Rural Freight Mobility in the Pacific Northwest (PI: Jeremy Sage, WSU) YEAR TWO RESEARCH PROJECTS: Small Projects for 2013-14 OSU Assessing the Capacity of the Pacific Northwest as an Intermodal Freight Transportation Hub (PI: Hectro Vergara, OSU) Development of Improved Corrosion Inspection Procedures for Reinforced Concrete Bridges (PI: O. Burkan Isgor, OSU) 16 Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium