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THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING A VISUALLY8ORIENTED DATABASE OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN AT THE STATE LEVEL UNDER ISTEA. THESE ENHANCEMENTS COULD INCLUDE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS, LANDSCAPING AND SCENIC ENCHANCEMENTS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND MITIGATION OF HIGHWAY RUNOFF IMPACTS ON WATER QUALITY. THE GOAL OF THE DATAB ...

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THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A MICRO-LEVEL STRATEGIC TRANSIT SIMULATION MODEL THAT QUANTIFIES THE DIFFICULT TRADEOFFS BETWEEN COST, PERFORMANCE AND TIME. THE MODEL UTILIZES SYSTEM DYNAMICS TO CAPTURE THE COMPLEX, NON-LINEAR FEEDBACK STRUCTURE THAT GOVERNS SYSTEM BEHAVIOR, INCORPORATING SUCH TRANSIT OPERATIONS AS VEHICLE MANAGEMENT, SERVICE LEVELS, FARES, RIDERSHIP, MARKETING, REVENUES, CONGESTION, POLL ...

EXISTINT TRAFFIC DETECTION EQUIPMENT DOES NOT PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF THEPROPOSED IVHS (INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEM) FUNCTIONS AND IS FRAGMENTED AMONG DIFFERENT SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, DVP PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NEW, DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (DSP)-BASED VEHICLE DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY AIMED AT PROVIDING A FLEXIBLE, HIGHLY-CONFIGURABLE FRAMEWORK FOR THE ECONOMICAL AND ...

AN INCREASING WORLDWIDE AWARENESS OF POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE CLANDESTINE EXPLOSIVES TRANSPORT ONTO AIRCRAFT HAS UNDERSCORED EFFORTS TO DEVELOP METHODS TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE THIS POTENTIAL SOURCE OF AIR DISASTERS. WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AN INCREASED IMPORTANCE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY DIRECTED TOWARD HIGHLY SENSITIVE AND SELECTIVE DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES. RECENT P ...

RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED BY HICHEM CORPORATION, TO DEVELOP A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR PYROLYSIS OF SCRAP TIRES. DISPOSAL OF USED TIRES IS A BIG PROBLEM IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY USA, SINCE MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION TIRES ARE DISCARDED EACH YEAR. MOST OF THESE TIRES ARE DISPOSED IN LANDFILLS. PYROLYSIS OF SCRAP TIRES HELPS TO RECOVER AND REUSE MOST OF THE VALUABLE CHEMICAL AVAILABLE IN TIRES. PYROLYSIS OF S ...

SYSTEMS & ELECTRONICS, INC. (SEI) IS PROPOSING A PROGRAM OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO MANUFACTURE, TEST, INSTALL AND EXPERIMENT WITH AN EFFICIENT, LIGHTWEIGHT, LOW-COST, RELIABLE AIRFRAME CUMULATIVE FATIGUE RECORDING DEVICE THAT CAN EFFECTIVELY BE USED IN MEASURING AIRCRAFT USAGE. THE PROPOSED SYSTEM WILL BE USED ALONG WITH ACCELEROMETERS INSTALLED ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND WILL RECORD AND SEPARAT ...

This proposal suggests research on developing the next generation of consumer experience for Usage Based Insurance (UBI) in an increasingly socially connected world while addressing the need to protect privacy. It also proposes research on methodologies to address this from the perspective of insurance actuarial science. It will enhance Agnik’s current consumer and UBI products through the follo ...

Relocating overhead utilities to the subsurface can effectively reduce safety hazards on national highways and other aboveground living spaces. A typical underground space is, however, congested with buried utilities especially in an urban environment. The recordings of those underground utilities are, furthermore, often inaccurate, incomplete, out of date, or even entirely missing as a result of ...

Traffic congestion on our nation’s transportation network poses a major threat to economic prosperity and our citizens’ quality of life. When dealing with traffic congestion, especially the congestion caused by nonrecurring events, proactively managing the traffic signals in the network can be critical in accommodating the drastically varying traffic demands caused by the non-recurrent event, ...