The Delaware Center for Transportation has published reports on research that has been done for various transportation related issues. In addition to that, you may also find the annual DCT newsletter, TRANSEARCH, which highlights activities and upcoming events. You may browse by research area or search through our databases using the search button on the top right hand corner of this page. The publications are available to download. If you need further assistance, please contact Sandi Wolfe, Sandiw@udel.edu

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ENVIRONMENTAL Back to top

• Development and Testing of a Weed Wiper for Roadside Vegetative Control, October 2002
  Author: William F. Ritter, Department of Bioresources Engineering
  Report # 142
  

PAVEMENT AND MATERIALS Back to top

• Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Hot Mix Asphalt Construction in Delaware, July 2006
  Author: Nii Attoh-Okine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 173
• Service Life Assessment of Concrete with ASR and Possible Mitigation, June 2006
  Author: Nii Attoh-Okine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 172
• An Attempt of Estimating the Resilient Modulus of Construction Materials from Basic Soil Tests, June 2006
  Author: Nii Attoh-Okine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 165
• Sealing Material Research, June 2006
  Author: Nii Attoh-Okine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 161
• Application Novel Renewable Resource Based Advanced Composite Materials in Transportation Infrastructure in Delaware, August 2001
  Author: Richard P. Wool, Department of Chemical Engineering
  Report # 131

• Integrating Transportation/Transit Planning in the Overall Planning Process, June 2009
  Author: Edward O'Donnell & Theodore Patterson, Institute for Public Administration
  Report # 202
• Asset Management as a Strategic Decision-Making Tool in DelDOT, June 2008
  Author: Sue McNeil, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 189
• Delaware's Elderly Drivers. June 2007  
  Authors: Bernard Dworsky & Julia O'Hanlon, Institute for Public Administration
  Report # 184
• Estimating Current Modal Splits, November 2005
  Authors: David P. Racca and Edward C. Ratledge, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research
  Report # 183
• Succession Planning, Phase II, June 2007
  Author: Douglas F. Tuttle,  Institute for Public Administration
  Report # 182
• Trip Attraction Rates of Shopping Centers in Northern New Castle County, Delaware July 2004
  Author: Shinya Kikuchi, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 180
• Transforming Data Into Information:  The development and Demonstration of a Model to Support Transportation Planning, April 2005
  Author: David P. Racca, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research
  Report # 177
• Active Adult (55+) Community Trip Generation Rates, April 2006
  Author: David P. Racca, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research
  Report # 174
• Interconnectivity:  A Review of the Current Status and Steps Necessary to Increase the Level of Interconnectivity of Future Development in Delaware, March 2006
  Author: Edward O'Donnell, Institute for Public Administration
  Report # 170
• Factors That Affect and/or Can Alter Mode Choice, July 2003
  Authors: David P. Racca & Edward Ratledge, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research
  Report # 159
• Design Speed:  Selection Recommendations, September 2004
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 152
• Evaluation of Training Methods, September 2004
  Author: Kathy Werrell, College of Engineering, Office of Educational Technology
  Report # 150
• Delaware Department of Transportation Reorganization/Soft Skills Workshop Project, August 2003
  Author: Kathy Wian, Institute for Public Administration
  Report # 149
• Standards for Transportation Related GIS Data, March 2003
  Author: David P. Racca, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research
  Report # 145
• Development of a Computer Simulation Model to Optimize the Operations of a Multipurpose Seaport, June 2002
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 135
  

SOILS, STRUCTURES AND BRIDGE Back to top

• Instrumented Geogrid Reinforced Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Undergoing Large Settlement, May 2007
  Authors: Dov Leshchinsky, Christopher Meehan & S.A. Berkheimer,  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
  Report # 197
• Load Rating of Bridges without Plans, November 2007 
  Authors: Harry W. Shenton, III, Michael J. Chajes,  & J. Huang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 195
• Development of Delaware's First "Smart Bridge", October 2007     
  Authors: Nicole Reader, Michael J. Chajes & Harry W. Shenton, III, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 194
• Load Rating Using an In-Service Monitoring System, September 2007   
  Authors: Harry W. Shenton, III, Michael J. Chajes & B.O. Brooks, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 190
• Moment Redistribution & Service II Limit State, August 2007    
  Authors: Jennifer Righman McConnell & Michael Zettlemoyer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 185
• Applications of Advanced Composites to Steel Bridges:  A Case Study on the Ashland Bridge (Delaware, USA), March 2005
  Author: Michael Chajes, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 181
• Cracking of Overhead Sign Structures and Their Repair Using Composite Fabric as a Wrap,  August 2005
  Author: Baidurya Bhattacharya, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 175
• MMFX Rebar Evaluation for I-95 Service Road Bridge 1-712-B, March 2005
  Author: Michael Chajes, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 171
• Composite Material Sandwich Truck, September 2004
  Author: Jack R. Vinson, Center for Composite Materials
  Report # 163
• Use of HDPE Drainage Pipes by DelDOT, September 2003
  Authors: Dov Leshchinsky& Michael J. Chajes, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 162
• Reinforced Multitiered Walls, June 2006
  Author: Dov Leshchinsky, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 158
• Evaluating the Load Carrying Capacity of Bridges Without Plans Using Field Test Results, September 2004
  Authors: Michael Chajes & Harry W. Shenton, III, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 157
• High Performance Concrete for Bridge 8F in Frederica, March 2003
  Authors: Michael Chajes, Harry Shenton, III & Dennis Mertz, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 155
• Detecting Corrosion in Existing Structures Using Time Domain Reflectometry, January 2003
  Authors: Robert G. Hunsperger, Department of Electrical Engineering & Michael Chajes, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 154
• Analysis and Testing of a Highly Skewed Bridge, September 2004
  Author: Michael Chajes, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 153
• Load Rating of Arch Bridges, October 2002
  Author: Michael J. Chajes, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 144
• Inspection Guidelines for Construction and Post-Construction of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall, November 2002
  Author: Dov Leshchinsky, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 143
• Experimental Load Rating of Posted Bridges, December 2002
  Authors: Michael Chajes, Dennis Mertz, Harry Shenton III & Victor Kaliakin, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 141
• Enhancements to the Bond Between Advanced Composite Materials and Steel for Bridge Rehabilitation, December 2002
  Author: John W. Gillespie, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 140
• Effects of Geosynthetic Reinforcement Spacing on the performance of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls, October 2002
  Author: Dov Leshchinsky, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 139
• Bridge Load Testing:  Bridge 3-437, SR 54 Over Assawoman Bay Part II, June 2002
  Author: Michael Chajes, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 138
• Bridge Load Testing:  Bridge 1-450N, 485N, 487N, 487S, 489S, 492S, Route 13, Part I, June 2004
  Author: Michael Chajes, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 137
• Evaluating Corrosion of Steel Strands Using Time Domain Reflectometry, June 2002
  Author: Robert Hunsperger, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 136
• Nodestructive Inspection Techniques for Fiber-Reinfordced Plymer Bridges, June 2002
  Author: John Gillespie, Jr., , Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 134
• An All-Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Bridge: Design, Analysis Fabrication, Full-Scale Experiemental Structural Validation, Construction and Erection, December 2001
  Author: Dennis Mertz, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 133
  

TRAFFIC AND ITS Back to top

• Application of Global Positioning System (GPS) to Travel Time and Delay Measurements, Fall 2007
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 201
• Fall 2008 WILMAPCO New Castle Co. DE, & Cecil Co., MD - Travel Time, Speed and Delay Data Collection Presentation,  Fall 2008
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri,  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 198
• An Investigation of Routing Strategies to Improve Transportation Service, July 1998         
  Author: David P. Racca,  Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research
  Report # 196
• Comparative Analysis and Development of a Rating System for Concersion of All-Way Stop Controlled Intersections into Roundabouts,
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri,  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 193
• Application of Global Positioning System (GPS) to Travel Time and Delay Measurements, October 2008     
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 192
  
• Application of Global Positioning System (GPS) to Travel Time and Delay Measurements: 2006 Phase 
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 187
• Application of Global Positioning System (GPS) to Travel Time and Delay Measurements: 2005 Phase 
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 186
• Evaluation of Roundabouts versus Signalized and Unsignalized Intersections in Delaware, September 2005
  Author: Abishai Polus
  Report # 179
• Cost and Benefits of Advanced Public Transportation Systems at Dart First State, July 2004
  Author: David P. Racca, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research
  Report # 178
• Application of Global Positioning System (GPS) to Travel Time and Delay Measurements: 2004 Phase            
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 169
• Application of Global Positioning System (GPS) to Travel Time and Delay Measurements: 2003 Phase
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 168
• TRANSIMS Evaluation and Feasibility:  Application in Delaware, December 2004
  Author: Shinya Kikuchi, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 167
• Commercial Vehicle Information System and Network (CVISN) for Delaware/I-95 Corridor Coalition,    November 2004
  Author: Bernard Dworsky, Institute for Public Administration
  Report # 166
• Application of Global Positioning System (GPS) to Travel Time and Delay Measurements: 2002 Phase        
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 160
• Design Speed:  Selection Recommendations, September 2004
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 152
• Application of Global Positioning System (GPS) to Travel Time and Delay Measurements: 2001 Phase
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 148
• Application of Global Positioning System (GPS) to Travel Time and Delay Measurements: 2000 Phase        
  Author: Ardeshir Faghri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Report # 132
  

TRANSIT Back to top

• Dart First State Transit Accident Study: A Review of Operators Time on Duty, Rest Between Shifts, Accident Occurrence and Policy Implications, June 2005
  Author: Douglas F. Tuttle, Institute for Public Administration
  Report # 176
• Dart First State, Delaware Paratransit Services Study:  A Review of Service Characteristics, Policy Implications and Options, June 2003
  Author: Douglas F. Tuttle, Institute for Public Administration
  Report # 151
• ADA Eligibility Process Control Model for DART First State Paratransit, September 2004
  Author: Carol R. Denson, Department of Consumer Studies, Center for Disabilities Studies
  Report # 164
• Creating Cooperative Transportation Agreements (CTAs), March 2003
  Author: Carol R. Denson, Department of Consumer Studies
  Report # 147
• Jurisdictional Maintenance Project, March 2003
  Author: David P. Racca, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research
  Report # 146