Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Author "LaMondia, Jeffrey"

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A Comprehensive Evaluation of Operational and Safety Performance of Directional Rumble Strips on Freeway Off-Ramps

Xue, Chennan (2020-10-28)

A freeway off-ramp is a short section of roadway that allows vehicles to exit the freeway. Wrong-way driving (WWD) and failure in speed management were found to be the major issues on these off-ramps. Countermeasures have ...

Cost-Duration-Based Lump Sum Project Selection Framework Using Stochastic Methods for Design-Bid-Build Resurfacing Projects

Khalafalla, Mohamed (2019-04-04)

The appropriate selection of procurement tools and contracting strategies is a key factor in the successful completion of construction projects and has become an important and growing area of study for both researchers and ...

Data Usage Optimization for Cost Estimating in Asphalt Paving Projects Using a Cost Indexing System

Pakalapati, Karthik Chowdary (2018-04-30)

During the last decade, the transportation construction industry has seen an increase in the implementation of historical bid-based cost estimating practices by various state transportation agencies (STAs). The American ...

Developing an Active Transportation Assessment Scorecard for Rural and Suburban Communities

Arcenal, Corinne Mari (2023-04-24)

In recent years, many communities have begun to focus on creating spaces for walking and bicycling throughout their localities to reduce congestion, improve public health, and promote economic growth. However, rural and ...

Developing and Assessing Long Distance Travel Accessibility Measures to Support Intercity Travel Analyses

McGhee, Jacob (2020-05-15)

Long distance and intercity travel continues to grow in importance across the country in terms of its impacts on congestion, economies, and quality of life. Accessibility measures help us quantify access to or from a ...

Development and Demonstration of a Flexible Performance-based Resilience Evaluation Program (PREP) Framework to Support Transportation Planning and Decision-Making

Cordero, Fernando (2023-05-04)

The past decade has seen an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events around the globe. The changes in weather and climate patterns can be linked to the increasing amount of greenhouse gases, GHGs, ...

Development of Breakdown Probability Models for Rural Freeway Work Zones Using Field Data and Simulation

Jehn, Nicholas (2018-04-27)

The current state of the National Highway System often necessitates that agencies interrupt normal traffic operations for maintenance and capacity improvements. With nearly 9 million lane-miles of public roadway and an ...

Development of Crash Modification Factor for Low-cost Median Opening Treatments at Unsignalized Intersections of Rural Divided Highways

Priyanka, Humayra Kabir (2022-12-09)

An effective access management technique is such that it has the lowest level of access control to balance traffic operation and safety. Increasing the level of control can increase the overall delay. On the other hand, ...

Effects of Asphalt and Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation on Users and Businesses during Construction

Fisher, Mitchell II (2018-07-23)

Roadway maintenance and rehabilitation are critical tasks to sustain our transportation system. However, these activities often generate delays to road users, which can result in road user costs, work zone crash costs, and ...

Evaluating the Effects of Queue Warning Systems on Freeway Work Zones Using Traffic Simulation Software

Ramirez, Veronica (2017-07-27)

Work zones are a key component of the rehabilitation efforts that travelers on the U.S. national highway system interact with increasingly every day. Roadway construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance poses a potential ...

Evaluation of Driver Assistive Truck Platooning on Traffic Flow

Gordon, Mikhail (2015-07-21)

Interest in driver assistive truck platooning (DATP) through the application of coordinated adaptive cruise control in the freight trucking industry is on the rise due to its expected benefits on the roadway. To investigate ...

Exploration of Crash Severity and Location in Work Zone-Related Crashes in Alabama

Prichard, Bradley (2015-01-07)

Work zones are necessary for maintenance and improvement of highways, but they also present opportunities for crashes that might not occur under normal driving conditions. From 2006-2011, 3,192 crashes resulted in some ...

Exploring Targeted Long-Distance Travel Survey Sampling Frame Approaches to Support Travel Survey Collection

Fisher, Mitchell II (2022-08-05)

Long-distance travel continues to grow in economic, environmental, and infrastructural importance. To inform policy, infrastructural funding, and travel demand forecasting, detailed travel survey findings are needed at the ...

Guidance to Support Vulnerable Road Users in the State of Alabama

Gajkowski, Travis (2017-04-21)

Over the past decade, communities across Alabama and the United States experienced significant increases in multi-modal traffic. While this growth has been shown to promote sustainable and livable communities, reduce ...

Identification of Factors Contributing to Geographic Scale and Mode Choice of Long-Distance Travel

Bacon, Benjamin (2014-07-11)

As long-distance travel increases it is emerging as an increasingly important consideration in transportation planning. Not only is this in response to an increase in magnitude but also in recognition that such trips possess ...

An Investigation into the Application of Dynamic Merge Control in Work Zones: A Simulation Study

Majid, Rasib (2015-08-19)

With increasing highway traffic volume, construction and maintenance works are quite frequent. Upstream lane merging manoeuver and capacity bottleneck can result from a work zone lane closure, which pose increased safety ...

Leveraging Automation in Data Enhancement and Quality Control Protocols for Post-Windstorm Reconnaissance Data

Rawajfih, Hadiah (2021-04-30)

Extreme windstorms cause loss of life, major financial losses, and disrupt community well-being. Post-windstorm field reconnaissance is one of the traditional methods used to collect data about these natural hazards. The ...

Livable Neighborhood Factors Affecting Mode Choices in a Medium Sized University Community

Garrison, Carter (2015-12-04)

Communities across the United States are striving to increase walking, biking, and riding transit among their residents and thus become more livable. In order for these communities to become more livable, city planners ...

Local and National Scale Energy Calibration of Standard Penetration Test Hammers

Honeycutt, Jonathan Nathaniel (2012-03-27)

A Standard Penetration Test (SPT) energy testing program was developed for the Alabama Department of Transportation. Six Central Mine Equipment (CME) automatic hammers were calibrated using force and velocity measurements. ...

Long-Distance Overnight Values of Travel Time Across Modes and Tour Characteristics

Rani, Jyothirmayi (2018-04-23)

The value of travel time (VoTT) quantifies the willingness of individuals to pay money in order to save a unit of travel time. It is a critical metric for the transportation industry that underlies many policy decisions ...