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Lincoln Highway: Nation's First Transcontinental Highway, Dennis E. Horvath

Purdue Road School

The centennial of the organizing meeting creating the nation’s first transcontinental highway will be celebrated in July 2013. This is generally considered to be the birth of the federal highway system. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association will discuss the Lincoln Highway and its upcoming celebration.

An Introduction To Automated Flagging Devices, David Boruff, David Jones

Purdue Road School

This presentation discusses the 2011 Indiana MUTCD and the use of automated flagging devices in Indiana.

The Safe Installation And Removal Of Temorary Traffic Control, Bob Karrick

Purdue Road School

This session provides an overview of the safe installation and removal of temporary traffic control.

Process To Improve Work Zone Progression, Pat Mccarty

Purdue Road School

INDOT performs regular construction and maintenance work zone audits. This presentation will provide an overview of the findings from reviews in 2012.

Incident Management, And Work Zone Patrols, Kimberly Peters, Pat Mccarty

Purdue Road School

This presentation discusses work zone patrols and incident management, and then provide information on recent action to reduce delay, and improve work zone progression.

Best Practices For Bridge Deck Overlays, Tommy E. Nantung, Robert J. Frosch

Purdue Road School

This presentation discusses recent research regarding alternative bridge deck overlay methods and best practices associated with their use.

Indiana Ltap Road Scholar Core Course #10 Porous Pavement, Megan Elberts

Purdue Road School

Legal aspects and drainage laws are discussed as well as basic hydrology, structure types, and hydraulic design and sizing.

Subsurface Utility Engineering (Sue), Kenneth Slaninka

Purdue Road School

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s Pipeline Safety Division will provide information regarding the Damage to Underground Facilities Act (IC 8-1-26), the Indiana 811 “Call Before You Dig Law,” better known as Holey Moley. A discussion regarding subsurface utility engineering will also be provided.

2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan:Tippecanoe County Red Flag Analysis, Anna Burman

Purdue Road School

Early project-level environmental analysis can save time and money. A Red Flag Analysis reveals possible environmental issues prior to the start of the design process and adds greater certainty to the design and budgeting process. The analysis can be done as part of the long-range transportation plan or at the pre-design project level.

Red Flag Investigations, Ken Mcmullen

Purdue Road School

Early project-level environmental analysis can save time and money. A Red Flag Analysis reveals possible environmental issues prior to the start of the design process and adds greater certainty to the design and budgeting process. The analysis can be done as part of the long-range transportation plan or at the pre-design project level.

Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project, Cindy M. Kowalski

Purdue Road School

This session provides an overview of best practices for utility coordination. A case study of the processes used on the Ohio River Bridges will be discussed.

Concrete Durability And The Value Of Electrical Testing, Robert Spragg, Tommy Nantung, Tony Zander, Jason Weiss

Purdue Road School

The electrical properties of concrete are being used to characterize the durability of concretes. Recently, the development of hand-held testing units has generated interest in taking these tests to the field. The resistivity, or conductivity, testing is rapid and can provide instant information on concrete quality. The concept of the testing will be discussed an d a hand-on demonstration of the equipment will be provided.

Local Traffic Management: Tools For Local Agencies, Jay Grossman

Purdue Road School

Elkhart County will discuss recent efforts to improve signalized corridor management as well as specific actions taken to accommodate special event planning. Case studies of special events with limited access and infrastructure serving the event site will be discussed.

Understanding The Americans With Disabilities Act (Ada), David Meihls

Purdue Road School

This session covers the history of the ADA. It will explain the five Titles of the ADA, the changes that came with the 2010 ADAAG, and the eight proposed new rules. There will be a brief question and answer session to follow.

Nirpc Complete Streets Design Guide, Mitch Barloga, Josh Desmond, Peter Fritz

Purdue Road School

Many communities have adopted Complete Streets Policies, but few have much experience implementing them. This session will focus on what comes after adoption of the policy, the processes established, how to be flexible but stay true to the goals, exceptions to the policy, and performance measures.

Purdue E-Pubs: Free Online Access To Transportation Research, Charles Watkinson, David Scherer

Purdue Road School

Purdue e-Pubs is a free service provided by the Purdue Libraries offering access to some of the best transportation research. This session reviews the partnership with JTRP/INDOT to archive and disseminate technical reports, Purdue Road School presentations, and affiliated reports.

Eliminator: Where Science And Safety Interstect, David Gross, Lenny Addair

Purdue Road School

This session is designed to provide participants with a background on the development of emergency vehicle preemption and then move into a discussion regarding the improvements to the reliability of emergency vehicle preemption when radio frequencies are used. A case study based upon a recent field installation will presented in detail.

Toward Long Lasting Bridge Decks, Jason Weiss, Ron Walker, Neal Carboneau, Tony Zander, Tommy Nantung

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

Automated Flagger Assistance Devices (Afads), David Jones

Purdue Road School

This presentation discusses the pros and cons of using various Automated Flagger Assistance Devices (AFADs). It reviews both AFADs using STOP/SLOW signs which are currently allowed in Indiana, and Red/Yellow signal faced AFADs that are not allowed in Indiana.

The presentation points out that the principle reason for developing AFADs was to enhance worker safety by enabling flagger/operators to position themselves out of harm's way while controlling work zone traffic. However, the dominant reason for buying them seems to be to save money by only using one flagger/operator.

Various applications using AFADs are reviewed as well as potential changes to …

Implementing Complete Streets: Bloomington/Monroe County Metropolitan Planning Organization, Josh Desmond

Purdue Road School

Many communities have adopted Complete Streets Policies, but few have much experience implementing them. This session focuses on what comes after adoption of the policy, the processes established, how to be flexible but stay true to the goals, exceptions to the policy, and performance measures.

Probe Vehicle Data To Assess Workzone Safety, Thomas M. Brennan Jr., Jim Poturalski

Purdue Road School

Historically, work zone maintenance of traffic (MOT) plans have been deployed without a scalable and systematic means to assess congestion and make comparisons between modeled and actual queue lengths observed during construction. This session will discuss how commercial probe data can be used to estimate queue lengths and fuse that information with crash data.

Koontz Lake, Dennis A. Zebell, Sky K. Medors, Dan G. Delgado

Purdue Road School

A case study of the SR 23 replacement at the Koontz Lake Dam will be presented. The dam replacement, road re-alignment, and labyrinth spillway will be discussed. The design criteria and processes associated with each of those items will be discussed as well as the coordination with and expectations of the multiple owners involved with the project.

Alternate Bidding History And Requirements, Tom Duncan, David Holtz

Purdue Road School

On November 18, 2009 the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) approved the innovative contracting process of the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) for alternate pavement bidding on multiple projects. This process involves only one set of plans with the choice to bid either Portland Cement Concrete Pavement (PCCP), or Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Pavement, or both typical pavement sections. A Present Worth (PW) cost was calculated for future maintenance costs of both pavement types using an established Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) Strategy. This PW cost was added to the respective pay items after the bids were opened, but the PW …

Indiana Bond Bank Fuel Budgeting Program, Angie M. Steeno

Purdue Road School

This session addressed a method of managing fuel budgets and contracts through the Bond Bank Program.

Success And Challenges In Ada Transition Plans, Clay Johnson

Purdue Road School

Participants will hear from LPAs from across Indiana as to how they successfully completed their required ADA Transition Plans. Presenters will discuss the challenges they faced, how they overcame those challenges, and the processes used to finish the plans and have them formally adopted.

Unique Special Provisions, Peter Craig Allaben

Purdue Road School

This presentation discusses the use of unique special provisions in the Contract Information Book (CIB). New reporting requirements, formatting for local agencies’ unique special provisions as well as utility special provisions will be discussed. Processes, schedules and risks associated with the process will be covered.

The Second Strategic Highway Research Program, Neil J. Pedersen, Samy Noureldin

Purdue Road School

Neil Pedersen from the Transportation Research Board and Samy Noureldin from Indiana DOT will be presenting information on the Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), highlighting the overall research program, individual products being produced by the program, and how Indiana can take advantage of the SHRP 2 implementation assistance program being managed by the Federal Highway Administration and the American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials.

Bicycle And Pedestrian Safety Planning: 2009-2011 Allen County Bicycle And Pedestrian Collisions, Jerry Foust, Jeremy Moore, Dennis Donahue, Matt Peters, Daniel Avery

Purdue Road School

Learn about bicycle and pedestrian crashes, how to apply the data results, and updating local bicycle and pedestrian laws. A recent study, conducted by the Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council (NIRCC) to analyze crash statistics for pedestrians and bicycles in the Fort Wayne Urban Area, will be presented. The utilization of this data in the planning process and how this analysis has been used to draft and gain approval of updated local bicycle/pedestrian ordinances. NIRCC and the City of Fort Wayne will feature their recent successes.

Work Zone Flagging Operations, Bob Karrick

Purdue Road School

This session provides an overview of work zone flagging operations.

Innovative Computing In Engineering And Medicine Ii, Khan Iftekharuddin, Dean Krusienski, Jiang Li

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Chairs: Drs. Khan Iftekharuddin, Dean Krusienski, & Jiang Li, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering