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Research & Development at PB
Fall 1997 • Issue No. 40 • Volume XI • Number 4
Table of Contents

Introduction: R&D is a PB Tradition (Bohlke)

William Barclay Parsons Fellowship Program Fellows and Finalists

Special Feature Section
Behind the Scenes: U.S. Federal Programs and PB Accounting Methods

Goals Set By TRB’s Strategic Forum for Innovation In Highway Infrastructure (Lammie)

An Overview of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (Douglas)

Transit Cooperative Research Program: What, Why and Who (Douglas)

The “Back Office” of PB’s R&D and Cost Share Activities (Shein)

Yesterday’s Visions Becoming Tomorrow’s Realities

Demo ‘97 Shows the Latest in Automated Highway Systems (AHS) (Angha)

Combining New Technologies to Achieve Seamless Transportation (Bohlke)

Recent Advances are Changing Design And Construction

Integral Connections Improve Seismic Performance of Segmental Bridges (Murillo, Dubovik)

Unique Ground Improvement Designs for Seismic Retrofit of Posey and Webster Street Tubes (Hashash, Schmidt, Stimac)

Writing the Book: Slurry Walls as Part of the Final Structure (Brenner)

Writing the Book: A Light Rail Track Design Handbook (Martyn, Allen)

ITS Leads the Way In Highway, Rail and Transit Management

MIST® Maintains Market Leadership Through R&D (Schumitz, Spence)

NY-WINS: Providing Real-Time Traffic Information to Motorists (Cronin, Marshall, Villeneuve)

RT-TRACS: Evaluation of Optimized Policies for Adaptive Control (OPAC) (Andrews)

Software Development Facilitates Planning and Engineering Analysis

Pen-Based Computer Technology Goes Seismic (Earl, Oak)

Update on PBLOGIT (Evans)

Update on SIMMOD: Hi-Tech Airport Modeling (van Woensel)

Internal and External R&D Address a Wide Range of Topics

Arterial HOV Research Activities: Innovative Ways to Achieve Priority for Transit and Carpools (Wellander, Serres)

How to Get to the Ball Game (Grava)

Making the Connection: Research on Transportation and Land Use (Seskin)

GIS R&D: Two Unique Applications (Brown)

Secondary and Cumulative Impact Assessment For Transportation Projects (Page, Parkins)

Departments

PB Technotes: You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Optimal Width- and Depth-Constrained Open-Channel Cross Sections of Trapezoidal Shape (Froehlich)

Better Business Through Technology: Can MS Exchange Help My Office with ISO 9000 Certification? (Cipolloni, Reddan, Patton)

Keep It Simple (Plotkin)

Computer Tutor: PowerPoint (Version 4.0) Revisited (Beebe, Mayans)

Help Wanted


The Net View: Opening Day: December 15, 1995 (Brenner)

In Future Issues

Call for Articles

Editorial Staff

Cover Page


COVER PHOTOS:

Top: Rendering of Integral connection used for span-by-span segmental bridge construction (©1997 Yuhe Yang and Mike Sparling). See “Integral Connections...” p. 19.

Bottom left: Rendering of rail extender concept with small locomotive. See “Combining New Technologies...” p.17.

Bottom right: Automated steering at highway speed in AHS demonstration (©1997 Gerald Stone, PAT
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