Publications

This a depot of materials.

Reports

I-95 Corridor Coalition Vehicle Probe Project: Validation of Arterial Probe Data. Published by the I-95 Corridor Coalition. Stanley E. Young, Masoud Hamedi, Elham Sharifi, Reuben Morris Juster, Kartik Kaushik, and Sepideh Eshragh.

Value of Travel Time Reliability in Transportation Decision Making: Proof of Concept— Maryland, 2015. Published by The Second Strategic Highway Research Program. SHRP 2 Report S2-L35B-RW-1, ISBN: 978-0-309-27432-6. Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, Thomas H. Jacobs, Sevgi Erdogan, Fredrick W. Ducca and Lei Zhang.


Contributed Reports

2017 Maryland Mobility Report, Sixth Edition.  Published by the Maryland Department of Transportation, December 2017. Subrat Mahapatra, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, Matthew Wolniak, Tom Costello, Theresa Pyzik Cox, Sepideh Eshragh, and Thomas Jacobs.

Appendix for the 2017 Maryland Mobility Report.  Published by the Maryland Department of Transportation, December 2017.

2016 Maryland Mobility Report, Fifth Edition.  Published by the Maryland Department of Transportation, December 2016. Subrat Mahapatra, Matthew Wolniak, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, Sepideh Eshragh, Eric Beckett, Abhay Nigam (AC), Masoud Hamedi, and Thomas Jacobs.

Appendix for the 2016 Maryland Mobility Report.  Published by the Maryland Department of Transportation, December 2016.

2015 Maryland Mobility Report, Fourth Edition.  Published by the Maryland Department of Transportation, December 2015. Subrat Mahapatra, Matthew Wolniak, Eric Beckett, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, Sepideh Eshragh, Reuben Juster, Masoud Hamedi and Thomas Jacobs.

2014 Maryland Mobility Report, Third Edition.  Published by the Maryland Department of Transportation, January 2015. Subrat Mahapatra, Matthew Wolniak, Eric Beckett, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, Thomas Jacobs, Sepideh Eshragh, and Reuben Juster.

2013 Maryland Mobility Report, Second Edition.  Published by the Maryland Department of Transportation, September 2013. Subrat Mahapatra, Matthew Wolniak, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, Eric Beckett, and Thomas Jacobs.

Work Zone Performance Measurement Using Probe Data.  Published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and United States Department of Transportation, September 2013. Publication number FHWA-HOP-13-043.

2012 Maryland Mobility Report.  Published by the Maryland Department of Transportation, July 2012.


Papers

Applications of Trajectory Data from the Perspective of a Road Transportation Agency: Literature Review and Maryland Case Study . Nikola Marković, Przemysław Sekuła, Zachary Vander Laan, Gennady Andrienko, Natalia Andrienko. Journal of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems Society. 19 June, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2018.2843298.

Estimating historical hourly traffic volumes via machine learning and vehicle probe data: A Maryland case study . Przemysław Sekuła, Nikola Marković, Zachary Vander Laan, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi. Journal of Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. Volume 97, 2018.

Outsourced Probe Data effectiveness on Signalized Arterial . Elham Sharifi, Stan Ernest Young, Sepideh Eshragh, Masoud Hamedi, Reuben M. Juster, and Kartik Kaushik. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Technology, Planning, and Operations. Volume 21, 2017 – Issue 6: Travel Time Reliability.

Indirect Validation of Probe Speed Data on Arterial Corridors. Sepideh Eshragh, Stanley E. Young, Elham Sharifi, Masoud Hamedi, and Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi.  Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board .  Volume 2643, 2017.

Evasive flow capture: A multi-period stochastic facility location problem with independent demand.  Marković, N., Ryzhov, I. O., Schonfeld, P. (2017).  European Journal of Operational Research, 257(2), 687-703.

Statistical and machine learning approach for planning dial-a-ride systems.  Marković, N., Kim, M. E., Schonfeld, P. (2016). Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 89, 41-55.

Local Methods for Modeling, Economic Evaluation, Justification and Use of the Value of Travel Time Reliability in Transportation Decision Making (SHRP2 L-35B)


Posters

Quality Assessment of Commercial Probe Data on Signalized Arterials.  National Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference (NaTMEC), June 10-13, 2018. Irvine, CA.  Elham Sharifi, Masoud Hamedi, and Stanley E. Young.

Analyzing Impact of I-85 Bridge Collapse on Regional Travel in Atlanta. Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting,  January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.  Masoud Hamedi, Sepideh Eshragh, Mark Franz, and Przemyslaw Michal Sekula.

Application of Vehicle Probe Data in Estimating Traffic Volumes: a Maryland Case Study: A Maryland Case Study  Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting,  January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.  Przemyslaw Sekula, Nikola Markovic, Zachary Vander Laan, and Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi.

Video Analytics Usage in Transportation Agencies.  Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting,  January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.   Zachary Vander Laan, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, and Thomas H. Jacobs.

The Second Strategic Highway Research Program Product Implementation and Testing in Maryland: Establishing Monitoring Programs for Mobility and Travel Time Reliability.  Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting,  January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.   Golnush Masghati Amoli, Yeming Hao, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, and Thomas H. Jacobs.

Analyzing the Impact of Median Treatments on Bicyclist/Pedestrian Safety.  Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting,  January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.   Sepehr Ghader, Arash Asadabadi, Mark Franz, and Lei Zhang.

Indirect Validation of Probe Speed Data on Arterial Corridors. Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting,  January 8-12, 2017, Washington, D.C.  Sepideh Eshragh, Stanley E. Young, Elham Sharifi, Masoud Hamedi, and Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi.

Visualizations of Travel Time Performance Based on Vehicle Re-Identification Data. Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017, Washington, D.C.  Stanley E. Young, Elham Sharifi, Christopher M. Day, and Darcy M. Bullock.

A Real-Time Data Fusion Framework for Corridor Travel Time Estimation with Multiple Data Sources.  Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017, Washington, D.C.  Xuechi Zhang, Masoud Hamedi, Ali Haghani, and Yeming Hao.

Quality Assessment of Outsourced Probe Data on Signalized Arterials:
Nine Case Studies in Mid-Atlantic Region. Transportation Research Board (TRB) 95th Annual Meeting, January 10-14, 2016, Washington, D.C. Elham Sharifi, Stanley E. Young, Sepideh Eshragh, Masoud Hamedi, Reuben M. Juster, and Kartik Kaushik.

Truck and Auto Performance Measurement Using Probe-Based Speed Data: Case Study of I-95 Corridor in Maryland. Presented at Transportation Research Board (TRB) 94th Annual Meeting, 2015. Washington, D.C. Sepideh Eshragh, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, Kartik Kaushik, and Reuben Morris Juster

Incident Capacity Reduction on Four-Lane Freeways Using Real World Data: Multi-lane Closures. Presented at Transportation Research Board (TRB) 94th Annual Meeting, 2015. Washington, D.C. Golnush Masghati Amoli, Bahar Zarin, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, and Mark Franz.

Implementing Freight Fluidity in the State of Maryland.   TRB 16-1897. William Eisele, Reuben Juster, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi

L35-B. Local Methods for Modeling, Economic Evaluation, Justification, and Use of
the Value of Travel Time Reliability in Transportation Decision Making.  Presented at Transportation Research Board (TRB) 93th Annual Meeting, 2014. Washington, D.C.  Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi.


Presentations

Looking Back 5 – Years: Long-Term Trends and Analysis from the Maryland Mobility Report.  Presented at National Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference (NaTMEC), June 10-13, 2018. Irvine, CA.  Sepideh Eshragh, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, Mark Franz, and Masoud Hamedi .

Using Probe Data to Analyze Local and Regional Impact of I-85 Bridge Collapse in Atlanta.  Presented at National Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference (NaTMEC), June 10-13, 2018. Irvine, CA.  Masoud Hamedi, Sepideh Eshragh, Mark Franz, and Przemyslaw Sekula.

Probe-Based Volume Estimation Using Machine Learning Techniques.  Presented at National Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference (NaTMEC), June 10-13, 2018. Irvine, CA.  Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, Przemyslaw Sekula, and Zachary Vander Laan.

Applications and Visualization of Trajectory Data. Presented at National Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference (NaTMEC), June 10-13, 2018. Irvine, CA.   Zachary Vander Laan, Nikola Markovic, and Przemyslaw Sekula. 

CCTV Applications for Trac Management and Measurement: Nationwide Survey and Maryland Case Study  Presented at National Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference (NaTMEC), June 10-13, 2018. Irvine, CA.  Zachary Vander Laan, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, and Thomas Jacobs.

Quality Assessment of Commercial Probe Data on Signalized Arterials.  Presented at The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) 2018 Annual Meeting, June 4-7, 2018. Detroit, MI.  ElhamSharifi, Masoud Hamedi, Stanley Young

Statewide Traffic Volume Estimation using GPS Traces.  Presented at The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) 2018 Annual Meeting, June 4-7, 2018. Detroit, MI.  Zachary Vander Laan, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, Przemyslaw Sekula, and Nikola Markovic.

A Cross-Vendor and Cross-State Analysis of the GPS-Probe Data Latency.  Presented at Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting, Jan 8th, 2018. Washington, D.C.  Zhongxiang Wang, Masoud Hamedi,  Elham Sharifi, and Stanley Young.

Methodology for Calculating Latency of GPS Probe Data.  Presented at Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting, Jan 10th, 2017. Washington, D.C.  Masoud Hamedi, Zhongxiang Wang, and Stanley Young.

Incident Capacity Reduction on Four-Lane Freeways Using Real World Data: Single Lane Closures.  Submitted to the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 94th Annual Meeting, 2015. Washington, D.C.  Bahar Zarin, Golnush Masghati-Amoli, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, and Mark Franz.

Incident Capacity Reduction on Four-Lane Freeways Using Real World Data Part 2: Multi-lane Closures.  Submitted to the Transportation Research Board (TRB), 94th Annual Meeting, 2015. Washington, D.C.  Golnush Masghati-Amoli, Bahar Zarin, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, and Mark Franz.

Estimating Winter Weather Road Restoration Time using Outsourced Traffic Data: Three Case Studies in Maryland.  Presented at Transportation Research Board (TRB) 93rd Annual Meeting,  January 13_2014,  Washington, D.C.  Elham Sharifi, Stanley E. Young, Thomas H. Jacobs, and Steven M. Rochon.


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