 ITS Lab Students and Faculty Participate in 15th World Congress on ITS • November 2008 ITS Lab students and faculty were active participants in the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, held in New York City, November 16-20, 2008. Lisa Diercksen, MS student, presented "A Second Look at the Effectiveness of the Myrtle Creek Dynamic Advanced Curve Warning System;" Jerzy Wieczorek, MS student, presented "Using Archived ITS Data to Automatically Identify Freeway Bottlenecks in Portland, Oregon;" Rafael J. Fernandez-Moctezuma, Ph.D. student, presented "Developing an Imputation Strategy for an Archived Data User Service in Portland, Oregon;" Galen McGill of the Oregon Department of Transportation presented "Accuracy in Real-Time Estimation of Travel Time," co-authored with Prof. Tufte. Prof. Robert Bertini also presented "Empirical Evaluation of Adaptive Ramp Metering Along Two Freeway Corridors in Portland, Oregon;" and "Toward Transport Payment Integration in Portland, Oregon." The World Congress is sponsored by ITS AMerica, ERTICO-ITS Europe and ITS Japan. |