Research Stage One Problem Statements

Statewide Investigation of Extreme Heat Impacts on Active Transportation	27-13
Statewide Multimodal Destination Access Methods and Demographic Analysis	27-14
Adoption and Usage of Electronic Vehicles in Oregon	27-18
Reducing RRFB Maintenance and Capital Costs	27-40
Analyzing Trends in Micromobility Safety to Inform ODOT's Safety Programming	27-43
Developing High Quality Bicycle and Pedestrian Risk Factors for Updating the Active Transportation Needs Inventory	27-44
Pedestrian Refuge Island Curb Design, Size & Traffic Control Device Placement Guidance	27-59
Integration of Electric Vehicle Charging Demand into Traffic Signal Timing	27-69
State Transprotation Improvement Fund Investment Analysis	27-70

Digital Signatures And Best Practices for Securely Signing And Sealing 2D And 3D Contract Documents	27-01
Review And Improvement to ODOT Project Delivery Process And Delivrerables, From Project Kick-off Through PSE	27-02
Implementation of Project Visualization for Project Delivery	27-03
Developing Cost-Effective Guidelines for Resilient Construction of Culverts	27-06
Maximizing Existing Software and Tools for Asset Identification and Extraction	27-09
Pavement Marking Durability and Retro Correlation	27-17
None Submitted (Development of better efficacy models for wildlife crossing structures on US-97 for HB 2834 compliance))	27-29
Usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools to Automate Pavement Degradation Monitoring System and Associated Decision-Making Processes	27-30
Moving Digital Delivery Into State of Practice	27-33
Work Zone Conditions and Activity Correlation with Vehicle Speed	27-37
Modernizing Tunnel Inspection Leveraging Reality Capture Data	27-38
Field Testing Biochar Amended Soils for Low-Cost Water Quality Improvement	27-42
Enhancing Trasnportation Safety and Sustainability with Mortar-Free Interlocking Hybrid Blocks for Retaining Walls and Road Barriers	27-46
Network Deployment of Wet Weather Pavement Markings to Improve Safety	27-58
Developing a Network-Level Framework for Evaluating Guardrail Needs and Cost-Effective Placement in Oregon	27-60
Optimizing Maintenance Operations and Fleet Allocation for Winter Weather Response	27-62
Evaluating Safety and Mobility Impacts of Work Zone Design, Setup, Operation, and Demobilization Strategies	27-63
Evaluating Safety and Mobility Impacts of Work Zone Design, Setup, Operation, and Demobilization Strategies	27-64
Evaluating Oregon Roadside Design and Maintenance for Safety and Savings	27-65

Building a Framework for Medium-Duty CMV Safety and Education: Strategies for Improved Compliance Through Outreach	27-07
Enhancing Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety and Compliance: Evaluating the ARIES Pilot and Illegal Bypass Behavior in Oregon	27-08
Statewide Multimodal Destination Access Methods and Demographic Analysis	27-14
Project Expenditure: Cost Attribution and Accounting	27-20

Reducing RRFB Maintenance and Capital Costs	27-40

Closing the Loop: Agency-Wide Fiscal Program Evaluation of ODOT Programs and Projects to Determine Actual ROI	27-48
Coordinating Committee for Trasnportation Surveys and Public Engagement Outreach at ODOT: Improving Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, and Environmental Impact Assessment	27-49

Leveraging Surface Monitoring Technologies to Guide Emergency Response and Long-Term Strategic Planning Along Landslide-Prone ODOT Corridors	27-04
UAS Topo-Bathymetric LiDAR to Aid in Project Design and Hydraulic Modeling	27-05
Developing Cost-Effective Guidelines for Resilient Construction of Culverts	27-06
Expanded Analysis of Precipitation and Seismically-Induced Landslide Potential Considering Climate Variability	27-10
Multimodal Mitigation to Landslides by Integrating Cross-Domain Data	27-12
Revisiting Guidelines for Tidal Influence on Bridge Scour: A Numerical Modeling Investigation	27-22
Assessing Stormwater Treatment Feasibility Using Integrated Hydrologic-Geochemical Modeling	27-24
Improving The E-Ticketing Process Using Recent Technologies for More Efficient Material Delivery Tracking And Management	27-26
None Submitted (Development of better efficacy models for wildlife crossing structures on US-97 for HB 2834 compliance))	27-29
Surveying Targeted Locations at High-Risk of the Road Contaminant 6PPD-Q and Developing Cost-Effective Tools for Road-Runoff Remediation	27-32
Modernizing Tunnel Inspection Leveraging Reality Capture Data	27-38
Bio-Cementation as a Nature-Based Solution to Prevent Coastal Erosion	27-41
Field Testing Biochar Amended Soils for Low-Cost Water Quality Improvement	27-42
Applying Updated HEC-18 Scour Guidance to Develop Oregon-Specific, Risk-Based Best Practices for Resilient and Right-Sized Bridge Design	27-45
Development of a Search Script to Enable Quick Complilation And Organization of Research Updates, Peer Reviewed Articles, White Papers, Gray Papers, etc. Related to 6PPD-Quinone Effects on Fish And Success on BMP Testing for Effectiveness in Treating 6PPD	27-71

Developing Testing And Acceptance Criteria for Binder Source Changes under Oregon's Balanced Mix Design Framework	27-27
Field Implementation and Pilot Testing of Low-Carbon Pavement Technologies to Support Oregon's Sustainable Transportation Goals	27-47
Improving Calibration Accuracy of Ignition Ovens for Oregon Aggregates	27-53
Improving The E-Ticketing Process Using Recent Technologies for More Efficient Material Delivery Tracking And Management	27-26
Practical Blended Cementitioius Mixtures to Extend Clinker Use and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions	27-39
Usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools to Automate Pavement Degradation Monitoring System and Associated Decision-Making Processes	27-30
Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Pavement Smoothness and Reduce Costs and Emissions Through More Accurate Roughness Correction	27-52
Using Recycled Asphalt Pavements (RAP) For Pavement Preservation to Reduce Material Costs And Environmental Impact	27-25

Post-Installed Resin-Bonded Anchors for MASH TL-4 Side-Mounted Bridge Rail Retrofit	27-15
Rapid Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation for Waterway Bridges Against Vessel Collision	27-16
Refinement of Seismic End Cross-Frame Design for Continuous Steel Bridges Using Ductile Superstructure Behavior and Targeted Testing	27-36
Vessel Collision Risk Assessment for ODOT Bridges Using AIS Maritime Shipping Data	27-51
Pile Clamp Load Capacity	27-54
Monitoring of Post-Tensioned Structures	27-55
Impressed Current Cathodic Protection Life Cycle	27-56
Assessment of Concrete Bridges Without Plans Enabled by Imaging and Image Fusion	27-57
Evaluation of Ultra-High Performance Concretes for Longevity and Climate	27-61
Impact of Updating Operational Level Bridge Seismic Design Criteria	27-66
Simple Bridge Design-Phase Tool to Quantify Embodied Carbon "Credit" from Design Optimization Using EPDs	27-67

Automatic Classification of Injury Mechanism Using Biomechanical Modeling, Healthcare Metric and Transportation Data	27-11
Oregon Work Zone Crash and Intrusion Analysis and Reporting Database	27-19
None Submitted (Boring Drives are Dangerous Drives)	27-21
Evaluating The Impact of ODOT-Approved Driver Education Programs	27-28
Advancing Oregon's Safety Data System through Crash-Health Data Integration	27-34
Data-Driven Safety: Recalibrating Oregon's SPFs and Establishing a Guideline for Ongoing Updates	27-35
Work Zone Conditions and Activity Correlation with Vehicle Speed	27-37
Analyzing Trends in Micromobility Safety to Inform ODOT's Safety Programming	27-43
Developing High Quality Bicycle and Pedestrian Risk Factors for Updating the Active Transportation Needs Inventory	27-44
Evaluating Transportation Safety using Surrogate Safety Measures from Connected Vehicles	27-50
Network Deployment of Wet Weather Pavement Markings to Improve Safety	27-58
Pedestrian Refuge Island Curb Design, Size & Traffic Control Device Placement Guidance	27-59
Developing a Network-Level Framework for Evaluating Guardrail Needs and Cost-Effective Placement in Oregon	27-60
Evaluating Safety and Mobility Impacts of Work Zone Design, Setup, Operation, and Demobilization Strategies	27-63
Evaluating Safety and Mobility Impacts of Work Zone Design, Setup, Operation, and Demobilization Strategies	27-64
Evaluating Oregon Roadside Design and Maintenance for Safety and Savings	27-65
Exploring Data-driven Approaches to Traffic Signal Retiming Needs Identification and Solution Development	27-68
Integration of Electric Vehicle Charging Demand into Traffic Signal Timing	27-69