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2008 Published and Presented

Barberio, Gina, Barolsky, Rachael, Culp, Michael and Robert Ritter. 2008. “Planning and Environment Linkages: Using the PEL Umbrella Approach to Streamline Transportation Decision Making”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (08-1721)

Brewer, John and David L. Smith. 2008. "Preliminary Evaluation Methodology in Front-Front Vehicle Compatibility", 2008 Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, Detroit, MI, April 16, 2008.

Carroll, James, et al. 2008. “An Evaluation of Loran as a Backup Navigation Sensor for ADS-B”, Institute for Navigation Technical Meeting 2008, San Diego, CA, January 28-30, 2008.
http://pnt.gov/public/2008/2008-04-ENC/carroll.ppt

Carroll, James and John Kraemer. 2008. “Results from a Global Positioning System (GPS) Timing Criticality Assessment“, European Group of the Institutes of Navigation, European Navigation Conference Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Toulouse, France, April 23-25, 2008.

Chase, Stephanie and Caroline Donohoe. 2008. Constructing a Low-Cost Ground-Vehicle Driving Simulator at an Airport, September 2007, DOT-VNTSC-FAA-07-10; DOT/FAA/AR-07/59.

Dinning, Michael. 2008. “Transit Operations Security: System Design for Safety and Risk Management”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (P08-0872)

Dufresne, C., Hansen, A., O’Neill, K., Parmet, J. and L. Volchansky. 2008. “Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) Web Service to Support Area Navigation (RNAV) Flight Planning”, Institute for Navigation National Technical Meeting 2008, San Diego, CA, January 28-30, 2008.

Fleming, Gregg. 2008. "NextGen Environmental Tools", Annual Symposium on Aviation Noise and Air Quality, Palm Springs, CA, March 2-5, 2008.

Hall, Timothy, Mackey, Allen, Nichols, Bobby and John Marksteiner. 2008. "Prototype ADS-B System in the Midwest: Description and Lessons Learned", 8th Integrated Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference, Bethesda, MD, May 5-7, 2008.

Hannon, Daniel J., Lee, Jonathan T., Sheridan, Thomas B. and Caroline Donohue. 2008. “Tower Information Display System (TIDS): Human-in-the- Loop Simulation and Evaluation”, 8th Integrated Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference, Bethesda, MD, May 5-7, 2008.

Hansen, Andrew. 2008. "Development and Extension of GBAS Ionospheric Error Threat Models", Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Ionospheric Symposium, Santiago, Chile, April 14-16, 2008.

Hansen, Andrew. 2008. "GNSS Network Observation of Ionospheric Structure and Disturbances", Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Ionospheric Symposium, Santiago, Chile, April 14-16, 2008.

Hansen, Andrew. 2008. "Ionospheric Observation Reference Network Noise and Bias Calibration Techniques", Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Ionospheric Symposium, Santiago, Chile, April 14-16, 2008.

Harrington, Ryan. 2008. "Light Vehicle and Heavy Truck On-Road Test Results", Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) Public Meeting, Ypsilanti, MI., April 10-11, 2008

Jackson, David W. Zirker, Margaret, Peirce, Sean and Michael Baltes. 2008. “Urban Partnership Proposals: Review of Domestic and International Deployments and Transit Impacts from Congestion Pricing”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (08-0820)

Jeong, David Y. and David Tyrell. 2008. “Improved Tank Car Safety Research”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (P08-0690)

Lee, Douglass B. “Toward the Evaluation of Value Pricing”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (08-1972)

Marquis, Brian and J.-P. Pascal. 2008. “Report on a Railway Benchmark Simulating a Single Wheelset without Friction Impacting a Rigid Track”, Vehicle System Dynamics, v. 46, nos. 1-2, 2008, pp. 93-116.

Mauri, Ronald A., Wetula, Leopold E., and Dan M. Black. 2008. “Development of New Amtrak Performance Tracking System”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (P08-0807)

McGovern, Seamus. 2008. "Lexicographic Goal Programming and Assessment Tools for a Combinatorial Production Problem", In: Multi-Objective Optimization in Computational Intelligence: Theory and Practice, Lam Thu Bui and Sameer Alam, eds., Hershey, PA: IGI Publishing.

Najm, Wassim, Harrington, Ryan, Husain Muqtada and Scott Bogard. 2008. "Light Vehicle and Heavy Truck Verification Testing", Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) Public Meeting, Ypsilanti, MI., April 10-11, 2008.

Noel, George, Senzig David, Roof, Chris, Fleming, Gregg and Judith Patterson. 2008. “Analysis of ICAO Departure Profile Using Real-Time Cockpit Flight Data Recorder Information”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (08-1823)

Peirce, Sean, Lappin, Jane, Zirker, Maragret, Baltes, Michael and Yehuda Gross. 2008. “Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration: Application for Public Transit”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (08-0812)

Redington, Michael, et al. 2008. Drug and Alcohol Testing Results 2005 Annual Report, January 2008, DOT-VNTSC-FTA-08-01, FTA-MA-26-5559-08-01
http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Publications/order/singledoc.asp?docid=743

Rossetti, Michael A. and Michael Johnson. 2008. “Impacts of Climate Change and Weather on Commercial Motor Vehicles”, 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, New Orleans, LA, January 21-24, 2008.
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/134596.pdf

Rossetti, Michael A., Pisano, Paul A. and Lynette Goodwin. 2008. “U.S. Highway Crashes in Adverse Road Weather Conditions”, 24th Conference on International Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, New Orleans, LA, January 21-24, 2008.
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/133554.pdf

Seliga, Thomas A., Hazen, David A. and Stephen Burnley. 2008. “Evaluation of the 2 Foot-Lambert (FL) Dawn and Dusk Thresholds for Runway Visual Range (RVR) Airport Applications”, 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, New Orleans, LA, January 21-24, 2008.
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/134123.pdf

Seliga, Thomas A., Hazen, David A. and Stephen Burnley. 2008. “Statistical Characteristics of the Wind Dependence of Snow and Freezing Fog Events at Several Major Airports for Improving Runway Visual Range (RVR) Performance”, 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, New Orleans, LA, January 21-24, 2008.
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/134135.pdf

Smith, Scott, Wen, Yang, Belakrishna, Ramachandran and Moshe E. Ben-Akiva. 2008. “Online Deployment of Dynamic Traffic Assignment: Evaluation and Lessons”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (08-2955)

Steffes, Ann, Bryan, Jeffrey and Michael Lee Pack. 2008. “Overview and Status of Regional Integrated Transportation Information System in the National Capital Region”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (08-1299)

Sussmann, Theodore R. and James P. Hyslip. 2008. “Track Design Methodology and Data”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (08-2794)

Sussmann, Theodore R. 2008. “Track Design: Review”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (P08-1325)

Templeton, Joshua, Pickrell, Don H. and Ronald A. Mauri. 2008. “Estimation of Amtrak’s Avoidable Costs”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (P08-0808)

Wassaf, Hadi, Tabrizi, Amir, Wang, Frank and Melanie Soares. 2008. “Atmospheric Turbulence Effects on Near-Ground Wake Vortex Demise”, 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, New Orleans, LA, January 21-24, 2008.
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/133925.pdf

Wilson, Bruce, Stearns, Mary, Koopmann, Jonathan and C.Y. David Yang. 2007. Evaluation of a Road-Departure Crash Warning System, December 2007. DOT HS 810 854.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/NRD/Multimedia/
PDFs/Crash%20Avoidance/2007/4638-810_854%20RDCW%20EvalCLTest.pdf

Woods, Sharon, Francis, Mike and Jonathan Lee. 2008. “Tower Information Display System (TIDS): the System Architecture”, 8th Integrated Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference, Bethesda, MD, May 5-7, 2008.

Zuschlag, Michael and Joyce Ranney. 2008. “Changes in U.S. Railroad Workplace Practices Associated with Combined Behavior-Based and Continuous-Improvement Safety Implementation”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008. (P08-0682)