TechPlan Cycle Four Projects

Consumer Travel Behavior and Retail Geography: A Microscopic Investigation using GPS Data and Parcel-Level Land Use
Principal Investigator: David Levinson
Research Support: Arthur Huang
Peer Reviewer: Susan Handy, Ph.D, Professor, University of California at Davis
Research Objectives:

Understand the relationship between retail geography and consumer travel behavior to lead to planning policies with broader societal impacts about the spatial distribution of retail activities and minimize consumer and supply chain transportation costs, energy consumption, and thus environmental consequences

Research how retail distribution patterns impact consumer shopping behavior Analyze how the organization of retail activities affect the amount and nature of retail travel Explain how other activities and congestion levels affect retail travel

ITS and Transportation Safety: EMS System Data Integration to Improve Traffic Crash Emergency Response and Treatment
Principal Investigator: Tom Horan
Co-Investigator: Ben Schooley
Peer Reviewer: Joseph Sussman, Ph.D, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Objectives:

Advance the “CrashHelp” system from a prototype to a limited production application available for use by practitioners in real-world emergency medical services systems

Examine advanced functionality, yet simple to use features, to apply to the CrashHelp prototype that will enable improved decision making by emergency practitioners

Develop functional and required security and privacy features into the CrashHelp prototype Expand the CrashHelp prototype to include aggregate level clinical and operational performance metrics that would provide valuable decision level information for planners and practitioners Investigate EMS and ITS data and integration standards for possible inclusion in the CrashHelp prototype Explore reported and practitioner perceived medical outcomes that could result from using CrashHelp in a real-world clinical setting Analyze sustainability of the CrashHelp system for broader implementation and use in the EMS/ITS marketplace

Smartphone-Based Travel Experience Sampling and Behavior Intervention among Young Adults (UbiActive Phase I)
Principal Investigator: Yingling Fan
Co-Investigators: Julian Marshall, Frank Douma, Chen-Fu Liao
Peer Reviewer: Susan Handy, Ph.D, Professor, University of California at Davis
Research Objectives:

Develop a robust, smartphone-based application for monitoring respondents’ transportation routines, examining travel-related health and well-being impacts, and intervening against unhealthy travel behavior Quantify the various beneficial health impacts of non-motorized travel (e.g., physical activity) and negative impacts of auto use (e.g., traffic stress and loss of time in traffic) to assist policy makers in designing a transportation system that encourages healthy travel behaviors Explore how the smartphone-based application could be used to provide information to respondents about how their travel behavior may influence health, to encourage them to reflect on their travel experiences, and to influence travel behavior decision-making Research the use of technology to understand and influence people’s travel behavior, and in turn, generate and design transportation-related policies that benefit public health

ITS Data Needs: How Much Do We Really Need to Know?
Principal Investigator: Frank Douma
Research Support: Sarah Aue
Peer Reviewer: Dorothy Glancy, J.D., Professor, Santa Clara University
Research Objectives:

Bring greater exposure to the intersection of ITS and Privacy issues Compile numerous privacy cases from a wide variety of jurisdictions over a wide variety of technologies to make it easier to draw conclusive lessons regarding what is and is not acceptable Educate technological experts with a more comprehensive understanding of privacy law Provide a clear explanation to policy advocates on how the technologies or privacy law work

TechPlan Program Administrators
Principal Investigator: Frank Douma
Research Assistant: Avital Barnea
CTS Research Manager: Linda Preisen
CTS Program Coordinator: Jan Lucke

TechPlan Peer Reviewers
Joseph Sussman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mark Burris, Texas A & M University
Carissa Schively Slotterback, University of Minnesota
Hani S. Mahmassani, Northwestern University
Mary Lynn Tischer, Federal Highway Administration
Barbara Rohde, University of Minnesota
Max Donath, University of Minnesota
Mark Nelson, Minnesota Department of Transportation

Heading Goes Here

Legislative auditor, State of Minnesota
Deputy project manager, LISA Project, NASA, Maryland
Deputy secretary, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
State representative, Minnesota House of Representatives
Policy analyst for budget, NE-Midwest Institute, Michigan
Vice president for planning, research, and communications, St. John’s University, Minnesota
Vice president Midwest region, Trust for Public Land, Minnesota
President of government relations, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Executive director, Planned Parenthood of Minnesota and South Dakota
President, Global Volunteers, Minnesota
President, Dutko Group (lobbying firm), Washington, D.C.
Executive vice president, National MS Association, Chicago
Manager of trade and investment policy, American Chamber of Commerce, Frankfurt, Germany