NETC 08-1
Applying the Highway Safety Manual in New England

NETC 08-2
Evacuation Modeling to Assist Hazard Management & Response in Urban & Rural Areas of New England

NETC 08-3
Best Management Practices for the Invasive Polygonum Cuspidatum (Japanese Knotweed) Along Transportation Corridors

NETC 08-4
An Assessment of the Implementation of NETC Research Results

NETC 08-5
Commute Rideshare for Sustainable Transportation in Northern Rural Communities: Understanding the Market and Designing Attractive Programs

NETC 08-6
Interaction between Salinity, Soil Quality & Amendments in Roadside Plantings

NETC 08-1

PROJECT TITLE: Applying the Highway Safety Manual in New England

STATUS: RFP pending

ANTICIPATED COMPLETION: To be determined

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): To be determined

PI E-MAIL: To be determined

OBJECTIVES:

1. Assess and verify the validity of the HSM calibration procedure by applying it to a sample of New England roads and recalibrate if determined necessary by the NETC Technical Committee in concert with the release of the first edition HSM.
2. Evaluate the accuracy of existing HSM AMF's using a sample of New England roads (minimum one urban state and one predominantly rural state). Assess and estimate AMF's that account for interactions with other AMF's and with other road conditions for commonly implemented improvements, including: lane and shoulder widening, curve realignment, signal installation, and others selected by the Technical Committee.
3. Calculate the effects of applying multiple AMF's (AMFs to be determined by NETC 08-1 Technical Committee and PI) for commonly implemented improvements.

NETC 08-2

PROJECT TITLE: Evacuation Modeling to Assist Hazard Management & Response in Urban & Rural Areas of New England

STATUS: RFP pending

ANTICIPATED COMPLETION: To be determined

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): To be determined

PI E-MAIL: To be determined

OBJECTIVES:

NETC 08-3

PROJECT TITLE: Best Management Practices for the Invasive Polygonum Cuspidatum (Japanese Knotweed) Along Transportation Corridors

STATUS: Agreement pending

ANTICIPATED COMPLETION: To be determined

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): K. Wayne Lee, University of Rhode Island; Richard Cassagrande, University of Rhode Island

PI E-MAIL: lee@egr.uri.edu

OBJECTIVES:

1. To determine the degree to which common maintenance and construction practices play a role in the spread of Japanese Knotweed.
2. To determine the most efficient methods for controlling or eradicating Japanese Knotweed populations.

NETC 08-4

PROJECT TITLE: An Assessment of the Implementation of NETC Research Results

STATUS: RFP pending

ANTICIPATED COMPLETION: To be determined

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): To be determined

PI E-MAIL: To be determined

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate, assess, report on, and develop recommendations on the implementation and/or utilization of research findings from the numerous and varied projects sponsored under the NETC research program.

NETC 08-5:

PROJECT TITLE: Commute Rideshare for Sustainable Transportation in Northern Rural Communities: Understanding the Market and Designing Attractive Programs

STATUS: Agreement pending

ANTICIPATED COMPLETION: To be determined

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): Song Gao, PI, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Gopal Patil, Co-PI, University of Vermont

PI E-MAIL: songgao@ecs.umass.edu

OBJECTIVES: There are three major objectives of the project:

1. To provide a comprehensive and objective assessment of one of the current rideshare programs in the northern rural communities.
2. To understand commmuters' behavior in choosing rideshare, including the choice of whether to join a rideshare program and the choice of a rideshare partner.
3. To recommend improvements to the current rideshare programs.

NETC 08-6

PROJECT TITLE: Interaction between Salinity, Soil Quality & Amendments in Roadside Plantings

STATUS: RFP pending

ANTICIPATED COMPLETION: To be determined

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): To be determined

PI E-MAIL: To be determined

OBJECTIVES:

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