Led by Western Michigan University, the TRCLC is a consortium of five universities that aims to address aspects concerning the development of livable communities through transportation. The TRCLC coordinates efforts across 30 top researchers in associated fields to collectively enable livable communities through transportation research, education and workforce development and technology transfer.
Each of the five institutions in the TRCLC consortium have their own expertise within the theme of livable communities. WMU has expertise and strong research capabilities in the areas of mobility for those with disabilities and in non-motorized safety. The University of Texas, Arlington's strengths are in analyzing environmental impact and multimodal levels of service. Utah State University members have strengths in both network analysis and transportation services for individual with disabilities. Wayne State University's specializes in bus rapid transit and pedestrian safety. Tennessee State University members have strengths in safety and performance measures.
Submissions from 2019
17-11 Evaluation of Transit Priority Treatments in Tennessee, Deo Chimba and Sotonye Ikiriko
Simulating the Impact of Traffic Calming Strategies, Deo Chimba and Christian Mbuya
17-08 Transportation Access and Individuals with Disabilities' Community Integration, Keith M. Christensen and Ziqi Song
18-02 Investigating and Prioritizing Factors for Quantifying Bikeability, Valerian Kwigizile, Jun-Seok Oh, and Sia M. Lyimo
17-09 Assessing the Impact of Air Pollution on Public Health Along Transit Routes, Stephen Mattingly, Kyung (Kate) Hyun, Shirin Kamali Rad, Mehrdad Arabi, and Sina Famili
18-01 Sustainable and Smart-growth City Ranking: Multifaceted Transportation Performance Measures in Smart Cities, Jun-Seok Oh, Valerian Kwigizile, and Ahmad Feizi
17-07 Phase-II: Community-Aware Charging Station Network Design for Electrified Vehicles in Urban Areas: Reducing Congestion, Emissions, Improving Accessibility, and Promoting Walking, Bicycling, and use of Public Transportation, Saravanan Venkatachalam, Ratna Babu Chinnam, and Alper E. Murat
Submissions from 2018
16-06 Vehicle-to-Device (V2D) Communications: Readiness of the Technology and Potential Applications for People with Disability, Ala Al-Fuqaha, Jun-Seok Oh, and Valerian Kwigizile
16-09 Transportation Mobility Among Low-Income, Transportation Disadvantaged Older Adults Living in a Low Density Urban Environment Using Innovative Data Collection Methods, Noelle Fields, Courtney Cronley, Stephen Mattingly, David Levine, Vivian J. Miller, Erin R. Murphy, Marcus Crawford, Lubia Gwak, Saeed Reza Ramezanpour Nargesi, Ziaur Rahman, and Meenakshi Balasubramanian
17-01 An Intersection Database Enhances Blind Pedestrians' Access to Complex Signalized Intersections: Stage 2 Analysis & Database Development, Dave Guth, Janet Barlow, Paul Ponchillia, Lee Rodegerdts, Dae Shik Kim, and Kevin Lee
16-07 Blame-the-Victim Policy Narratives and State-Level Transportation Policy Decisions, Stephen Mattingly, Karabi Bezboruah, Jennifer Sloan, Saeed Reza Ramezanpour Nargesi, and Ayushi Mahiyar
16-04 Effectiveness of Bicycle Signals for Improving Safety and Multimodal Mobility at Urban Intersections, Jun-Seok Oh, Valerian Kwigizile, and Odai Al houz
16-01 Paths to ADA-Compliance: the Performance and Cost Efficiency of Measurement Technologies that Support ADA-Mandated, Self-Evaluations of Pedestrian Rights of Way, Jun-Seok Oh, Jiansong Zhang, Kapseong Ro, and Majid Mastali
16-03 The Effects of High Visibility Enforcement on Driver Compliance to Pedestrian Stop Right-of-Way Laws in Ann Arbor, MI, Ron Van Houten, Jun-Seok Oh, and De'Lon Dixon
17-05 Effects of Safe Bicycle Passing Laws on Drivers' Behavior and Bicyclists' Safety, Ron Van Houten, Jun-Seok Oh, Valerian Kwigizile, Ahmad Feizi, and Majid Mastali
Submissions from 2017
15-06 Integrated Crowdsourcing Platform to Investigate Non-Motorized Behavior and Risk Factors on Walking, Running, and Cycling Routes, Ala Al-Fuqaha, Sepideh Mohammadi, Jun-Seok Oh, Valerian Kwigizile, and Fadi Alhomaidat
16-02 Enhancing Non-motorized Mobility within Construction Zones, Upul Attanayake, Abul Fazal Mazumder, Wjdan Dhaif Sahi Sahi, Mathew Mueller, and Dustin Black
15-09 Impact of Access Management Practices to Pedestrian Safety, Deo Chimba and Henry Ajieh
16-11 Microsimulation of the Impact of Access Management Practices to Pedestrians, Deo Chimba and Kevin Soloka
16-08 Does Location Matter? Performance Analysis of the Affordable Housing Programs in Dallas-Fort Worth, Shima Hamidi, Somayeh Moazzeni, Jinat Jahan, Reza Sardari, and David Weinreich
15-03 Real Time Bicycle Simulation Study of Bicyclists' Behaviors and their Implication on Safety, Valerian Kwigizile, Jun-Seok Oh, Raed Hasan, Cole G. Villalobos, Aous Hammad Kurdi, and Anil Shaw
15-07 App-based Crowd Sourcing of Bicycle and Pedestrian Conflict Data, Stephen Mattingly, Colleen Casey, and Taylor Johnson
15-01 Effect of Cycling Skills on Bicycle Safety and Comfort Associated with Bicycle Infrastructure and Environment, Jun-Seok Oh, Valerian Kwigizile, Kapseong Ro, Ahmad Feizi, Brent William Kostich, Raed Abdullah Hasan Hasan, and Fadi Abdallah Mousa Alhomaidat
15-02 Estimating and Enhancing Public Transit Accessibility for People with Mobility Limitations, Jun-Seok Oh, C. Scott Smith, Rostam Qatra, and Mohammad Al-Akash
15-10 Development of Multi-class, Multi-criteria Bicycle Traffic Assignment Models and Solution Algorithms, Seungkyu Ryu, Anthony Chen, Keith Christensen, and Keechoo Choi
15-11 Assessing Transit Oriented Development Strategies with a New Combined Modal Split and Traffic Assignment Model, Guangchao Wang, Anthony Chen, Ziqi Song, and Songyot Kitthamkesorn
Submissions from 2016
15-05 Infrastructure and Technology for Sustainable Livable Cities, Upul Attanayake, Mehedi Hasan, and Lizmert Lopez
14-02 Developing Public Health Performance Measures to Capture the Effects of Transportation Facilities on Multiple Public Health Outcomes, Colleen Casey, Stephen Mattingly, Jianling Li, and James Williams
14-07 Development of Decision Support Tools to Assess Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety: Focus on Population, Demographic and Socioeconomic Spectra, Deo Chimba and Abram Musinguzi
15-08 Community-Aware Charging Station Network Design for Electrified Vehicles in Urban Areas: Reducing Congestion, Emissions, Improving Accessibility, and Promoting Walking, Bicycling, and use of Public Transportation, Ratna Babu Chinnam and Alper E. Murat
15-12 Analysis of Walking Facility Performance Guidelines for Individuals with Disabilities, Keith Christensen, Anthony Chen, and Mohammad Sadra Sharifi
14-06 Development of Safety Performance Functions and Other Decision Support Tools to Assess Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety, Timothy J. Gates, Peter T. Savolainen, Steven Stapleton, Trevor Kirsch, and Santosh Miraskar
15-04 Travel Behavior of Blind Individuals before and after Receiving Orientation and Mobility Training, Dae Shik Kim, C. Scott Smith, and Elyse Connors
14-05 Development of Decision Support Tools to Assess Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety: Development of Safety Performance Functions, Valerian Kwigizile, Jun-Seok Oh, Ron Van Houten, and Keneth Morgan Kwayu
15-13 Exploring Bicycle Route Choice Behavior with Space Syntax Analysis, Zhaocai Liu, Anthony Chen, and Seungkyu Ryu
14-03 Transportation System and Its Association with Human Health - A Review and Modeling Approach, Jun-Seok Oh, Valerian Kwigizile, Ali Hamzah Hussein Alzuhairi, and Fnu Zahid
Submissions from 2015
14-09 Alternatives for Providing a Safe Passage for Non-motorized Traffic across an Existing Highway Bridge, U. B. Attanayake and L. A. Lopez
14-04 Conditions that Influence Drivers' Yielding Behavior at Uncontrolled Crossings and Intersections with Traffic Signal Controls, Robert Wall Emerson, Eugene Bourquin, Dona Sauerburger, and Janet Barlow
14-11 Travel in Adverse Winter Weather Conditions by Blind Pedestrians, Dae Shik Kim, Robert Wall Emerson, Dave Guth, and Richard Long
14-12 Capacity Analysis of Pedestrian Facilities Involving Individuals with Disabilities, Mohammad Sadra Sharifi, Keith Christensen, and Anthony Chen
14-01 Exploring the Equity Dimensions of US Bicycle Sharing Systems, C. Scott Smith, Jun-Seok Oh, and Cheyenne Lei
14-10 Innovative Park-and-Ride Management for Livable Communities, Ziqi Song and Yi He
2015 Annual Report Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities, Western Michigan University, University of Texas Arlington, Wayne State University, Utah State University, and Tennessee State University
14-08 Big Data Analytics to Aid Developing Livable Communities, Li Yang, Hyunkeun Cho, and Jun-Seok Oh