CAIT
Center
for Advanced Infrastructure & Transportation

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

 

 

 

 

 

Semi-Annual Report

for July 2004 - June 2005 Budget Period

Grant No. DTRS98-G-0020

 

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS:

 

Dr. Ali Maher, Director

Patrick J. Szary, Associate Director

and CAIT Principal Investigators

Center for advanced Infrastructure & Transportation

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Rutgers University

623 Bowser Rd. Piscataway, NJ 08854-8014

 

TIME PERIOD:

 

July 2004 - December 2004

 

DATE SUBMITTED:

 

Submitted                        February 1, 2005

 


Table of Contents

 

Table of Contents. 2

Introduction by Director.. 3

Success Stories. 4

Transportation Safety Resource Center to Provide Technical Expertise to Locals. 5

Robert Wood Johnson Hospital Emergency Management Plan.. 6

New Life for the Rutgers University Transportation Coordinating Council (TCC) 7

Continued Growth Within the Center.. 8

Safety Conscious Planning.. 9

CAIT Rutgers Science Newspaper For Kids Distributed to 50,000 Middle-School Students. 10

Multiple Seminar Sessions for Fall 2004. 11

Center Completes Crumb Rubber in Asphalt Pavement Study.. 12

Development of Noise Abatement Database for Different Pavement Surfaces  13

Holland Tunnel: Multidisciplinary Re-Design of a OverUtilized Transportation System... 14

Revise the NJTR-1 Crash Record Form... 15

Best Practices: Maximizing Effectiveness of Emergency Service Providers  16

BEcoming A Driving Force in Safety Throughout the State. 17

National Prefabricated Bridge Elements and Systems Conference  18

Environmental Management of Maritime Infrastructure. 19

Research Project Status. 20

New (selected during the first six months of the current grant year) 21

Ongoing (from a prior grant year) 22

Completed (since the beginning of the grant) 23

Financial Status.