2024 MASSDOT INNOVATION CONFERENCE POSTER SESSION

Tuesday, April 30th, 2:00-3:00 PM, First Floor Showcase Corner

Moderator, Hao Yin, MassDOT

The Massachusetts Vehicle Census, Michael Melencio, MBTA

Sensor Networks for Vulnerable Road User Safety, Nicholas Kirsch, University of New Hampshire

Spatiotemporal Trends in Pedestrian Crashes: Exploring the Influence of Socioeconomic,

Demographic, Infrastructure, and Emerging COVID-19 Conditions, Ali Shirazi, University
of Maine

Evaluation of Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) Performance in Mountainous Regions and Cold
Climates, Bill Lyons, Michael Cross, and Majd Khalaf, Norwich University

Evaluating the Impacts of Age and Health on Different Aspects of Mobility and Driving Behaviors,
Joseph Coughlin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Pedestrian Accessibility, Walkability, and Design, Karin Valentine Goins, UMass Medical School

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Framework for Midblock Crosswalk Detection Across Massachusetts,
Yuanchang Xie, Zubin Bhuyan, and Angkea Reach Rith, UMass Lowell

Improving Crash Prediction Using GRIDSMART Infrastructure, John Ivan, University of

Connecticut

Evaluating Older Drivers’ Reaction to Forward Collision Warning (FCW) Systems Under
Conditions of Distraction Using a Driving Simulator, Niloufar Shirani, University of
Connecticut

Examining the Impact of Land Use, Transit Stops, Roadway, and Demographic Factors on
Pedestrian Injury Severity in Connecticut, Anshu Bamney, University of Connecticut

Equity in Livability: Identifying Systemic, Operational, and Systemic Inequities in Active

Transportation for Socioeconomic Disadvantaged Communities in Connecticut, Davis
Chacon-Hurtado, University of Connecticut

Exploring the Relationship Between the Built Environment, Safety, and Bus Ridership in
Connecticut Using Mixed Research Methods, Davis Chacon-Hurtado, University of
Connecticut

5G-enabled Safe and Robust Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Framework for CAV
Coordination, Fei Miao, University of Connecticut

Unlocking Forensics Data for Vehicles Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes, Charles Grasso,
University of Connecticut
Real-time Information Dissemination for Efficiency in a Robo-taxi System (RIDERS), Monika
Filipovska, University of Connecticut

Incorporating Large Language Models (LLMs) into Transportation Safety Analytics and Equity,
Caiwen Ding, University of Connecticut

Assessing the Effectiveness of Bicycle Infrastructure Treatments through a Large-Scale

Trajectories collected with Drones, Eleni Christofa, UMass Amherst

Community-Centered Traffic Safety, Cole Fitzpatrick, UMass Amherst

Towards a Safe, Healthy and Efficient Gig Transportation Workforce, Song Gao, UMass Amherst

Learning a Spatial Crash Typology Representation for Analyzing and Improving Multimodal Road
Safety in New England, Jimi Oke, UMass Amherst

Holistically Identifying Road Complexity and Relating it to Fatal Crashes, Shannon Roberts,
UMass Amherst

Data Collaboration to Identify Problem Carriers and Reduce Overweight Travel on Massachusetts
Roadways, Jenn Gazzillo, UMass Amherst

Cold-Spray Additive Repair of Corroded Steel Bridge Beams, Brian Schagen, UMass Amherst

Salt Spreader Controller Application, Chengbo Ai and Vaishnavi Dattatray Avhad, UMass
Amherst

Pavement Marking Inventory and Assessment, Chengbo Ai and Qing Hou, UMass Amherst

LiDAR Data Review, Chengbo Ai, Aidan Provost, and Elahe Yahyapour Demouchali, UMass
Amherst

Safety and Public Health Impacts of Microtransit Services, Eric Gonzales, UMass Amherst

Data-Driven Transit Capital Planning, Eric Gonzales, UMass Amherst

Measuring Fare Payment Compliance on MBTA Buses, Eric Gonzales, UMass Amherst

Measuring Food Access to Improve Public Health – Phase II, Eric Gonzales, UMass Amherst

Effectiveness of Two Stage Turn Queue Boxes, Dewan Tanvir Ahammed, UMass Amherst

Accessible Bus Stop Design, Yu-Min (Thomas) Yang, UMass Amherst

Adion Shaping the Future of College Transportation - A Collaborative Entrepreneurial Effort, Daniel
Jaffe, UMass Amherst