Year 1 Projects

Completed:

• Initial Assessment of Transportation Safety Equity for Hawaiians, part-Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in RITI Communities
• Develop an Interactive Baseline Data Platform for Visualizing and Analyzing Rural Crash Characteristics in RITI Communities
• Develop a Regional Multi-Source Database System for Safety Data Management and Analysis in RITI Communities in Washington State
• Promoting CSET Outreach Activities through Safety Data Management and Analysis in RITI Communities
• Operational Safety of Gravel Roads in Rural and Tribal Communities: Vulnerability to Structural Failures and Geo-hazards
• Transportation Equity for RITI Communities in Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Environment: Opportunities and Barriers
• Documenting the Characteristics of Traffic Crashes for RITI Communities in Idaho
• Safety Equity and Transportation in Tribal Communities – Navigating Collaborative Approaches and Indigenous Partnerships

Active:

• RITI Outreach and Baseline Data Collection

Year 2 Projects

Completed:

• Barriers and Opportunities for Using Rail-Trails for Safe Travel in Rural, Isolated, and Tribal Communities
• Developing a Data-Driven Safety Assessment Framework for RITI Communities in Washington State
• Driving Behavior and Traffic Safety Perceptions of Hawaiians, part-Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
• Drones for Improving Traffic Safety of the RITI Communities in Washington State
• Extracting Rural Crash Injury and Fatality Patterns Due to Changing Climates in RITI Communities Based on Enhanced Data Analysis and Visualization Tools
• Improving Safety for RITI Communities in Idaho – Documenting Crash Rates and Possible Intervention Measures
• Building Capacity for Climate Adaptation: Assessing the Vulnerability of Transportation Infrastructure to Sea Level Rise for Safety Enhancement in RITI Communities
• Dust Palliative Particle Residence Time Calculator
• Enabling Data-driven Transportation Safety improvements in Rural Alaska

Active:

• Developing a Safe and Sustainable Transportation System in Mertarvik – Phase II CSET Outreach and Partnership with the Newtok Relocation Project

Year 3 Projects

Completed:

• Results and Implications of Traffic Safety and Equity Perceptions of Hawaiians, part-Hawaiians and Pacfic Islanders
• Assessing the Transportation Adaptation Options to Sea Level Rise for Safety Enhancement in RITI Communities through a Structured Decision Making Framework
• Extracting Rural Crash Injury and Fatality Patterns Due to Changing Climates in RITI Communities Based on Enhanced Data Analysis and Visualization Tools (Phase II)
• Development of Grass-Roots Data Collection Methods in Rural, Isolated and Tribal Communities
• Developing a Data-Driven Safety Assessment Framework for RITI Communities in Washington State
• Investigation of Cost-Effective Technologies on Quick Response to Traffic-Related Crash in RITI Communities
• Promoting Positive Traffic Safety Culture in RITI Communitties through Active Engagement: Barriers and Opportunities
• Developing a Prototype of a Smart-lighting System for Isolated Rural Intersections

Active:

• Development of a Tabletop Dustfall Column and Test Procedure for Chemical Dust Suppressant Performance Testing
• Developing a Low-Cost Open Source Traffic Counter for Rural Areas (CTRA)

Year 4 Projects

Completed:

• Effects of Tourism on Rural Roads and Rural Delivery with CAV
• Development of an Acoustic Method to Collect Studded Tire Traffic Data
• Assessing the Relative Risks of School Travel in Rural Communities

Active:

• Machine Learning-based Fusion Convolutional Neural Network Approaches for Driver Injury Severity Prediction Using Highway Single-Vehicle Crash Data in RITI Communities
• Developing Data-Driven Pedestrian Safety Assessment Methods for RITI Communities
• Developing Pedestrian Safety Data Visualization and Analysis Tool for RITI Communities
• Investigating the Effect of Subsistence Opportunities on Crash Frequency Type and Severity in Alaska
• Safe Reinforcement Learning for Intersection Management in RITI Communities Under Rare Extreme Events
• Evaluating Ground Penetrating Radar Measurements for River Ice Travel Applications
• Improved Safety for Winter Travel along Minimally Improved Routes

Year 5 Projects

Completed:

• Drone-based Computer Vision-Enabled Vehicle Dynamic Safety Performance Monitoring for Crash Prediction in RITI Communities
• Community-embedded Drone Program for Improving Traffic Safety of RITI Communities in Washington State
• The Perception of Autonomous Driving in Rural Communities

Active:

• Cost-Effective System for Rural Roadway Traffic, Surface Conditions and Weather Conditions Monitoring
• Incorporating Use Inspired Design in Providing Safe Transportation Infrastructure for RITI Communities
• Promoting Positive Traffic Safety Culture in RITI Communities through Active Engagement: Implementation Guide and Outreach Activities
• Developing a Smart-lighting System for Isolated Rural Intersections: Phase 2
• Access, Equity, and Safety in Rural Road Development: Historical Evidence from the Dalton Highway
• Road Safety Nuggets

Year 6 Projects

CSET Projects approved for year 6

Active:

• Comprehensive Transportation Equity Analysis for RITI Community: A Data-Driven Approach with Case Study
• School Travel Behaviors in Rural Communities
• Enhancing Vehicle Sensing for Traffic Safety Performance Improvements Using Roadside LiDAR Data in RITI Communities
• Designing and Planning for Safe Pedestrian Paths at Rail Transit Stations serving RITI Communities
• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Fatal Crash Rates for RITI Communities in Idaho
• Crashes and Injuries on Rural Roads in Alaska - Towards a Better Understanding of Rural Safety Issues Through Linked Data and Environmental Factors
• Evaluating drone technology at identifying ice changes that can cause ice-road hazards
• Development and Validation of a Reduced Onedimensional Thermo-Mechanical Soil Stability Model for Predictive Use with the Alaska RWIS