Fiscal Year 2023-24 Approved Research
The Division of Research Innovation and System Information (DRISI) funds research on a wide variety of topics to provide a safe and reliable transportation network that serves all people and respects the environment. DRISI’s research program emphasizes customer participation throughout the research selection process and effective deployment and customer ownership of the research products.
FY23-24 Approved Research Reports
By Program Steering Committee
Advanced
- Task 4044 - Crash Testing and Verification of Retrofit Type 85 Barrier on Existing Bridge Deck Overhangs
- Task 4214 - Continued Support for Implementation of Performance Related Tests and Specifications for Balanced Mix Design, Increased Recycling of Asphalt Mixes, and Integration of Mix Design and Structural Design
- Task 4239 - Concrete and Asphalt Pavement Smoothness and Asphalt Quality Incentive/Disincentive Analysis
Construction
- Task 4275 - Culvert Rehabilitation Technique (Cementitious Liner)
Design
- Task 4287 - Phase 2: Identification of Speeding-related, ROR, CO, and WW Collisions Locations
- Task 4288 - Evaluation of Mobile Robot Teams for Security of Caltrans Equipment Yards and Maintenance Stations
- Task 4290 - ADA Van as a Technology Demonstrator for Disabled Travelers
Environmental
- Task 4294 - Deployment and Evaluation of Targeted Warning Messaging System
Equipment
- Task 4296 - Vehicle Detection on Rural Roads Using Optical Fiber Sensing Technology
Executive
- Task 4312 - Incorporating New UAS Technology into the Caltrans UAS Safety Management System
- Task 4317 - Statewide 3-Dimensional Motion Analysis for Optimal CTSRN Performance and Geospatial Data Management
Geotechnical/Structures
- Task 4340 - Effects of Using Standardized Work Zone Data to Improve Work Zone Safety
- Task 4346 - Prepare MMITSS for Deployment in California
- Task 4357 - Induced travel and calculation of benefits
- Task 4356 - Shoulder Width Data Accuracy Improvement for Bicycle Facilities
- Task 3726 - Midwest Roadside Safety Facility Pooled Fund TPF-5(430) [Solicitation: 1489]
Maintenance
- Task 4195 - TTI Roadside Safety Pooled Fund - Phase 3: TPF-5(501)
- Task 4389 - Post-Wildfire Debris Flow TPF solicitation # 1594
- Task 4056 - Central Valley Swainson's Hawk Research
- Task 4337 - Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence-Based Video Data Collection Capabilities
Modal
- Task 4360 - Decarbonizing Caltrans’ facilities and operations
- Task 4338 - Connected Intersections: Improving Intersection Safety and Mobility through High Resolution Video Detection and V2X Communications
- Task 4291 - Model Test for Buried Structures Crossing Highways under Seismic Loading
Pavement
- Task 4304 - Long Range Automated Lookout for Roadside Operations
- Task 4284 - Estimating Wet-Pavement Exposure with Precipitation Data
Planning/Policy/Programming
- Task 4303 - SIDRA Calibration for Roundabouts in California
- Task 4376 - Evaluation of Proximity Warning Systems for Work Zones
- Task 4271 - Seismically Isolated Bridges under Beyond Design Shaking
Research Support
- Task 4325 - Strategies for Improving Safety and Efficiency of Interactions Between Surface Traffic and Trunkline Transit
- Task 4270 - Seismic Design Evaluation of Shallow Foundations at Potentially Liquefiable Soil Sites
Right of Way and Land Surveys
- Task 4315 - Impacts of Changing Agriculture Supply Chains on California Roads and Bridges
Rural
- Task 4333 - Use of Third-Party Data to Enhance Truck Monitoring in High-Traffic Networks
- Task 4298 - Use of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for Rural Communications Tower Inspection
- Task 4281 - Bridge Rapid Assessment Center for Extreme Event (BRACE2) – Phase II
Safety
- Task 4297 - Development and Testing of an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Cellular & Wi-Fi Repeater: Phase 2
- Task 4307 - Evaluation of Electric Vehicle (EV) Heavy Equipment for Use in Caltrans' Operations
- Task 4367 - Signalized Corridor Synchronization Performance Assessment and Improvement in the 310 Program
Traffic Operations
- Task 4276 - High Speed Data Distribution and Collection Prototype
- Task 4378 - Design Support for Pilot Applications of Heated Concrete Pavement System
- Task 4358 - Innovative Tools and Concept Strategies for System Planning Phase 2
- Task 4306 - Induction potential / safe distances to underground electrical distribution lines
- Task 4371 - LiDAR Data Fusion for Multi-modality at Traffic Signals