Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
1912 The University of Texas at El Paso (143800)
Principal Investigator: Cheu,Ruey L
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 105,344
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): No
Start and End Dates: 1/31/23 - 1/15/24
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Ctr for Transport Infras Sys
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Civil Engineering
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: City of El Paso Intersection Safety Improvement Project Phase 2
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
CITY OF EL PASO
Program Title: #N/A
Note:
This proposal is for Phase 2 of the recently completed project. In Phase 1, the UTEP team led by Dr. Kelvin Cheu analyzed the records of traffic crashes that occurred in the City of El Paso from January 1, 2016 to October 18, 2021. Using these data, the team identified the top 50 intersections within the City of El Paso that had the highest risks of collision. For the top 10 intersections, they had proposed safety improvement plans, conceptual renderings, cost estimates and benefit-cost analyses. In Phase 2, UTEP shall provide the following services to the City: 1. Expand the crash records to cover the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2021 and identify the top 100 high-risk intersections based on the expanded data set. 2. Select from among the list of top 100 intersections, 30 intersections maintained by the City of El Paso that have the highest risk of collision. 3. Acquire, from TxDOT's Crash Report Information Systems (CRIS), the relevant reports of the crashes that occurred from January 1,2016 to December 31, 2021, at the 30 intersections identified in Task 2. Construct intersection collision diagrams for each intersection. 4. Perform field observations to identify operational issues at the 30 intersections. 5. Collect and analyze intersection drawings, signal timing sheets, past imrovement plans and relevant information at these 30 intersections provided by the City. 6. Propose short-term, middle-term and long-term intersection safety countermeasures for each intersection, accompanying by conceptual rendering. 7. Perform cost estimates of each intersection's short-term, middle-term and long-term intersection safety countermeasures and benefit-cost analyses. 8. Produce and deliver a written Final Report to the City.
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