Travel Time on Arterials and Rural Highways: State-of-the-Practice Synthesis on Arterial Data Collection Technology
Acknowledgements
The research reported herein was performed under the Federal Highway Administration's TMC Pooled Fund
Study under contract DTFH61-06-D-00007 by Westat and SAIC. SAIC was the prime contractor, with Westat
having the technical lead. Dr. Emanuel Robinson, Senior Research Scientist at Westat, was the Project Director
and Principal Investigator. The other authors of this report are Jeremiah Singer and Jessica Krueger, both
Research Associates at Westat, and Jennifer Atkinson and Matthew Myers, both Transportation Engineers at
SAIC. Mrs. Atkinson also served as overall Task Manager. In addition, we would like to thank Rick Huey, Senior
Research Engineer at Westat, for helpful comments on the final reports. We would also like to thank Westat's
Graphics Services, especially Brandy Gruner and Kenneth Von Alt, for producing the final layouts and formatting
of the reports.
The authors acknowledge Jimmy Chu, who served
as the Federal Highway Administration Government
Task Monitor for this project, as well as the
Transportation Management Center Pooled Fund
Study panel members who provided advice and
review throughout the project:
Elizabeth Birriel
Florida Department of Transportation
Mark Demidovich
Georgia Department of Transportation
Jeff Galas
Illinois Department of Transportation
Mike Jenkinson
California Department of Transportation
Jim McGee
Nebraska Department of Transportation
Cathy McGhee
Virginia Department of Transportation
Chris Quesnell
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Jason Sims
Missouri Department of Transportation
The authors also thank the experts and
practitioners who contributed to the case studies,
review of practice, and review of technologies:
Jeff Jenq
OZ Engineering
Ben McCawley
City of Chandler
Ben McKeever
Federal Highway Administration
Donna Nelson
Traffax Inc.
Gregory Owens
Missouri Department of Transportation
Edward Smaglik
Northern Arizona University
