Technical Reports

  1. Hurwitz, D., Woodside, J.*, Jashami, H., Chang, K., Young, R., Campos, A.R. (2023) “Impact of Bicycling Rolling Stop Laws on Safety-Relevant Behaviors in the Pacific Northwest.” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA., 110p.
  2. Ranjbari, A., Goodchild, A., McCormack, E., Verma, R., Hurwitz, D., Liu, Y.*, Jashami, H. (2023) “Insights from Commercial Driver Parking Decisions in a Truck Simulator to Inform Curb Management Decisions.” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA., 72p.
  3. Russo, B., Smaglik, E., Kothuri, S., Hurwitz, D., & Scott-Deeter, L.* (2022) “Impacts of Intersection Treatments and Traffic Characteristics on Bicyclist Safety.” Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 135p.
  4. Smaglik, E., Riffle, K., Gehrke, S., Russo, B., Procaccio, S., Hurwitz, D., Liu, Y.*, & Chai, E.*, (2022) “Automated Identification of Traffic Detector Malfunctions.” Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 84p.
  5. Monsere, C. & Hurwitz, D., Milacek, M.*, Sirisha, K., & Anderson, J. (2022) “Safety Investigations Manual, 2nd Edition.” Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 112p.
  6. Gambatese, J., Hurwitz, D., & Ahmed, A.* (2021) “Use of Flashing Ambre-White Lights on Paving Equipment in Work Zones.” Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 73p.
  7. Monsere, C., Kothuri, S., Hurwitz, D., Cobb, D.*, & Jashami, H.*, (2021) “Bicycle Detection and Feedback Assessment.” Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 225p.
  8. McCormack, E., Goodchild, A., Hurwitz, D., Hisham, J.* & Cobb, D.* (2020) “Developing Design Guidelines for Commercial Vehicle Envelopes on Urban Streets.” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA., 124p.
  9. Monsere, C., Anderson, J., Kothuri, S., Hurwitz, D., & Chand, C.* (2020) “Addressing Oregon’s Rise in Deaths and Serious Injuries for Senior Drivers and Pedestrians.” Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 110p.
  10. Parrish, C., Hurwitz, D., Simpson, C., Sorour, S., & Abdel-Rahim, A. (2019) “An Airborne LIDAR Scanning and Machine Learning System for Real-Time Event Extraction and Control Policies in Urban Transportation Networks.” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA., 42p.
  11. Monsere, C., Sirisha, K., Hurwitz, D., Cobb, D., Fink, C., Schultheiss, B., Hillman, T., Shaw, G., & Boudart, G. (2020) “Web-Only Document 273: Road User Understanding of Bicycle Signal Faces on Traffic Signals,” National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Washington, D.C., 1-79.
  12. Hurwitz, D., Horne, D. & Jashami, H. (2019) “Quantifying the Performance of Low-noise Transverse Rumble Strips”, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 1-46.
  13. Gambatese, J., Hurwitz, D., Ahmed, A. & Mohammed, H.A., (2019) “Use of Blue Lights on Paving Equipment in Work Zones”, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 1-83.
  14. Hurwitz, D., Horne, D. Jashami, H., Monsere, M. & Kothuri, S. (2019) “Quantifying the Performance of Low-Noise Rumble Strips”, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 1-108.
  15. Chang, K., Warmbrodt, S., Hurwitz, D. & Simpson, E. (2018) “Streamlining the Crash Reporting Process in the Pacific Northwest,” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA, 1-108.
  16. Hurwitz, D., Abadi, M.G., MaCormack, E., Goodchild, A., & Sheth, M. (2018) “An Examination of the Impact of Increasing Commercial Parking Utilization on Cyclist Safety in Urban Environments,” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA, 1-96.
  17. Hurwitz, D., & Abadi, M.G. (2018) “Improved Safety and Efficiency of Protected/Permitted Right Turns for Bicycles in the Pacific Northwest,” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA, 1-69.
  18. Hurwitz, D., Jashami, H., Buker, K., Monsere, C., Kothuri, S. & Kading, A. (2018) “Improved Safety and Efficiency of Protected/Permitted Right-Turns in Oregon”, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 1-138.
  19. Hurwitz, D., Olsen, M., & Barlow, Z. (2018) “Driver Distraction Due to Drones”, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 1-100.
  20. Hurwitz, D., Fleskes, K., Abdel-Rahim, A., Belz, N., Boyle, L. & Hajibabai, L. (2017) “Mitigation of Lane Departure Crashes in the Pacific Northwest through Coordinated Outreach – Phase III,” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA, 1-30.
  21. Hurwitz, D., Barlow, Z., Abdel-Rahim, A., Belz, N., Boyle, L. & Hajibabai, L. (2017) “Mitigation of Lane Departure Crashes in the Pacific Northwest through Coordinated Outreach – Phase II,” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA, 1-31.
  22. Gambatese, J., Hurwitz, D., & Barlow, Z. (2017) “Synthesis Report 509 Highway Worker Safety,” National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Washington, D.C., 1-149.
  23. Olsen, M., Hurwitz, D., Kashani, A., & Buker, K. (2016) “3D Virtual Sight Distance Analysis using Lidar Data,” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (Pactrans) Seattle, WA, 1-87.
  24. Hurwitz, D., Abadi, M., McCrea, S., Quayle, S., & Marnell, P. (2016) “Smart Red Clearance Extensions to Reduce Red-Light Running Crashes,” Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 1-139.
  25. Hurwitz, D., Barlow, Z., Abdel-Rahim, A., Belz, N., Boyle, L., & Hajibabai, L. (2016) “Mitigating Lane Departure Crashes in the Pacific Northwest through Coordinated Outreach – Phase I,” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA, 1-31.
  26. Hurwitz, D., Boyle, L., Abdel-Rahim, A., Bham, G., & Cofer, W. (2015) “Educating Teenage Drivers in the Pacific Northwest Regarding the Dangers of Distracted Driving – Phase II,” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA, 1-29.
  27. Hurwitz, D., Jannat, M., Warner, J., Monsere, C., & Razmpa, A. (2015) “Towards Effective Design Treatment for Right-Turns at Intersections with Bicycle Traffic,” Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Salem, OR, 1-211.
  28. Hurwitz, D., Olsen, M., & Neil, J. (2015) “Alternative Information Signs: An Evaluation of Driver Comprehension and visual Attention,” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) and Travel Oregon, Seattle, WA, 1-75.
  29. Hurwitz, D., Boyle, L., Abdel-Rahim, A., & Brown, S. (2014) “Educating Teenage Drivers in the Pacific Northwest Regarding the dangers of Distracted Driving – Phase I,” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA, 1-20.
  30. Hurwitz, D., Olsen, M., Marnell, P., & Mahmoudabadi, H. (2013) “Rendering of Dense, Point Cloud Data in a High Fidelity Driving Simulator,” Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), Seattle, WA, 1-26.
  31. Hurwitz, D. (2013) “An Activity-Based Learning Module for Human Factors in the Introductory Transportation Engineering Course,” Oregon Transportation Reserach and Education Consortium (OTREC), OTREC-ED-13-03, Portland, OR, 1-8.
  32. Hurwitz, D., Monsere, M., Tuss, H., Paulsen, K., & Marnell, P. (2013) “Improved Pedestrian Safety at Signalized Intersections Operating the Flashing Yellow Arrow,” Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC), OTREC-RR-13-02, Portland, OR. 1-66.
  33. Olsen, J., Roe, G., Glennie, C., Persi, F., Reedy, M., Hurwitz, D., Williams, K., Tuss, H., Sequellati, A., & Knodler, M. (2013) “Final Report 748 Guidelines for the Use of Mobile LIDAR in Transportation Applications,” National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Washington, D.C, 1-194.
  34. Knodler, M. & Hurwitz, D. (2008) “Dilemma Zone Issues at High-speed Signalized Intersections,”Vermont Agency of Transportation, Montpelier, VT, 1-55.