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Environment | Crossroads
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Protecting Bees and Butterflies With Right-of-Way. June 9, 2016. Bees, butterflies and other pollinators busily work on our behalf to help our crops and wild plant life reproduce. Most plants cannot produce fruits and seeds without the aid of these little bugs. MnDOT is taking steps to ensure that the habitat these creatures depend on gets the protection it needs. In addition to recently signing an agreement. New Opportunities for Protecting Pollinators. A Transportation Research Synthesis (TRS). MnDOT s...
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Department of Transportation | Crossroads
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Tag Archives: Department of Transportation. Drone Project Earns State Government Innovation Award. August 8, 2016. The MnDOT Office of Aeronautics and Aviation. Was recognized last month for the drone research project that also involved the Office of Bridge and Structures. And MnDOT Research Services. The Humphrey School of Public Affairs. In partnership with the Bush Foundation. Presented a State Government Innovation Award. A second phase of the project. Minnesota department of transportation. Drones, ...
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Bicycling | Crossroads
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Bike, pedestrian counting efforts engage local agencies statewide. September 16, 2015. Across Minnesota, local agencies need better information about where and how many people are biking and walking to make decisions about infrastructure investments, understand safety risks, and even plan active living initiatives. If we want to institutionalize counting and monitoring across the state, local agencies need to know it’s not something that’s only important for large cities like Minneapolis, says principal ...
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Major Ramp Metering Upgrade Reduces Freeway Delays | Crossroads
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Major Ramp Metering Upgrade Reduces Freeway Delays. April 27, 2015. Motorists are experiencing less delay on metro-area highways, thanks to major changes to the Twin Cities’ ramp metering system. The Minnesota Department of Transportation has reconfigured ramp meters to be more in sync with real conditions. With changes to the turn-on and turn-off criteria, the meters are actually running for a shorter period of time and are only activated when needed. These results are preliminary, as additional analysi...
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Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative highlighted in FHWA case study | Crossroads
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Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Initiative highlighted in FHWA case study. March 23, 2015. Work on bike and pedestrian counting by University of Minnesota researchers and MnDOT has been highlighted as part of the FHWA’s Livable Communities Case Study Series. Read the case study. On the FHWA Livability website. Road Surface Monitors Could Help Reduce Salt Usage. Salt-tolerant sod and seed mixes bring greener roadsides to Minnesota. Leave a Comment Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. You are c...
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maintenance | Crossroads
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Taking the guesswork out of measuring winter operations. December 2, 2015. Being able to accurately and reliably estimate traffic conditions during snow events is critical to transportation agencies. Typically, state DOTs use measurements such as time to bare pavement based on the visual inspection of plow drivers to gauge the progress of snow operations. These estimates are limited, however, by the subjectivity and inconsistency of human-based measurements. Now, new research. One advantage of the new pr...
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Applying LiDAR to county transportation systems | Crossroads
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Applying LiDAR to county transportation systems. August 5, 2015. A handful of county highway department employees in the Rochester area gathered recently at the Olmsted County Public Works Service Center. For a presentation and live demonstration by University of Minnesota Research Fellow Brian Davis. About his team’s work involving light detection and ranging or LiDAR. LiDAR is like radar, but with light, Davis said. It gives you information about what’s around the sensor. After the presentation, Davis ...
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MnDOT | Crossroads
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Drone Project Earns State Government Innovation Award. August 8, 2016. The MnDOT Office of Aeronautics and Aviation. Was recognized last month for the drone research project that also involved the Office of Bridge and Structures. And MnDOT Research Services. The Humphrey School of Public Affairs. In partnership with the Bush Foundation. Presented a State Government Innovation Award. The project, titled Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAV) Bridge Inspection Demonstration Project. A second phase of the project.
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Pedestrian | Crossroads
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Bike, pedestrian counting efforts engage local agencies statewide. September 16, 2015. Across Minnesota, local agencies need better information about where and how many people are biking and walking to make decisions about infrastructure investments, understand safety risks, and even plan active living initiatives. If we want to institutionalize counting and monitoring across the state, local agencies need to know it’s not something that’s only important for large cities like Minneapolis, says principal ...
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