Beginning in 2006, most State Planning and Research (SPR) projects and some Client-Sponsored and Pooled Fund Projects will be summarized in a Research Note. 

The Research Note is a two to four page summary of a research project, with the intent to make research results easily understood by a broad audience.

 Functional Areas:

Project Delivery RAC       
     

Bridges and Structures

• Mitigation Strategies for Early-Age Shrinkage Cracking in Bridge Decks (pdf 2.06 mb)
• Seismic Assessment of WSDOT Bridges with Prestressed Hollow Core Piles (pdf 302 kb)

Construction and Materials      

• Performance Analysis and Forecasting for WSDOT Highway Projects (pdf 3.2 mb) 
• Project Scoping State of Practice: Washington State (pdf 165 kb)  
• Risk-Based Estimate Self-Modeling (pdf 432 kb)
  

Design                  

• Highway Project Delivery Requirements (pdf 400K)  
• State Highways as Main Streets: A Study of Community Design and Visioning (pdf 3,176 kb)  
• In-Service Evaluation of Major Urban Arterials with Landscaped Medians - Conditions as of 2004 (pdf 595 kb)

Environment                      

• Eastern Washington Steep Slope Research for Management of Highway Stormwater (pdf 364 kb)
• Permeability of Existing Structures for Terrestrial Wildlife: A Passage Assessment System (pdf 201 kb)
• Frequency Analysis and Spatial Mapping of Precipitation for 24-Hour and 2-Hour Durations in Eastern Washington (pdf 1.43 mb)  
• Low Impact Development Methods for Stormwater Management (pdf 985 kb)
• Mitigating Dock Shading Impacts on Salmon with Artificial Light (pdf 101 mb)

Real Estate      

Multimodal Transportation RAC 

Aviation  

Freight

• Development of a Washington State Freight Data System (pdf 880 kb)  
• Storm-Related Closures of I-5 and I-90: Freight Transportation Economic Impact Assessment Report (pdf 4.33 mb)
• Building Freight Transport Resilience Through GIS-Based Data (pdf 2.38 mb)
  

Highways 

• State Highways as Main Streets: A Study of Community Design and Visioning (pdf 3,176 kb)     

Planning

• Impacts of VMT Strategies on Selected Areas and Groups (pdf 332 kb)
• Managing Pedestrian Safety I: Injury Severity (pdf 1.5 mb)
• An Evaluation of Engineering Treatments and Pedestrian and Motorist Behavior on Major Arterials in Washington State (pdf 711 kb) 
• An Assessment of Urban Form and Pedestrian and Transit Improvements as an Integrated GHG Reduction Strategy (pdf 565 kb)     

Urban Planning     

• An Assessment of Urban Form and Pedestrian and Transit Improvements as an Integrated GHG Reduction Strategy (pdf 565 kb)    
   

 Public Transportation 

•  An Assessment of Urban Form and Pedestrian and Transit Improvements as an Integrated GHG Reduction Strategy (pdf 565 kb)
  

 Transportation Demand Management   

 Rail   

 

 Washington State Ferries  
      

 Operations RAC   

Communications  

 Congestion      

• Travel Time Data Obtained from Bluetooth Technology  (pdf 173 kb), January 2012

Intelligent Transportation Systems    

• Travel Time Data Obtained from Bluetooth Technology (pdf 173 kb), January 2012
• Improving Dual-Loop Truck (and Speed) Data: Quick Detection of Malfucntioning Loops annd Calculation of Required Adjustments  
• Quantifying Incident-Induced Travel Delays on Freeways Using Traffic Sensor Data: Phase II
• Incident Response Evaluation Phase III

Traffic Management           

• Travel Time Data Obtained from Bluetooth Technology  (pdf 173 kb), January 2012

Maintenance    

• Exploring Transportation Applications of Small Unmanned Aircraft (pdf 516 kb

Roadside Management          

Safety                                 

• Modified G4(1S) W-Beam Guardrail on 2H:1V Slope (pdf 814 kb), March 2011 
• Single Slope Barrier in Front of 1.5H:1V Slope (pdf 416 kb)  
• Pinned F-Shape Temporary Barrier (pdf 476 kb)  
• An Evaluation of Engineering Treatments and Pedestrian and Motorist Behavior on Major Arterials in Washington (pdf 711 kb)        
• Identifying High Risk Locations of Animal-Vehicle Collision for Washington State Highways (pdf 323 kb)  
• In-Service Evaluation of Major Urban Arterials with Landscaped Medians - Conditions as of 2004 (pdf 595 kb)

Security                
 

Information and Finance RAC

 Data

• Performance Analysis and Forecasting for WSDOT Highway Projects (pdf 3.2 mb)  
• Project Scoping State of Practice: Washington State (pdf 165 kb)  

 Funding 

• Summary of Three Highway and Improvement Cost Reports (pdf 18.00 kb) 

Information Technology 

Performance Measures             

Programming                  

Workforce Management                 
 

Access Management 

 Tolling        

• The Impacts of Tolling on Low-income Persons in the Puget Sound Region (pdf 1.42 mb)

      
 What is the Format for a Research Note?   

 The research note includes the following headings:

• Title
• Date (Month/Year)
• Background
• The problem
• What we did
• What we learned
• What the researchers recommend
• Summary of implementation
• Report title and Washington Reporting Document (WA-RD) number (how to get it) and
• Names, titles and contact information for the research manager, researcher's) and technical monitor.

The WSDOT Graphics Office will format the text of the Research Notes into a template. The text should be submitted in a Microsoft Word Document with photos and charts included separately. Research notes are done by Graphics as time allows so if you need it by a certain date, please submit it far enough in advance.