The major operational issues for Northland transportation systems
include:
- Efficient real-time detection of hazardous road/weather/traffic
conditions
- Advanced warning and guidance to drivers with road/weather/traffic
information
- Winter road snow removal and fleet management decision support
with on-line weather/pavement information
- Large-scale event and tourist traffic management
- On-line and off-line assessment of area-wide systems performance
- Road/traffic sign inventory and management
The research, education, and outreach activities of NATSRL involve
both faculty and students in the Departments of Electrical &
Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering,
and Computer Science at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
To access the latest copy of the Fiscal
Year 2007 Request For Proposals please click on this link.
To view the latest Job Opening (Director,
with Faculty Rank) please click on this link.
To view the archived video* of the James
L. Oberstar Forum on Transportation Policy and Technology
(recorded live Monday, March 15th, 2004 at the University of Minnesota
Duluth), please click on the text above
* System Requirements below:
QuickTime Player: To
view the recorded video of the live Web broadcast, QuickTime Player
must be installed on your computer. QuickTime Player is a free
browser plug-in distributed by Apple Computer and available for
Windows-based operating system, as well. To download the software,
please see: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
Web Browser: Browsers compatible
with QuickTime include Netscape (Version 4.77 or later recommended)
and Microsoft Internet Explorer (Version 5.0 or later recommended).
Users of Mozilla, Opera, or other browsers are advised to test
their ability to display video content in advance.
Connection Speed: Due to the
high bandwidth requirements of transmitting video via the Internet,
individuals may experience trouble watching the broadcast if connected
through a dial-up/modem connection.
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