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Page Title: Staff Contact




Michael.Fontaine@VDOT.Virginia.gov



Team Memberships:
  • Safety, Operations, and Traffic Engineering

  • Projects:
  • 121186 - Socioeconomic Inequality on Virginia Roads at the Census Tract Leve  -  Project Monitor   
  • 122766 - I-95 Variable Speed Limit Evaluation Phase 2  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 116585 - Implementation and Evaluation of an Automated Placard Reader System - Phase II  -  Project Monitor   
  • 112992 - Connected Vehicle Pooled Fund Study Phase 4, TPF 5-206  -  Project Monitor   
  • 114225 - Virginia Connected Corridors Next  -  Project Monitor   
  • 112913 - Improving Safety Analysis Methods to Better Address Traffic Conditions and Dynamic Countermeasures  -  Principal Investigator   
  • 112539 - Connected Traffic Control System (CTCS): Research Planning and Concept Development  -  Project Monitor   
  • 110698 - Traveler Information for the Commericial Vehicle Operations Community  -  Project Monitor   
  • 114591 - Roadside Truck Placard Readers for Advanced Notice and Response at Safety-Critical Facilities  -  Project Monitor   
  • 112062 - Evaluation of Strategies to Reduce Truck Turnarounds at the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel  -  Project Monitor   
  • 107904 - Alternatives to Protected-Only Left-Turn Phasing  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 00122 - Evaluation of the I-66 Active Traffic Management System: Phase 2  -  Principal Investigator   
  • 109737 - Evaluation of the Safety Effects of the I-77 Active Traffic and Safety Management System: Phase 2  -  Principal Investigator   
  • 106825 - Evaluation of Diagonal Down Yellow Arrow Lane Use Control Signal  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 106469 - Evaluation of the Operational and Safety Effects of the I-66 Active Traffic Management System  -  Principal Investigator   
  • 106414 - Evaluation of the Safety Effects of the I-77 Active Traffic and Safety Management System  -  Principal Investigator   
  • 00066 - Simulation of Adaptive Signal Control  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 00024 - Development of Guidelines for the Application of Adaptive Traffic Signal Control in Virginia  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 103653 - Work-Zone Safety Performance Measures for Virginia  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 00047 - Development of Work Zone Operational Performance Thresholds for Limited Access Highways in Virginia  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 00025 - Northern Region Travel-Time Demonstration Evaluation  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 97905 - Guidelines for the Application of Active Traffic Management in Virginia  -  Principal Investigator   
  • 94402 - Developing a Standard Test Procedure for Travel-Time Data Quality Assessment  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 91268 - Development of a Planning-Level Tool to Identify High Crash Locations on Virginia's Primary System  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 88523 - Evaluation of the Safety and Mobility Impacts of Variable Speed Limits  -  Principal Investigator   
  • 87969 - Evaluation of Truck Lane Restrictions, Phase II  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 88821 - Synthesis of Benefits and Costs of Alternative Lane Marking Strategies  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 86622 - MASC Hampton Roads Hurricane Evacuation Study  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 71627 - Demonstration and Evaluation of Rational Speed Limits  -  Principal Investigator   
  • 76464 - Sampling Issues in Wireless Location Technology-based Traffic Monitoring Systems  -  Principal Investigator   
  • 75520 - Evaluation of Truck Lane Restrictions  -  Principal Investigator   
  • 78595 - Private Sector Provision of Congestion Data (NCHRP 70-01)  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 68291 - Development of a Highway Safety Corridor Program in Virginia  -  Principal Investigator   

  • Publications:
  • 99-R15 - Guidelines for Preliminary Selection of the Optimum Interchange Type for a Specific Location
  • 22-R2 - Methods to Analyze and Predict Interstate Travel Time Reliability
  • 20-R15 - Improving Freeway Crash Prediction Models Using Disaggregate Flow State Information
  • 19-R7 - Evaluation of the Impact of the I-66 Active Traffic Management System: Phase II
  • 19-R6 - Impacts of the I-77 Variable Speed Limit System on Speed and Crash Characteristics During Low Visibility Conditions
  • 19-R10 - Safety and Operations Guidance for Using Time-of-Day Protected-Permissive Left-Turn Phasing Using Flashing Yellow Arrows
  • 17-R5 - Evaluation of the Impact of the I-66 Active Traffic Management System
  • 17-R4 - Investigation of Driver Speed Choice and Crash Characteristics During Low Visibility Events
  • 16-R10 - Work Zone Safety Performance Measures for Virginia
  • 15-R24 - Evaluation of the Virginia Department of Transportation Adaptive Signal Control Technology Pilot Project
  • 14-R6 - Considerations for the Development of Work Zone Mobility Performance Measures and Thresholds for Virginia Freeways
  • 13-R1 - Planning for Active Traffic Management in Virginia: International Best Practices and Implementation Strategies
  • 11-R4 - A Planning-Level Methodology for Identifying High-Crash Sections of Virginia’s Primary System
  • 10-R20 - Work Zone Variable Speed Limit Systems: Effectiveness and System Design Issues
  • 10-R12 - Evaluation of Truck Lane Restrictions in Virginia: Phase II
  • 09-R24 - Synthesis of Benefits and Costs of Alternative Lane Marking Strategies
  • 07-CR12 - Probe Sampling Strategies for Traffic Monitoring Systems Based on Wireless Location Technology
  • 07-CR11 - Evaluation of Truck Lane Restrictions in Virginia
  • 06-R30 - Development and Evaluation of Virginia's Highway Safety Corridor Program
  • 05-R6 - Evaluation of the Late Merge Work Zone Traffic Control Strategy
  • 05-R17 - Improving the Effectiveness of Traffic Monitoring Based on Wireless Location Technology
  • 04-R11 - Development of Left-turn Lane Guidelines for Signalized and Unsignalized Intersections
  • 03-TAR9 - Survey of Statewide Multimodal Transportation Planning Practices
  • 03-TAR13 - Engineering and Technology Measures to Improve Large Truck Safety: State of the Practice in Virginia
  • 03-TAR12 - Highway Safety Corridors: National Experiences and a Possible Framework for Virginia
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