Michael Kyte National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology University of Idaho

Michael Kyte
Director, National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology
Professor, Civil Engineering
University of Idaho

Telephone: 208.885.6002
Fax: 208.885.2877
email: mkyte@uidaho.edu

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 440901
115C Engineering Physics Building
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-0901

Welcome to my world of transportation research and education.

Quick Links	National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology University of Idaho Outlook Web Access University of Idaho directory Air quality: Moscow, Idaho Air quality: Eastern Washington Weather: Moscow, Idaho New York Times

Education	Courses CE 115 Introduction to Civil Engineering (Transportation) - Spring 2002 CE 372 Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering - Spring 2008 CE 372 Spring 2008 Wiki site CE 474 Traffic Systems Design - Fall 2007 CE 572 Applied Traffic Operations - Spring 2005 CE 572 Intersection Traffic Operations - Spring 2007 CE 573 Transportation Planning - Fall 1999 CE 573 Transportation Planning - Fall 2001 CE 574 Public Transportation - Spring 2008 Other Courses Sustainable Transportation Working Group-Seminar - Spring 2006 (Planning materials) CE400/501 Sustainable Transportation Seminar - Spring 2006 Arch 504-Issues of Sustainable Development and Urban Regeneration - Spring 2006 CE 372 Transportation Engineering - Spring 2007 (Lectures on Intersection Traffic Analysis) Actuated Traffic Control-Isolated Operation (UI/PSU seminar, 27 September 2006) Public Relations Class - Fall 2006 Materials NIATT Signal Timing Tutorial Transportation Engineering Lab Manual ITE Transportation Engineering Course Materials Web Site CE 115 signal timing exercise Highway Capacity Manual Applications Guide Traffic Signal book project Public Transit course materials-Ed Beimborn Generative Problems, Learning Objectives, and Learning Modules Transportation education modules NIATT Wiki UW Pavement Interactive wiki site Understanding Understanding by Design Exchange Teaching for Understanding (ALPS) WIDE World (Project Zero) Purdue Department of Engineering Education Grant Wiggins (authentic education)

Research Projects	Moscow ITS project Roundabout project CID project ITD-CID project FHWA-MOST project Idaho Transportation Department research web site mock-up Signal Performance Measurements (Dixon) Lankershim data base analysis Improved Simulation of Stop Bar Driver Behavior at Signalized Intersections (Using NGSIM data sets)

Research Papers	Why Field Measurements Are Different Than Model Estimates – An Analysis Framework For Capacity and Level of Service Analysis of Unsignalized Intersections (Transportation Research Record 200?) Traffic Real-time Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation Performance Analysis Second Generation Controller Interface Device Design An Automated Tool to Test Traffic Signal Controller Functionality Using Controller Interface Device Script Commands Field Evaluation of Roundabout Turning Movement Estimation Procedures (Submitted to ASCE Transportation Engineering Journal, 2005) Queue Length Models For All-Way Stop-Controlled Intersections (Submitted to Transportation Research Board, 2005) Characteristics Of Modern Roundabouts In The United States: A Summary Of The NCHRP 3-65 Operations Database (Submitted to Transportation Research Board, 2005) An Automated Tool to Test the Functionality of a Traffic Signal Controller (Submitted to Transportation Research Board, 2004) Evaluation of HCM 2000 Green Time Estimation Models for Vehicle-Actuated Signals using Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation (November 2004) Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation (Transportation Research, Part C, 2000 version)

Education Projects	Problem based learning University of Idaho Critical Thinking Handbook (Michael O'Rourke) Center for Teaching Innovation
Encyclopedia of Earth	Roads, Highways, and Ecosystems by John Stilgoe
Knowledge Base	Sag vertical curves Highway Capacity Manual signalized intersection procedure for oversaturated conditions Cycle lengths Volume density traffic control
Traffic Signals	Utah Traffic Laboratory

Data	Idaho Transportation Department Statewide Traffic Counters Traffic Survey and Analysis Section data site

Library	Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Bibliography TRB on-line

Conferences/Workshops	Sustainable Transportation Conference September 2005 Toward Zero Deaths - ITD Statewide Safety Summit - October 2005
Groups/Committees	UI Strategic Plan Implementation Teams - Group 3 College of Engineering Strategic Plan - 2006/2007 Region X Transportation Consortium TRB simulation subcommittee TRB Traffic Signal Systems simulation subcommittee
Organizations/Agencies	Idaho Transportation Department Center for Transportation Research and Education - Iowa State University UC Berkeley PATH data base Transportation Research Information Service (TRIS) National Transportation Library ITS library Midwest Transportation Knowledge Network
Other Links	Scholarship of Engagement NIATT/Valley Transit Experimental Bus Tracker
Community Projects	Wheatland Express-Moscow Valley Transit Ridership Survey - January 2007

Instructional Design	Process education - Pacific Crest Process oriented guided inquiry learning
Help Pages	Office 2007 Blogs Excel 2007 - MS developer blog Excel 2007 - Office interface developer blog John Walkenberg - Daily Dose of Excel Word 2007 blog Word 2007 Help and How To Excel 2007 Help and How To
Visualization	Visual Literacy Edward Tufte