Monthly Archives: June 2017

BIO

Dr. Thomas Brennan Jr. holds a Bachelor’s and a Doctoral Degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, and a Master’s Degree in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering from George Mason University. Tom has spent over 16 years in research and consulting and is a license professional engineer registered in Virginia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Dr. Brennan is currently a faculty member at The College of New Jersey in the Civil Engineering School. His research and scholarly interests include, but are not limited to, traffic operations, the development of traffic mobility performance measures, anonymous vehicle tracking (Bluetooth tracking/Cell Phone) and infrastructure asset management.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications accepted for publication (While at TCNJ)

Brennan, T. M. and M.M. Venigalla. A Constructability Assessment Method (CAM) for Sustainable Division of Land Parcels. Elsevier Journal of Land Use Policy. Vol. 56, November 2016, pp. 47-57 (Available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.04.031 )

Brennan, T. M., S. M. Remias, L. J. Mariani “Performance Measures to Characterize Corridor Travel Time Delay Based On Probe Vehicle Data” Submitted to Transportation Research Board, August 1, 2014, Paper No. 15-0167. In Press.

Bechtel, A. J., Brennan T.M., and J. M. Araujo, “Characterizing Bridge Functional Obsolescence Using Congestion Performance Measures Determined from Anonymous Probe Vehicle Data” ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities (in Press)

Monograph (Published while at TCNJ)

Brennan, T. M “Evaluation of Arterial and Highway Speed Records Based on Probe Vehicle Data” Submitted to the New Jersey Institute of Technology: ITS Resource Center for NJDOT. Activity 7A: Big Data Research (Final Submission Made). The NJIT sponsors work for NJDOT. This research was part of a $16,000 grant from the NJIT/NJDOT.

Brennan, T. M “Performance Measures to Characterize Corridor Travel Time Delay Based On Probe Vehicle Data” Submitted to the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) Region II Final Report: UTRC/RF Grant 49997-18-25. The University Transportation Research Center publishes grant sponsored work on a yearly basis. This research was part of a $15,000 grant from the UTRC- Region II located in New York, NY.

Day, C.M., D.M. Bullock, H. Li, S.M. Remias, A.M. Hainen, R.S. Freije, A.L. Stevens, J.R. Sturdevant, and T.M. Brennan. Performance Measures for Traffic Signal Systems: An Outcome-Oriented Approach. West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press, 2014. DOI: 10.5703/1288284315232. 

Articles submitted to Refereed Conference Proceedings (While at TCNJ)

Brennan, T.M., Day, C.M., Remias, S.M., E. Cox, D.K. Horton, and D.M. Bullock, “Alternative Performance Measures And Weighting For Quantifying Spatial And Temporal Congestion Using Probe Data”, ITS World Congress; September 7-11, Detroit, Michigan (2014).

Brennan, T.M., and J. Jesson, “Characterizing Cell Phone Use At Signalized Intersections”, ITS World Congress; September 7-11, Detroit, Michigan (2014)

Brennan, T. M., S. M. Remias, L. J. Mariani “Performance Measures to Characterize Corridor Travel Time Delay Based On Probe Vehicle Data” Submitted to Transportation Research Board, August 1, 2014, Paper No. 15-0167. (Podium Presentation)

 Brennan, T. M., J.E. Jesson, P.G.A. Furlanetto, Y. S. S. Silva, L.S. Costa, R.H.F. Alves, J. M. Araujo, L. I, Mariani “Characterizing Driver Cell Phone Use at Signalized Intersections Using Software Defined Radio”, Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting 2015, Paper Number 15-4730 (Poster Presentation)

Bechtel, A. J., Brennan T.M., and J. M. Araujo, “Characterizing Bridge Functional Obsolescence Using Congestion Performance Measures Determined from Anonymous Probe Vehicle Data” Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting 2015, Paper Number 15-1947 (Poster Presentation)

Brennan, T.M., Hainen, A. M., and Remias, “Characterizing Directional Corridors Based on Probe Vehicle Data”, ITS World Congress; October 5-9, Bordeaux, France (2015), accepted

Brennan, T. M. , C.M. Day, M. Volovski (2017) “Ranking Statistically Similar Highway Travel Corridors Using State Speed Datasets”, The Transportation Research Board, Paper No. 17-00652, Washington D.C. (Presented 2017).

Volovski, M., Labi, Brennan, T.M., and S., Kumares, S. (2017) “Spatial Analysis of VMT and Fuel Sales Attributed to Vehicles Registered Out of State”, The Transportation Research Board, Paper No. 17-03699, Washington D.C. (Presented 2017).

 Journal Publications (Prior to TCNJ employment)

Remias, S.M., A.M. Hainen, C.M. Day, T.M. Brennan, H. Li, E. Rivera-Hernandez, J.R. Sturdevant, S.E. Young, and D.M. Bullock, “Characterizing Performance of Arterial Traffic Flow Using Probe Vehicle Data,” Transportation Research Record, #2380, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, DOI:10.3141/2380-02, pp. 10-21, 2013.

Brennan, T. M., S.M. Remias, G.M. Grimmer, D.K. Horton, E.D. Cox, and D.M. Bullock, “Probe Vehicle Based Statewide Mobility Performance Measures For Decision Makers”, Transportation Research Record, #2338 National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp.78-90, 2013; DOI: 10.3141/2338-09.; requested to be presented to Special Task Force on Data for Decisions and Performance Measures at 2013 annual meeting.

Brennan, T. M., B.D. Griggs, G. Grimmer, A.M. Hainen, C.M. Day, J.R. Sturdevant, D.M. Bullock, ”An Empirical Approach For Defining The Design Space For Traffic Signal Timing File”, Transportation Research Record, #2311 National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp.85-98, 2012; DOI: 10.3141/2311-08.

Brennan, T. M., C. M. Day, J. R. Sturdevant, and D. M. Bullock, “Visual Education Tools To Illustrate Coordinated System Operation,” Transportation Research Record, #2259, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp. 52-72, 2011. (Traffic Signal Systems: Exceptional Paper Award 2011)

Brennan, T. M., C. M. Day, J. S. Wasson, J. R. Sturdevant, and D. M. Bullock, “Assessing Signal Timing Plans for Winter Conditions,” Journal of Transportation of ITE, Washington, DC, Vol. I Issue 1 pp. 59-76, March 2011.

Brennan, T. M., J. M. Ernst, C. M. Day, D. M Bullock, J. V. Krogmeier, and M. Martchouk “Influence Of Vertical Sensor Placement On Data Collection Efficiency From Bluetooth MAC Address Collection Devices,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 136, No. 12, pp. 1104 – 1109, Dec. 2010.

Brennan, T. M, C. M. Day, J. R. Sturdevant, E. Raamot, and D. M. Bullock, “Railroad Preempted Intersection Track Clearance Performance Measures,” Transportation Research Record, #2192, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp. 64-76, 2010. (Traffic Signal Systems: Exceptional Paper Award 2010)

Brennan, T. M, E. A. Hulme, C.M. Day, J. R. Sturdevant, T. Overman, and D. M. Bullock, “A Decision Tree Model to Prioritize Signalized Intersections Near Highway-Railroad Crossing for Railroad Interconnect,” Transportation Research Record, #2192, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp. 116-126, 2010.

Brennan, T. M., C. M. Day, D. M. Bullock, and J. R. Sturdevant, “Performance Measures for Railroad Preempted Intersections,” Transportation Research Record, #2128, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp.20-34, 2009.

Remias, Stephen, M., T.M. Brennan, C.M. Day, H.T. Summers, D.K. Horton, E.D. Cox and D.M. Bullock, “Spatially Referenced Probe Data Performance Measures for Infrastructure Investment Decision Makers,” Submitted to Transportation Research Board, , Paper No. 14-1062. In Press. August 1, 2013.

Day, C.M., J.M. Ernst, T.M. Brennan, J. Chou, A.M. Hainen, S.M. Remias, A. Nichols, B.D. Griggs, and D.M. Bullock. “Adaptive Signal Control Performance Measures: A Central System-in-the-Loop Simulation Case Study”, Transportation Research Record, #2311, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, DOI: 10.3141/2311-01,pp. 1-15, 2012. My contribution to this paper was the development of the data base analysis and control algorithms.

Mitkey, S. R. , T.M. Brennan, S.M. Remias, A.D. Davis, G. Grimmer, R. Morris, P. Michael, and D. M. Bullock, “Retroreflectivity Durability Comparison of Rumble Stripes vs. Painted Line” , Journal of Transportation of ITE, Vol. 3, Issue 1, July 2012.

Day, C. M., T. M. Brennan, A. M. Hainen, S. M. Remias, H. Premachandra, J. R. Sturdevant, G. Richards, J. S. Wasson, and D. M. Bullock, “Reliability, Flexibility, and Environmental Impact of Alternative Arterial Offset Optimization Objective Functions,” Transportation Research Record, #2259, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp. 8-22, 2011 My contribution to this paper was the development of the data management processes and data visualization methods.

Day, C. M., T. M. Brennan, H. Premachandra, J. R. Sturdevant, and D. M. Bullock, “Analysis of Peer Intersection Data for Arterial Traffic Signal Coordination Decisions,” Transportation Research Record, #2259, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp. 23-36, 2011.

Day, C. M., H. Premachandra, T. M. Brennan, J. R. Sturdevant, and D. M. Bullock, “Operational Evaluation of Compact Wireless Three-Axis Magnetometer Vehicle Detectors at a Signalized Intersection,” Transportation Research Record, #2192, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp. 11-23, 2010.

Day, C. M., R. Haseman, H. Premachandra, T. M. Brennan, J. Wasson, J. R. Sturdevant, and D. M. Bullock, “Visualization and Quantitative Assessment of Arterial Progression Quality and Travel Time Using High Resolution Signal Event Data and Bluetooth MAC Address Matching,” Transportation Research Record, #2192, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp. 37-49, 2010.

Day, C. M., T. M. Brennan, M. L. Harding, H. Premachandra, A. Jacobs, D. M. Bullock, J. V. Krogmeier, and J. R. Sturdevant, “Three Dimensional Mapping of Inductive Loop Detector Sensitivity Using Field Measurement,” Transportation Research Record, #2128, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp.35-47, 2009.

Reports from Grants or Contract Work (Prior to TCNJ)

Brennan, T.M., S.R. Mitkey, and D.M. Bullock. Alternatives to raised pavement markers (RPMs) (Joint Transportation Research Program Publication No. FHWA/IN/JTRP-2014/01). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.5703/ 1288284315340.

Day, C. M., J. S. Wasson, T. M. Brennan, and D. M. Bullock. Application of Travel Time Information for Traffic Management. Publication FHWA/IN/JTRP-2012/06. Joint Transportation Research Program, Indiana Department of Transportation and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2012. doi: 10.5703/1288284314666.

Remias, S., T. Brennan, C. Day, H. Summer, E. Cox, D. Horton, and D.M. Bullock. 2012 Indiana Interstate Mobility Report—Summary Version. Indiana Mobility Reports. 2013. doi: 10.5703/1288284315189, ISBN 978-1-62260-256-8

Remias, S., T. Brennan, C. Day, H. Summer, E. Cox, D. Horton, and D.M. Bullock. 2012 Indiana Interstate Mobility Report—Full Version. Indiana Mobility Reports. 2013.doi: 10.5703/1288284315190, ISBN 978-1-62260-257-5.

Day, C. M., T. M. Brennan, A. M. Hainen, S. M. Remias, and D. M. Bullock. Roadway System Assessment Using Bluetooth-Based Automatic Vehicle Identification Travel Time Data. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2012. doi: 10.5703/1288284314988.

Remias, S., T. Brennan, G. Grimmer, E. Cox, D. Horton, and D.M. Bullock. 2011 Indiana Interstate Mobility Report—Summary Version. Indiana Mobility Reports. 2012. doi: 10.5703/1288284314679, ISBN 978-1-62260-208-7.

Remias, S., T. Brennan, G. Grimmer, E. Cox, D. Horton, and D.M. Bullock. 2011 Indiana Interstate Mobility Report—Full Version. Indiana Mobility Reports. 2012. doi: 10.5703/1288284314680, ISBN 978-1-62260-209-4.

Day, C. M., T. M. Brennan, J. R. Sturdevant, and D. M. Bullock. Performance Evaluation of Traffic Sensing and Control Devices. Publication FHWA/IN/JTRP-2011/17. Joint Transportation Research Program, Indiana Department of Transportation and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2011. doi: 10.5703/1288284314641.

Hainen A.M, S.M. Remias, T.M. Brennan, C.M Day, and D.M. Bullock. “High Resolution Probe Data Characterization of Winter Events using Anonymous Bluetooth MAC Address Matching”, Traffax White Paper Submission, September, 2011.

Farnsworth, G. D., T. M. Brennan, and D. M. Bullock. Recovering Full Repair Costs of INDOT Infrastructure Damaged by Motor Vehicle Crashes. Publication FHWA/IN/JTRP-2011/11. Joint Transportation Research Program, Indiana Department of Transportation and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2011. doi: 10.5703/1288284314624.

Day, C. M., T. M. Brennan, H. Premachandra, A. M. Hainen, S. M. Remias, J. R. Sturdevant, G. Richards, J. S. Wasson, and D. M. Bullock. Quantifying Benefits of Traffic Signal Retiming. Publication FHWA/IN/JTRP-2010/22. Joint Transportation Research Program, Indiana Department of Transportation and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2010. doi: 10.5703/1288284314250.

Brennan T. M., D. M. Bullock, and J.R. Sturdevant. “Railroad Interconnect at Signalized Intersections” FHWA/IN/JTRP-2008/XX. Joint Transportation Research Program, Indiana Department of Transportation and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2009. Research was part of Ph.D. thesis. (Unpublished due to potential tort liability).

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 Articles Published In Refereed Conference Proceedings (Prior to TCNJ)

Hainen, A.M. , S.M. Remias, T.M. Brennan, C.M. Day, and D. M. Bullock, “Probe Vehicle Data for Characterizing Road Conditions Associated with Inclement Weather to Improve Road Maintenance Decisions” , IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS), Alcalá de Henares, Spain during June 3-7, 2012.

Brennan, T.M, D.M. Bullock, “Regional Travel Time Reliability” The 5th International Symposium on Transportation Network Reliability (INSTR2012), 18-19 December 2012, Hong Kong.

Remias, S. M., T.M. Brennan, A.M. Hainen, C.M. Day, and D.M. Bullock, “Characterizing Urban Mobility and Travel Time Reliability along Signalized Corridors using Probe Data”, International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport; Munich, Germany June 18 – 19, Poster Presentation (2013).

Remias, S. M., T.M. Brennan, E. Cox, D.K. Horton, and D.M. Bullock, “Application of Commercial Crowd Sourced Probe Data for Assessing Mobility”, Great Lakes ITE Section meeting; April 15-16, Grand Rapids, Michigan (2013). .

Day, C.M., Darcy M. Bullock, Andrew P. Nichols, Thomas M. Brennan Jr., Chih-Sheng Chou, Integrating Adaptive and Traffic Responsive Algorithms, Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 48, 2012, Pages 3451-3460, ISSN 1877-0428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1309.

Remias, S.M., A.M. Hainen, C.M. Day, T.M. Brennan, H. Li, E. Rivera-Hernandez, J.R. Sturdevant, S.E. Young, and D.M. Bullock, “Characterizing Performance of Arterial Traffic Flow Using Probe Vehicle Data,” Transportation Research Record, #2380, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, DOI:10.3141/2380-02, pp. 10-21, 2013.

Brennan, T. M., S.M. Remias, G.M. Grimmer, D.K. Horton, E.D. Cox, and D.M. Bullock, “Probe Vehicle Based Statewide Mobility Performance Measures For Decision Makers”, Transportation Research Record, #2338 National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp.78-90, 2013; DOI: 10.3141/2338-09.; requested to be presented to Special Task Force on Data for Decisions and Performance Measures at 2013 annual meeting.

Brennan, T. M., B.D. Griggs, G. Grimmer, A.M. Hainen, C.M. Day, J.R. Sturdevant, D.M. Bullock, ”An Empirical Approach For Defining The Design Space For Traffic Signal Timing File”, Transportation Research Record, #2311 National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp.85-98, 2012; DOI: 10.3141/2311-08.

Hainen, A.M.; Remias, S.M.; Brennan, T.M.; Day, C.M.; Bullock, D.M., “Probe vehicle data for characterizing road conditions associated with inclement weather to improve road maintenance decisions,” Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2012 IEEE , vol., no., pp.730,735, 3-7 June 2012 doi: 10.1109/IVS.2012.6232276.

Brennan, T. M., C. M. Day, J. R. Sturdevant, and D. M. Bullock, “Visual Education Tools To Illustrate Coordinated System Operation,” Transportation Research Record, #2259, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, DC, pp. 52-72, 2011. (Traffic Signal Systems: Exceptional Paper Award 2011)

Day, C.M., D.M. Bullock, A.P. Nichols, T.M. Brennan, and C. S. Chou. “Integrating adaptive and traffic responsive algorithms.” Transportation Research Arena–Europe 2012, Paper ID 693, Athens, Greece April 23, 2012.

Remias, S.M., A.M Hainen, G. Grimmer, A.D. Davis, C.M Day, T.M. Brennan, J. Sturdevant and D.M. Bullock. “Leveraging High Resolution Signalized Intersection Data to Characterize Discharge Headway Distributions and Saturation Flow Rate Reliability”, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC Paper ID #12-01123 Conference Proceedings) 2012.

Day, C. M., T. M. Brennan, A. M. Hainen, S. M. Remias, H. Premachandra, J. R. Sturdevant, G. Richards, J. S. Wasson, and D. M. Bullock, “Reliability, Flexibility, and Environmental Impact of Alternative Arterial Offset Optimization Objective Functions,” Poster Presentation at 2011 Transportation Research Board annual meeting: Washington, DC Paper ID #11-0036, 2011.

Brennan, T. M., C. M. Day, J. S. Wasson, J. R. Sturdevant, and D. M. Bullock, “Assessing Opportunities and Benefits Of Alternative Winter Operation Timing Plans For Signalized Arterials,” Poster Presentation at 2011 Transportation Research Board annual meeting: Paper ID #11-0010, Washington, DC.

Brennan, T. M., C. M. Day, J. R. Sturdevant, and D. M. Bullock, “Visual Education Tools to Illustrate Coordinated System Operation,” Podium Presentation at 2011 Transportation Research Board annual meeting: Paper ID #11-0590, Washington, DC (Received Best Paper Award).

Day, C. M., T. M. Brennan, H. Premachandra, J. R. Sturdevant, and D. M. Bullock, “Analysis of Peer Intersection Data for Arterial Traffic Signal Coordination Decisions,” Poster Presentation at 2011 Transportation Research Board annual meeting: Paper ID #11-0037, Washington, DC.

Brennan, T. M., J. R. Sturdevant, and D. M. Bullock (2010) “Applied High Resolution Traffic Controller Data Outcome Based Performance Measures with Gate-Down Confirmation Circuit”, ASME Conference Proceedings, University of Illinois, 2010 April 27-29, Paper #36081. doi:10.1115/JRC2010-36081.
Brennan, T.M
, C.M. Day, et al., “Railroad Preempted Intersection Track Clearance Performance Measures,” Poster Presentation at Transportation Research Board annually meeting, Washington DC, 2010.

Brennan, T.M, E.A. Hulme, et al. “A Decision Tree Model to Prioritize Signalized Intersections Near Highway-Railroad Crossing for Railroad Interconnect,” Poster Presentation at Transportation Research Board annually meeting, Washington DC, 2010.

Brennan, T.M., C.M. Day, et al., “Performance Measures for Railroad Preempted Intersections,” Poster Presentation at Transportation Research Board annually meeting, Washington DC, 2009.

Brennan, T. M. and T. P., Seager, “Student Defined Learning Objectives as Applied to Purdue University’s Construction Engineering and Management Senior Design Class” Associated Schools of Construction Conference Presentation: Fall 2006, Chicago, IL October 13, 2006.

 

Written Work in Trade Magazines without Scholarly Referees (Prior to TCNJ)

Mitkey, S. R., T.M. Brennan, and D.M. Bullock, “Follow the rumbling lights”, Road and Bridge Magazine, (January ‘13 Issue). This is an editorial reviewed monthly magazine.

Bullock, D.M., C.M. Day, T.M. Brennan, J.R. Sturdevant, and J.S. Wasson, “Architecture for Active Management of Geographically Distributed Signal Systems”, ITE Journal May, 2011 pp. 20 – 24. This is an editorial reviewed monthly magazine published by ITE.

Wasson, J. S., T.M. Brennan, and D. M. Bullock, “Outcome Oriented Assessment of Winter Operations and Traffic Incident Management”, ITS Midwest Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 2, June 2, 2010, p.p. 10-11. This is an editorial reviewed monthly magazine published by ITE

Brennan, T.M. “Collection of High Resolution Controller Data for Performance Measures“, Local Technical Assistance Program / Indiana Department of Transportation: Traffic Signal Performance Measure Workshop, Presented July 15th, 2009. This was an article/workshop presented on a state level presented to the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)

Bullock, D., T. Brennan, C. Day., J. Sturdevant, et al. “Evaluation of Special Event Traffic Management Using Bluetooth MAC Address Tracking: Case Study: Big Ten Football Traffic,” ITE Webinar, Presented December 3rd, 2008.