International Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering

International Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancement of transportation technologies and engineering. The goal of this journal is to keep a record of the state-of-the- art research and promote the research work in the areas.

Madhav Chitturi

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering

Research Scientist, University of Wisconsin, USA

Research Areas

Traffic Safety, Traffic Signal Operations, Geometric Design, Traffic Simulation, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Construction Work Zone Operations and Management

Education

2007Ph.D.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2002M.S.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2000B.Tech.Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-India

Experience

2010-presentAssistant Researcher, Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety (TOPS) Laboratory, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Madison, WI
2008-2010Research Associate, Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety (TOPS) Laboratory, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Madison, WI
2000-2007Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC

Membership

Transportation Research Board-Member
Institute of Transportation Engineers-Member

Publications: Journals

[1]  Chitturi M.V., A.W. Ooms, A.R. Bill, and D.A. Noyce. Injury Outcomes and Costs for Cross-Median and Median Barrier Crashes.Journal of Safety Research, Volume 42, Issue 2, April 2011, 87-92.
[2]  Hajbabaie A., J.C. Medina, M-H Wang, R.F. Benekohal, and M.V. Chitturi. Sustained and Halo Effects of Various Speed Reduction Treatments in Highway Work Zones. Accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record, 2011.
[3]  Chitturi M.V., and R.F. Benekohal. Work Zone Queue Length and Delay Methodology. Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research, Vol 2, No. 4, DOI 10.3328/TL.2010.02.04.273-283, 2010.
[4]  Lu G.X., M.V. Chitturi, A.W. Ooms, and D.A. Noyce. Magnitude, Characteristics, and Severity of Cross-Median Crashes Using Ordinal ProbitRegression. Transportation Research Record 2148, TRB, Washington D.C., 2010.
[5]  Khan G., K. R. Santiago-Chaparro, M. Chitturi, and D.A. Noyce. "Development of Data Collection and Integration Framework for Road Inventory Data". Transportation Research Record 2160, TRB, Washington D.C., 2010.
[6]  Chitturi M.V., J.C. Medina, and R.F. Benekohal. Testbed for Evaluation of Vehicular Detection Systems. Journal of Advanced Transportation, Vol 44, No. 3, 123-133. DOI: 10.1002/atr.107, 2010.
[7]  Medina J.C., M.V. Chitturi, and R.F. Benekohal. Effects of fog, snow, and rain on video detection systems at intersections. Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research,Vol 2, No. 1, DOI 10.3328/TL.2010.02.01.1-12, 2010.
[8]  Chitturi M.V., J.C. Medina, and R.F. Benekohal. Effect of Time of Day, Shadows on Performance of Video Detection Systems at Signalized Intersections. Transportation Research Part C (2009), doi:10.1016/j.trc.2009.05.012.
[9]  R.F. Benekohal, M-H. Wang, M.V. Chitturi, A. Hajbabaie, and J.C. Medina. Speed Photo-Radar Enforcement and its Effects on Speeds in Work Zones. Transportation Research Record 2096, TRB, Washington D.C., 2009.
[10]  Medina J.C., R.F. Benekohal, and M.V. Chitturi. Changes in Video Detection Performance at Signalized Intersections over Different Illumination Conditions. Transportation Research Record 2129, TRB, Washington D.C., 2009.
[11]  Medina J.C., R.F. Benekohal, A. Hajbabaie, M-H. Wang, and M.V. Chitturi. Downstream Effects of Speed Photo-Radar Enforcement and Other Speed Reduction Treatments in Work Zones. Transportation Research Record 2107, TRB, Washington D.C., 2009.
[12]  Benekohal R.F., M.V. Chitturi, A. Hajbabaie, M-H Wang and J.C. Medina. Automated Speed Photo Enforcement Effects on Speeds in Work Zones. Transportation Research Record 2055, TRB, Washington D.C., 2008.
[13]  Chitturi M.V., R.F. Benekohal and A.Z. Kaja-Mohideen. Methodology for Computing Delays and Users Costs in Work Zones. Transportation Research Record 2055, TRB, Washington D.C., 2008.
[14]  Chitturi, M.V., Manik, A. and Gopalakrishnan, K. Designing Digital Filters for HMA Complex Modulus Test Data Using GA Strategies. International Journal of Computational Intelligence. Vol. 4 No.1, 2007.
[15]  Chitturi M.V. and R.F. Benekohal. Effect of Temperature on Run Times of Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems for Signalized Intersections. Advances in Transportation Studies, November 2006.
[16]  Chitturi M.V. and R.F. Benekohal. Lane Width Effect on Speeds of Cars and Heavy Vehicles in Work Zones. Transportation Research Record 1920, TRB, Washington D.C., 2005.
[17]  Chitturi M.V. and R.F. Benekohal. Turn-on and Turn-off Characteristics of Incandescent and LED Signal Modules. ITE Journal on the Web, October 2005.
[18]  Benekohal R.F., A.Z. Kaja-Mohideen, and M.V.Chitturi. A Methodology for Estimating Operating Speed and Capacity in Work Zones. Transportation Research Record 1883, TRB, Washington D.C., 2004.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Ooms, A., M.V. Chitturi and D. A. Noyce. Injury Outcomes and Costs for Cross-Median and Median Barrier Crashes. Presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 2011.
[2]  Wang, H., M.V. Chitturi and D. A. Noyce. Safety Performance Functions for Diamond Interchange Ramp Terminals. Presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 2011.
[3]  Chitturi, M.V., A.R. Bill, D.A. Noyce and G. Khan. Factors Contributing to Cross-Median Crashes. Presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 2011.
[4]  Zheng, D., B.S. Porter, M.V. Chitturi, A.R. Bill and D.A. Noyce. Study of Operational Characteristics at Heavily Congested Roundabout. Presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 2011.
[5]  Chitturi M.V. and R.F. Benekohal. Work Zone Queue Length & Delay Methodology. 89th Annual TRB Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD, Washington, D.C., Jan 2010.
[6]  Lu G.X., M.V. Chitturi, A.W. Ooms, and D.A. Noyce. Magnitude, Characteristics, and Severity of Cross-Median Crashes Using Ordinal ProbitRegression. 89thAnnual TRB Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD, Washington, D.C., Jan 2010.
[7]  Khan G., K.R. Santiago-Chaparro, M.V. Chitturi and D.A. Noyce. Development of Data Collection and Integration Framework for Road Inventory Data. 89th Annual TRB Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD, Washington, D.C., Jan 2010.
[8]  Martinez C., D.A. Noyce and M.V. Chitturi. Evaluation of the Current Clear Zone Policy. ITE 2009 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. San Antonio, 2009.
[9]  Qin X, L. Laracuante, D.A. Noyce and M.V. Chitturi. Systemwide Intersection Safety Prioritization Development and Assessment. 88thAnnual TRB Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD, Washington, D.C., Jan 2009.
[10]  Hajbabaie A., R.F. Benekohal, M.V. Chitturi, M-H. Wang, and J.C. Medina. Comparison of Automated Speed Enforcement and Police Presence on Speeding in Work Zones. 88th Annual TRB Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD, Washington, D.C., Jan 2009.
[11]  Chitturi M.V., J.C. Medina, and R.F. Benekohal. Impact of Snow on Mobility and Safety at Intersections with Video Detection Systems. Accepted for Publication in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Surface Transportation Weather, Indianapolis, June 2008.
[12]  Chitturi M.V. and R.F. Benekohal. Dynamic Speed and Headway Management in Work Zones. Proceedings of Application of Advanced Technologies to Transportation 2008, Athens, Greece, May 2008.
[13]  Medina J.C., M.V. Chitturi and R.F. Benekohal. Effects of Detection Zone Changes in the Performance of Video Detection Systems at Intersections. Proceedings of Application of Advanced Technologies to Transportation 2008, Athens, Greece, May 2008.
[14]  Hajbabaie, A., R.F. Benekohal, M.V. Chitturi, M-H. Wang and J.C. Medina. Automated Speed Enforcement Effects on Speeding and Platooning in Work Zones. Proceedings of Application of Advanced Technologies to Transportation 2008, Athens, Greece, May 2008.
[15]  Chitturi M.V. and R.F. Benekohal. Methodology for Delay-Based Passenger Car Equivalents in Work Zones. 87thAnnual TRB Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD, Washington, D.C., Jan 2008.
[16]  Chitturi M.V. and R.F. Benekohal. Effect of Work Zone Length and Speed Difference between Vehicle Types on Delay-based Passenger Car Equivalents in Work Zones. 87thAnnual TRB Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD, Washington, D.C., Jan 2008.
[17]  Medina J.C., M.V. Chitturi and R.F. Benekohal. Illumination and Wind Effects on Video Detection Performance. 87thAnnual TRB Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD, Washington, D.C., Jan 2008.
[18]  Chitturi M.V. and R.F. Benekohal. Calibration of VISSIM for Freeways. 87thAnnual TRB Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD, Washington, D.C., Jan 2008.
[19]  Chitturi M.V., J.C. Medina, and R.F. Benekohal. Accuracy of Video Detection Systems for Traffic Counting. Proceedings of the 2007 ITE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Aug 2007.
[20]  Chitturi M.V. and R.F. Benekohal. Effect of Speed Feedback Device on Speeds in Interstate Highway Work Zones. Proceedings of Application of Advanced Technologies to Transportation 2006, Chicago, May 2006.
[21]  Chitturi M.V. and R.F. Benekohal. Comparison of Queue Length Estimates from QUEWZ, FRESIM and QuickZone with Field Data, Proceedings of the 2004 ITE Technical Meeting, Las Vegas, Mar 2004.
[22]  Chitturi M.V. and R.F. Benekohal. Comparison of QUEWZ, FRESIM and QuickZone with Field Data for Work Zones, 83rdAnnual TRB Meeting Compendium of Papers CD ROM, Washington, D.C., Jan 2004