Grant #: RD-83183501-0
Title: Advanced Modeling System for Assessing Long-Term Regional Development Patterns, Travel
Behavior, Emissions, and Air Quality
Funding Source: Environmental Protection Agency
Summary: This project studies the impact of alternative forms of development on travel behavior and
air quality.  Click here to visit the EPA Star Web site
P.I. Rodríguez, Song
Project Period: 10/01/04 - 09/31/06
Grant Amount: $680,000
Students supported: E. Cho, Wilson and Shay
NOTE: Financial aid from this project for incoming doctoral students in planning is available

Grant #: 049862
Title: Testing Associations Between Physical Activity and the Built Environment
Funding Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Active Living Research
Summary: This project examines the relationship between physical activity derived from recreation
and utilitarian purposes (e.g. travel and work) and attributes of the built environment.  
Click here for additional details (Planning and Physical Activity Web site)
P.I. Rodríguez
Project Period: 10/01/03 - 09/31/06
Grant Amount: $473,000
Students supported: Messinger, Walter and G. Cho
NOTE: Financial aid from this project for incoming doctoral students in planning is available


Grants #: 3-12779 & 6-69334
Title: Evaluation of GPS units for examining where physical activity occurs
Funding Source: University of North Carolina Junior Faculty Development Award
Summary: This pilot examines the use of global positioning systems to determine where physical
activity occurs.  Click here for additional details
P.I. Rodríguez
Project Period: 03/01/04 - 12/31/04
Grant Amount: $8,000
Students supported: Brown


Grant #: 5-51150A
Title: Interstate 40 Value Pricing Assessment
Funding Source: Federal Highway Administration and North Carolina A&T University
Summary: This research project examines the feasibility of implementing value pricing techniques
to alleviate congestion on the I-40 corridor.
P.I. Rodríguez
Project Period: 08/12/02 - 12/31/04
Grant Amount: $80,000
Students supported: Grim

Grant #: 2003-0827-01
Title: The Connection between Land Use and Transportation in Land Use Plans
Project Period: 01/01/03 - 12/31/03
Funding Source: North Carolina Department of Transportation
Summary: The major goal of this project is to examine how the connection between transportation
and land use is manifested in local land use plans in NC using a survey of all counties and a sample
of municipalities.  Click here for additional details
P.I. Rodríguez
Grant Amount: $45,000
Students supported: Messinger, Aytur, Love, Goldstein


Grant #: 2002-1662-01
Project Period: 07/01/02 - 12/31/03
Title: Traditional Neighborhoods and Travel Behavior: A study in NC
Funding Source: North Carolina Department of Transportation
Summary: This study examines potential differences in travel and physical activity patterns based
on the neighborhood where people live.
P.I. Khattak
Grant Amount: $150,000
Students supported: Rasmussen, Genzler, Anspacher, Valentine


Grant #: DTRS99-G-0004
Project Period: 08/01/99-09/30-04
Title: Safety Outcomes, Driver Compensation, and Trucking Firm Financial Performance
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Transportation (through the Southeastern Transportation Center)
Summary: This study focuses on the relationship between trucking firm safety and driver compensation
by examining survey and government-collected data at the firm-level.
P.I. Rodríguez
Grant Amount: $10,000
Students supported: Rocha