History

CS Completes Two National Policy Studies

CS completes Unclogging America's Arteries: Prescriptions for Healthier Highways and Public Transportation and the Nation's Economy. 

Marvin L. Manheim Award is Created

The Marvin L. Manheim Award celebrates the legacy of one of the four original founders of CS, Marvin L. Manheim. His vision, intellectual leadership and emphasis on creativity served as the one of the primary driving forces behind the growth and success of CS. Each year, this award is presented to an individual or team who best demonstrates Marvin Manheim’s key qualities in the development of a new product or service. Brad Wright is part of the team who receives the very first award in recognition of their work on the Commercial Vehicle Information Exchange Window (CVIEWCS™) for the State of Minnesota. 

CS Conducts the Florida Cornerstone Transportation Study

CS conducts the Florida Transportation Cornerstone Study which examines the relationship between intermodal transportation and economic competitiveness. The report, New Cornerstone: A Vision for Florida’s Economic Future, released in 2003, establishes a 10-year blueprint to move Florida’s economy into the early part of the 21st century. 

CS Conducts Real-Time Ramp Meter Evaluation in Minnesota

We help MnDOT gain a better understanding of how ramp meters impact freeway volume, travel times, speeds, and crashes. As a result of this work, MnDOT launches a new responsive ramp meter system that provides real-time information about ramp and freeway conditions. 

CS Leads the Development of Several Fundamental Behavioral Algorithms and Advanced Datasets

Under the FHWA's Next Generation Simulation Program (NGSIM), we are selected to lead the development of several fundamental behavioral algorithms and advanced datasets that pioneer the simulation modeling practice. Freely available to the transportation community, NGSIM improves the quality and performance of simulation tools, promotes the use of simulation for research, and achieves wider acceptance of validated simulation results. 

CS Develops the Transportation Asset Management Guide for NCHRP

Recognizing its growing importance to transportation agencies worldwide, AASHTO adopts transportation asset management as a priority initiative in 1998. To support this initiative, CS is selected to produce the first edition of the Transportation Asset Management Guide for use by AASHTO members and other transportation agencies. The guide is designed to help agencies adopt a business mindset in looking at current procedures and develop and apply key asset management principles, techniques, and tools that can help with decision making. 

CS Leads a Team in Developing a Core of Open Behavioral Algorithms for FHWA

For FHWA, CS leads a team in developing a core of open behavioral algorithms in support of traffic simulation with a primary focus on microscopic modeling. These products are openly distributed and freely available to the broader transportation community. 

CS’ Safety Group Develops the First Comprehensive Highway Safety Plan for Maryland

CS Completes Governor’s Commission on the Future of Space and Aeronautics in Florida

CS helps Florida shape the future of the State’s economy by providing project management, policy, and planning services to support the establishment of a Strategic Intermodal System. 

CS Begins Supporting the ICM Management Initiative

CS leads analysis, modeling, and simulation activities to support the Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) initiative. The ICM initiative demonstrates how Intelligent Transportation Systems technologies can efficiently and proactively manage the movement of people and goods in major transportation corridors worldwide and improve the overall productivity of transportation systems. 

CS Completes Study for AAR

CS completes a landmark study, National Rail Freight Infrastructure Capacity and Investment Study, for the Association of American Railroads. The study assesses the long-term capacity expansion needs of the continental U.S. freight railroads. It provides a first approximation of the rail freight infrastructure improvements and investments needed to meet the U.S. DOTs projected demand for rail freight transportation in 2035. 

CS Completes Groundbreaking Study for AAA

Our safety team completes a groundbreaking study for AAA, Crashes vs. Congestion: What’s the Cost to Society? The study aims to raise awareness among policymakers, departments of transportation, and the public about the magnitude of the safety problem and the importance of transportation investments for reducing the number and severity of crashes. CS updates the report again in November of 2011. 

CS Develops Transit Competitiveness Index Tool for LRT Networks

CS designs and develops a Transit Competitiveness Index (TCI) analysis to help identify opportunities to expand or restructure transit services and to improve ridership and financial performance for light-rail transit systems. 

CS Completes Study on Performance Management

In this study, we develop the Systems-Based Performance Measurement Framework for Highway Capacity Decision Making. This framework supports the needs of both agencies and stakeholders in the decision-making process for major transportation capacity projects. 

CS Completes Moving Cooler

CS completes an independent, peer-reviewed research study to evaluate the relative effectiveness, costs, and equity implications of a range of potential transportation strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources. 

CS Completes Report to Congress

CS completes a seminal report, Transportation Impacts on Climate Change and Solutions, for Congress.