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Ben Blandford is a research scientist principal at the University of Kentucky Transportation Center. Dr. Blandford holds a PhD in Geography, which he completed at the University of Kentucky in 2015. His research centers on transportation and planning, with specific interests in environmental planning, traffic safety, GIS-science, modeling, and geovisualization. Other research interests include public transportation, public involvement, and transportation and society.

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Ben Blandford is a research scientist principal at the University of Kentucky Transportation Center. Dr. Blandford holds a PhD in Geography, which he completed at the University of Kentucky in 2015. His research centers on transportation and planning, with specific interests in environmental planning, traffic safety, GIS-science, modeling, and geovisualization. Other research interests include public transportation, public involvement, and transportation and society.

Present	Adjunct Professor, Midway College ‐ Department of Social Sciences
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Present	Research Scientist, University of Kentucky ‐ Kentucky Transportation Center
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Civil and Environmental Engineering and Human Geography

Transportation Planning, Environmental GIS, Public Participatory Methods, and Energy Transportation

2008: Greg Herrington Award for Excellence in Visualization Research; National Academies, Transportation Review Board Committee on Visualization Research

Kentucky Transportation Center
176 Raymond Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0281
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Journal Articles (9)

Rapid Diagnostic Framework for Assessing Bridge and Culvert Sensitivity to ...

Natural Hazards Review (2021)

Benjamin L. Blandford

Coupling the probability of connectivity and RUSLE reveals pathways of ...

Journal of Hydrology (2021)

Benjamin L. Blandford

Assessing Transportation Assets for Vulnerability to Extreme Weather and Other ...

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (2018)

Benjamin L. Blandford, Scott Schurman and Candice Y. Wallace

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) and Kentucky Transportation Center (KTC) at the University of Kentucky developed and performed an assessment ...

Snow and Ice Removal Route Optimization in Kentucky

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (2018)

Benjamin L. Blandford, Erin Lammers and Eric Green

This research describes a geographic information system-based methodology developed for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) to improve the efficiency of ...

Expert Systems Model for Kentucky Arrow Darter Habitat in the ...

Papers in Applied Geography (2015)

Michael L. Shouse and Benjamin L. Blandford

This study presents a geographic information system (GIS)-based predictive habitat suitability model for the Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma spilotum), a ...

Intermodal Network Model of Coal Distribution in the United States

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (2015)

Benjamin L. Blandford, Ted Grossardt, Michael Shouse and John Ripy

Stream Habitat Modeling for Conserving a Threatened Headwater Fish in ...

River Research and Applications (2013)

Liang Liang, S. Fei, John B. Ripy, Benjamin Louis Blandford, et al.

The conservation of stream biodiversity requires more explicit knowledge on the distribution of aquatic species within the context of their ...

Planning, Technology, and Legitimacy: Structured Public Involvement in Integrated Transportation ...

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design (2011)

Keiron Bailey, Benjamin L. Blandford, Theodore H. Grossardt and John B. Ripy

The authors have measured an Arnstein gap, that is, a significant difference between desired and actual levels of citizen participation ...

Integrated Transportation and Land Use Scenario Modeling by Visual Evaluation ...

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (2008)

Benjamin L. Blandford, Theodore H. Grossardt, John Ripy and Keiron Bailey

Transportation and land use planning are generally poorly coordinated, and the preferences of the general public are not well integrated ...

Vehicle on Shoulder and Crash — Correlation or Causation?

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report (2020)

Mei Chen, Xu Zhang, Benjamin L. Blandford and Eugene Antwi Boasiako

This study sought to evaluate the relationships between vehicles on shoulder, congestion, and crashes. Three pertinent datasets on interstates were ...

Asset Management, Extreme Weather, and Proxy Indicators

Benjamin L. Blandford

Transportation System Vulnerability and Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and ...

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report (2018)

Benjamin L. Blandford, Scott Schurman and Candice Y. Wallace

Recent federal legislation and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have directed state transportation agencies to identify potential vulnerabilities associated with ...

Snow and Ice Removal Route Optimization in Kentucky

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report (2017)

Benjamin L. Blandford, Erin Lammers-Staats and Eric R. Green

Each year the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) spends $40-$80 million removing snow and ice from the state’s roadways. Snow and ...

Transportation System Vulnerability and Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and ...

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report (2016)

Benjamin L. Blandford, Scott Schurman, Candice Y. Wallace and Sarah M. McCormack

This research’s objective is to assist the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) in its efforts to develop strategies to address natural ...

An Intermodal Network Model of Coal Distribution in the United ...

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report (2016)

Benjamin L. Blandford, Ted H. Grossardt, Michael Shouse and John Ripy

This paper describes a GIS-based intermodal network model for the shipment of coal in the United States. The purpose of ...

Identifying Significant Environmental Features Using Feature Recognition

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report (2015)

Megan White, Junfeng Zhu, Benjamin L. Blandford and Ted H. Grossardt

The Department of Environmental Analysis at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has expressed an interest in feature-recognition capability because it may ...

Integrated Freight Network Model: A GIS-Based Platform for Transportation Analyses

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report (2015)

Ted H. Grossardt, John Ripy, Benjamin L. Blandford and Michael Shouse

The models currently used to examine the behavior transportation systems are usually modespecific. That is, they focus on a single ...

A GIS-Based Expert Systems Predictive Habitat Model for Threatened and ...

Benjamin L. Blandford, Michael Shouse and John Ripy

Intercounty Commuter Public Transit Services and Opportunities in the Central ...

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report (2014)

Ted H. Grossardt, Benjamin L. Blandford and Mei Chen

This report reviews the current state of available public transportation services in central Kentucky, with a focus on the Lexington-Fayette ...

The Future of Transit in West Virginia

Reports with Contribution from KTC Researchers (2013)

Diana Long, Benjamin L. Blandford, Peter J. Dailey, Sinaya Dayan, et al.

States’ Support of Non-Highway Modes of Transportation: Investigation and Synthesis

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report (2011)

Chuck Knowles, Candice Y. Wallace, Benjamin L. Blandford, Timothy J. Brock, et al.

The objective of this study was to determine how Kentucky and other selected states support and assist non-highway transportation modes ...

Community Visions for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site

Benjamin L. Blandford, L. Ormsbee, Theodore H. Grossardt, C. Anyaegbunam, et al.

This report presents the results of a future vision process for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The report is meant ...

Community Preferences for Integrated Land Use and Transportation Planning Toward ...

Benjamin L. Blandford, Theodore H. Grossardt, Keiron Bailey and John Ripy

Contribution to Book

GIS-Based Expert Systems Model for Predicting Habitat Suitability of Blackside ...

Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Transportation Research Board Meetings (2013)

Benjamin L. Blandford, John B. Ripy and Theodore H. Grossardt

This study presents a GIS-based predictive habitat suitability model for the blackside dace, a federally-listed threatened species of the Upper ...

Contribution to Book

Casewise Visual Evaluation for High-Performance Collaborative Visioning of PGDP Nuclear ...

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010 (2010)

Keiron Bailey, Theodore H. Grossardt, John B. Ripy and Benjamin L. Blandford

This article describes the adaptation of the authors' Structured Public Involvement, or SPI, framework for community involvement in the end-state ...