Research in transportation planning and policy addresses a wide range of issues that affect the planning, design, and building of an intermodal transportation system at the local, regional, and state level. Research in this area has addressed advanced modeling techniques, including activity-based models, the coordination of transportation investments with land use decision-making, bicycle and pedestrian planning, and the interaction of pricing on travel behavior and safety. Research in this area includes scans of practices used in states, advanced geographic information system (GIS) analysis, and advanced econometric methods to develop tools and inform policy.
Example Projects
Title | Principal Investigators | Co-PI | Agency/Source | Description |
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Modeling the Effect of Accessibility and Congestion in Location Choice | Ruth L. Steiner, University of Florida | Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation | This study explores the relationship between accessibility and congestion, and their impacts on property values. Three research questions are addressed: (1) What is the relation between accessibility and congestion both regional and neighborhood level? (2) Is there a tradeoff between accessibility and congestion? (3) What is the effect of accessibility and congestion on property value? | |
Expanded Transportation Performance Measures to Supplement Level of Service (LOS) for Growth Management and Transportation Impact Analysis | Lily Elefteriadou, University of Florida | Florida Department of Transportation | This project developed a framework for assisting agencies in selecting a set of performance measures that are consistent with their overall goals and the quality of life that the community desires. | |
Route-choice Modeling using GPS-based Travel Surveys | Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan, University of Florida | Nagendra Singh Dhakar, University of Florida | Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation | The broad focus of this research was to combine data from a large-scale GPS-based travel survey and geographic information system-based roadway network databases to develop models for route choice. |
Procedure for Forecasting Household Characteristics for Input to Travel-demand Models | Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan, University of Florida | Ma, Lu Yathindra, Karun | Florida Department of Transportation | The broad focus of this research is to contribute towards the development of a methodology for comprehensively forecasting all traveler characteristics required as inputs to travel-demand forecasting models. This procedure is also referred to as synthetic population generation (SPG) in the literature. |
Tour-Generation Models for Florida | Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan, University of Florida | Roosbeh Nowrouzian, University of Florida | Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation | Tours were constructed and characterized in terms of purpose, travel party composition, complexity, and flexibility. The empirical findings underscore the need for travel-demand models that incorporate trip-chaining and intra-household interactions. |
Florida Long Distance Travel Characteristics and Their Impacts on Transportation Systems | Ruth L. Steiner, University of Florida | Heedeok Cho, University of Florida | Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation | The overall goal of this project is to enhance the fundamental understanding of Florida long-distance travel characteristics, and to provide policy implications for long-distance transportation planning in the future. |
Faculty
Ruth L. Steiner, Ph.D.
Professor Department of Urban and Regional Planning
rsteiner@dcp.ufl.edu
Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
siva@ce.ufl.edu
Ilir Bejleri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Department of Urban and Regional Planning
ilir@ufl.edu
Abhinav Alakshendra, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Department of Urban and Regional Planning
alakshendra@ufl.edu
Zhong-Ren Peng
Professor Department of Urban and Regional Planning
zpeng@dcp.ufl.edu