UFTI students, faculty and staff recently attended the 2019 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. As in previous years, participation included presentations at various lectern and poster sessions and TRB committees. The UFTI also hosted its annual reception at… Read More
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Council of University Transportation Centers Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Institute of Transportation Engineers
Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, President of the Council of University Transportation Centers, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on behalf of CUTC with the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). The MOU-signing was held in conjunction with the ITE International Board… Read More
Low Cost Safety Improvements Workshop on Nov. 28th
The UFTI Transportation Technology Transfer Center, the Florida Department of Transportation, and the Federal Highway Administration will present a 1.5-day workshop on low-cost best practices for safety. Federal, state,and local transportation officials, traffic and safety engineers, and planners involved in… Read More
UFTI’s T2 Center Receives Three ASAP Awards from the FHWA
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded UFTI’s Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center three Accelerating Safety Activities Program (ASAP) awards. The three awards represent more than half of all available funding for fiscal year 2017. ASAP awards fund research, development,… Read More
HCS 7 Freeways Reliability
With Release 7.3, the Freeways module now models travel time reliability for Travel Time Index and Reliability Rating by analyzing hundreds of scenarios for the variance of demand, weather, incidents, work zones, and special events over time. Freeway facility reliability… Read More
McTrans Update
The Highway Capacity Software, version 7 (HCS7), includes updated modules to implement the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition (HCM6) procedures for signalized intersections, urban streets, alternative intersections, roundabouts, freeway facilities, basic freeway segments, freeway weaving segments, freeway merge & diverge… Read More
UFTI Researchers Collaborating with the City of Gainesville to Test New Traffic Data Collection Approaches That Include AVs
NSF, FDOT, the City of Gainesville are helping the UFTI to test new technologies and algorithms that will facilitate the presence of autonomous and connected vehicles.
McTrans releases new analysis tool for Diverging Diamond Interchanges (DDIs)
Diverging Diamond Interchanges (DDI) McTrans’ Streets module now includes the analysis of diverging diamond interchanges (DDI), adding this to the list of interchange ramp terminal designs to implement the new procedure provided within Highway Capacity Manual, 6th edition (HCM6). The… Read More
McTrans: HCS7 Update – Release 7.2
The Streets module now analyzes Diverging Diamond Interchanges (DDI) as one of the most popular additions to the HCM6 procedures. Adjustments to saturation flow for the crossover movement and the DDI-specific lane utilization models have been implemented. Additional lost time… Read More
In-Pavement Systems Evaluated to Detect Availability of Parking for Commercial Trucks at Rest Areas
Dr. Scott Washburn served as the principal investigator for a recently completed Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) grant-funded project, which tested three different in-pavement systems to detect the presence of vehicles in commercial truck parking spaces at interstate rest stops.… Read More