Traffic signs provide important information to drivers both day and night, and to be effective, their visibility must be maintained. Language in the Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) describes assessment and management methods for agencies to maintain traffic… Read More

A major update to the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 2010) is being finalized. McTrans will be presenting a webinar series to provide an overview of the changes as compared with the current HCM 2010, including many methodological details. The information provided in this… Read More

Stephen Spana, a senior Civil Engineering major at UF, has spent his summer as a transportation intern working on a project to calibrate a theoretical expression that describes the meeting rate between ride-sourcing vehicles, such as Uber, and waiting customers.… Read More

Dr. Jing Li, a 2013 UFTI graduate and current Assistant Research Scientist at Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), favorably reflects on time spent at UFTI, where she gained and accomplished much beyond obtaining graduate degrees. Li says the experience has… Read More

Beginning his 10th year as Dean and Professor of Urban & Regional Planning in the College of Design, Construction and Planning, Dr. Chris Silver offers an extensive planning perspective on urbanization, sustainability, international development planning, and addresses effective mobility, particularly… Read More

McTrans has created video tutorials to assist Streets users in coding a signalized intersection and optimizing signal timing, especially for multiple signals along an arterial. Click on the link to view the tutorials.  [View tutorials]