Month: October 2017

Webinar Series This Highway Capacity Analysis Webinar Series presents lectures, software demonstrations, and application examples of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM6) procedures. Step-by-step instruction of the HCM6 methodologies will be provided for each analytical chapter.  The Highway Capacity Software (HCS7) implements and automates the HCM procedures. Each lecture will be followed by working HCM6 example […]

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 reducing crashes are encouraged to attend. Emphasis will be placed on the application of some […]

UFTI organized a half-day workshop on “Visualizing Transportation Big Data for Efficient Decision Making” on Friday, December 8. Despite the sudden bad weather, about 30 people attended the event in person, in addition to a handful of virtual participants who logged into a Zoom meeting to follow the presentations. April Blackburn, Chief of Transportation Technology, […]

University of Florida researchers developed three-dimensional finite element (3D-FE) models to more accurately predict the behavior of concrete slabs. They also followed up on a project to characterize strain gauge performance for a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) concrete pavement test road. Dr. Mang Tia, UF civil and coastal engineering, was the principal investigator on […]

Members of the University of Florida Transportation Institute, along with researchers from Florida International University (FIU), developed a new procedure for optimizing signal control considering environmental and safety impacts.  The results of the work have been implemented into the Highway Capacity Software (http://mctrans.ce.ufl.edu/mct/index.php/HCS7/).  The research was funded by the US DOT through the STRIDE Center […]

From June to August 2017, Pedro Maldonado interned with the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety (AAAFTS) in Washington, D.C. Maldonado was part of the traffic research group and had the opportunity to collaborate with experts in the field of traffic safety and human factors. During his internship, Maldonado was involved in three main […]

Earlier this month, the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) welcomed Jasper Masciocchi, a civil engineer, into the UFTI’s Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center. Masciocchi graduated from the University of South Florida in 2014 with a Bachelor’s in Civil and Environmental Engineering, focusing in Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering. Masciocchi has spent the previous years of […]

The University of Florida student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) recently joined the Adopt-A-Highway (AAH) program. AAH is a program of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in which volunteers clean up roadside litter four times a year or more often if needed. Pedro Maldonado, the president of the ITE student chapter at […]

This past month, three students from the WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter, also known as WTS Advancing Women in Transportation, were awarded scholarships. These awards were presented at the WTS Central Florida Chapter Scholarship Banquet in Orlando, Fl, on Sept. 12, 2017. Each year, WTS recognizes aspiring young women who are pursuing careers in transportation […]