Month: February 2018

The Institute for Mobility, Activity, and Participation (I-MAP), within the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions, is collaborating with the American Automobile Association (AAA) to revise and compile a new version of Smart Features for Older Drivers (SFOD), a downloadable booklet that helps older drivers select cars with features that will assist them […]

Abstract: Universities, colleges, and other learning institutions regularly conduct research on behalf of state departments of transportation (DOTs). Much of the research involves data collection and testing work by student researchers on roadways and other types of field sites. The field research may require students to work on the roadway, in the right-of-way, or close […]

Gregory Winfree, TTI Agency Director, visited the UFTI to give a speech about connected autonomous vehicles. Below is the abstract and recording of the presentation. Abstract: Autonomous – or “self-driving” – vehicles are all the rage in the news today, with significantly more focus given to the vehicles driving themselves than whether the vehicles can […]

This latest release (scheduled for February) adds improvements to Freeways, TWSC, Service Volumes, and the Highway Safety Software (see below). Freeways – Several improvements are implemented in this HCS7 module to include more intelligent graphics within the reports and provide more functionality to the data coding process by allowing it to be interactive with the […]

Each January, students, faculty, and staff from the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). As in previous years, participation included presentations at various lectern and poster sessions and TRB committees. A “fun fact” related to UFTI’s participation at TRB […]