Planning for the future of Florida’s transportation system is a complicated process. The Florida Department of Transportation is currently going through the process of updating its transportation plan. Researchers and students from the University of Florida (UF), Florida State University… Read More
Month: March 2020
Could micro-mobility reduce urban traffic congestion?
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Micro-mobility is an emerging form of transportation which involves shared electric bikes or scooters. Micro-mobility companies have been rolling out in metropolitan areas across the United States and around the world. User surveys conducted by micro-mobility company Bird indicate that… Read More
Students provided access to HCS7 while away from campus
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As college campuses across the country have closed in response to the spread of COVID-19, students have been figuring out how to finish off their semester studies away from the labs and facilities they rely on. In one of his… Read More
Bill Sampson, Former McTrans Director, Retires
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Bill Sampson, PE, retired after 30 years as Director of the McTrans Center in March 2020. On Friday, March 20, former students and coworkers came together via Zoom, an online web conferencing platform, to celebrate his time with the University of Florida.… Read More
Changes taking place at the UFTI because of COVID-19
Faculty and staff have worked at record speed in the past week to adapt to changes brought on by the rapid spread of the coronavirus in the United States and throughout the world. Everyone finds themselves in an unmapped territory… Read More
UFTI Welcomes Dr. Behzad Aghdashi, New McTrans Director
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Dr. Behzad Aghdashi is the newly appointed Director of the McTrans Center. Dr. Aghdashi previously worked as the Driver and Transportation Analytics Lab (DaTA Lab) manager at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at North Carolina State University (NCSU). Dr.… Read More
Student Spotlight – Leonida Kibet
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Doctoral student Leonida Kibet’s interest in transportation grew as she worked on her bachelor’s degree in Kenya. She notes that over the last decade Kenya has experienced massive growth in the transportation sector which has ultimately been marked by technological… Read More
UFTI Welcomes New Post-Doctoral Associate Dr. Karla Rodrigues-Silva
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Dr. Karla Rodrigues-Silva was driven by her love of math from a young age and started out pursuing physics in school. By her mid-teens, Karla discovered that her true passion was engineering. In high school, she pursued a technical degree… Read More
Research Project Spotlight
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Getting from one place to another – transportation – is a major part of every person’s life. Changes are happening in urban areas across the country and around the world and congestion is on the rise. With the added costs… Read More
UFTI Introduces Students at Santa Fe College to Transportation Engineering
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Dr. Nithin Agarwal, Director of the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) Technology Transfer (T2) Center and graduate faculty in the UF Herbert Wertheim Civil and Coastal Engineering Department met with students in the Gator Engineering at Santa Fe program… Read More