Month: January 2023

By Ada Lang, UFTI Marketing and Communications Specialist Dr. Ruth Steiner, University of Florida (UF) Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of the Center for Health and the Built Environment was interviewed recently by Matthew Peddie of WUSF Public Media about the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority’s (TBARTA) decision to dissolve itself. […]

By Ada Lang, UFTI Communications Specialist Knowing that a hurricane is bearing down on you and your property is frightening and overwhelming. However, many people fail to evacuate despite evacuation orders from local emergency management agencies. Dr. Xilei Zhao, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, wondered why this phenomenon occurs […]

  The Florida Automated Vehicle (FAV) Summit, held in Fernandina Beach in late 2022, yielded several winners from UFTI. The annual summit assembles industry leaders from around the world to address technologies, operations and policy issues and is an opportunity for students to present their findings. Several UFTI students presented posters related to the study […]