Month: June 2023

Researchers from the University of Florida Transportation Institute’s (UFTI) I-STREET Living Lab traveled to the SunTrax Test Facility in Auburndale, Florida, in May 2023 to test an algorithm they created that optimizes and operates traffic signals, thereby improving safety and traffic performance at intersections. The key component of this new algorithm is the use of […]

Ada LangUFTI Communications Specialist Recently, a group of the University of Florida (UF) Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering students, collectively known as the “Eckhoff Student Steel Bridge Team,” became the first team ever to win the competition three years in a row and won two additional awards at the 2023 American Institute of Steel Construction. […]

By Ada LangUFTI Communications Specialist About 41 million Americans have disabilities and here in Florida, with its older demographic, providing more mobility options is a high priority. A research team at the University of Florida (UF) recently studied persons with disabilities’ attitudes about utilizing automated shuttles and found that exposure to autonomous shuttles contributes to […]