Month: June 2023
UFTI partners with OmniAir & FDOT for the Florida Plugfest
Researchers from the University of Florida Transportation Institute’s (UFTI) I-STREET Living Lab traveled in May 2023 to the SunTrax Test Facility in Auburndale, Florida, to test an algorithm they created that optimizes and operates traffic signals, thus improving safety and traffic performance at intersections. The key component of this new algorithm is the use of […]
Read more »Engineering Students Win Five National Awards
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. The team took home […]
Read more »Understanding the Riding Experience of People with Disabilities in an Automated Shuttle
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 positive perceptions. Automated shuttles (AS) […]
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