Month: February 2024

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., Research Coordinator/Marketing & Communications, UFTI The UF Gator Institute of Transportation Engineers (GatorITE) Student Chapter organized and led a Student Leadership Summit (SLS), bringing together 69 students and 50 transportation professionals from across Florida. Florida Secretary of Transportation Jared W. Purdue, PE, gave the keynote address. The event was held February […]

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, Research Coordinator/Marketing & Communications, UFTI The University of Florida, along with its Transportation Institute (UFTI), the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and the City of Gainesville (CoG), embarked on a journey to create the I-STREET™ (Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research and Evaluation of Emerging Technologies) Living Lab as an ongoing commitment to […]

Interstate 4, or I-4, is a highway in Florida that begins in Tampa and ends in Daytona Beach. I-4 is notorious for its traffic jams as locals, tourists, and freight travel along this high growth corridor. To find solutions to the traffic congestion issues plaguing I-4, a team of UFTI researchers are working to create […]

At the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Leadership Summit (SLS) held in early February at the University of Florida, the GatorITE student chapter secured yet another win during the Florida-Puerto Rico (ITE FL-PR) District Traffic Bowl Competition. “It has been a huge honor to carry the torch for GatorITE in the Traffic Bowl the […]