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Congratulations to Dr. Cody Ko for accepting a position as District Traffic Safety Program Engineer at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 2 Traffic Operations Office. Dr. Ko graduated in 2007 from the transportation engineering program back when the UFTI was known as the Transportation Research Center (TRC). With the guidance of several transportation […]

Congratulations to Dr. Lily Elefteriadou on being recognized for her outstanding service as the previous president of the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC). Dr. Elefteriadou was elected as president of the organization in 2017, serving for one year until June 2018. Additionally, Mohamad Shoaib Samandar, a student from North Carolina State University, won the […]

The Road Safety Professional (RSP) certification is administered by the Transportation Professional Certification Board, Inc. Having passed the exam, Deja Jackson is now one of the first certified road safety professionals in the U.S. and Canada. Jackson had this to say on completing the exam: “I’m very excited to become one of the first certified […]

Malisa McCreedy, AICP, recently joined as a new member of the UFTI’s external advisory board. Ms. McCreedy left the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation, where she was a Division Manager, to become the Director of Mobility for the City of Gainesville, Florida. The newly formed Department of Mobility encompasses all modes of transportation to […]

UFTI students, faculty and staff recently attended the 2019 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. As in previous years, participation included presentations at various lectern and poster sessions and TRB committees. The UFTI also hosted its annual reception at TRB for students, faculty, and friends of the University of Florida. Click the link below […]

UFTI students and faculty attended the Florida Automated Vehicles (FAV) Summit in Tampa, FL, on November 27-28, 2018, which address technologies, operations, and policy issues. Stephen Spana and Aschkan Omidvar, UFTI students, presented during the summit in the exhibitor/poster reception, including the Shark Tank competition, where students pitched research ideas to a panel of industry professionals. […]

A group of researchers from the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) is conducting a study to understand driver’s perception at signalized intersections. The success of this study depends on gathering diverse perspectives of drivers across the world. To participate in the study, please click on the following link: Driver Perception Study – UFTI. See below for more […]

The UFTI hosted an informational session for prospective graduate students, view the video here:

Title: UF & UAB’s Phase I Demonstration Study: Older Driver Experiences with Autonomous Vehicle Technology Description: The Department of Occupational Therapy’s Institute for Mobility, Activity, and Participation (I-MAP) team is working in collaboration with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the City of Gainesville to better understand the perception, values, beliefs and attitudes of […]

The UFTI welcomes David Wantman, CEO of the Wantman Group, Inc. (WGI) to the External Advisory Board. Wantman started in the business at age 13 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the University of Florida. After spending 10 years with a national firm, he returned to WGI in 1999 […]