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The University of Florida Transportation Institute worked on an FDOT-funded project to develop a roadmap for I-STREET (Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research and Evaluation of Emerging Technologies), the real-world testbed located in the City of Gainesville and the UF campus. The outcome was an extended technical memorandum containing a literature review, identification of testbeds developed […]

The University of Florida Transportation Institute hosted the 5th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region on Nov. 16-17, 2017. Over 230 people registered for the event, with attendees from academia and the public and private sectors. The two-day event featured keynote speakers, various paper and poster presentations, a state DOT panel, a WTS and […]

From June to August 2017, Pedro Maldonado interned with the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety (AAAFTS) in Washington, D.C. Maldonado was part of the traffic research group and had the opportunity to collaborate with experts in the field of traffic safety and human factors. During his internship, Maldonado was involved in three main […]

The University of Florida, in partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation and the City of Gainesville, is preparing to launch the advanced transportation technologies testbed I-STREET (Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research and Evaluation of Emerging Technologies).  I-STREET will encompass the University of Florida campus and the surrounding roadway network in the City of Gainesville. […]

Doctoral student, Marian Ankomah, discusses her specialization in transportation planning while working on her Ph.D. in civil and coastal engineering.

During the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC)  Summer Meeting in Buffalo, NY, Dr. Lily Elefteriadou was elected  president of the organization.   Dr. Elefteriadou will serve as President for one year, until June 2018. CUTC was established in 1979 by several major transportation research centers and institutes in the US to provide a forum for […]

Jerone Dunbar and Brianna Posadas, Ph.D. students in computer and information science engineering working with Dr. Juan Gilbert, recently completed multidisciplinary projects focusing on transportation. Dunbar presented his paper at the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Vancouver, Canada. The conference was held on July 12-14, 2016. Similarly, Posadas will be presenting her poster […]

The 2017 Automated Vehicles Symposium was held in San Francisco, CA, and was a joint conference between the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). The purpose of the symposium is to bring together industry and academia to discuss the latest automated vehicle research and technology. Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, Dr. […]

UFTI Ph.D. student, Pruthvi Manjunatha, takes you behind the scenes of the UFTI driving simulator and explains how it works.

This year, the University of Florida launched Summer Undergraduate Research at Florida (SURF), which is a 10-week program that provides students, excelling in their studies at their home institutions, with the opportunity to work with premier faculty at UF on active research projects. Out of the 21 students pursuing research experiences in the Herbert Wertheim […]