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The UFTI, FDOT, and the City of Gainesville are gearing up to create a “smart testbed” on the UF campus and surrounding highway network.

Ines Aviles-Spadoni has been selected to co-chair Ahead of the Curve: Mastering the Management of Transportation Research, ABG10(1), which is a joint subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conduct of Research (ABG10) and Education & Training (ABG20) committees.  Aviles-Spadoni, research coordinator at the Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE), will join David Jared, PE, assistant […]

Last month, the UF Gatorloop team concluded their run in the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Phase 2 competition. As one of 29 teams selected from hundreds to participate in the second phase, the UF students took on an exciting opportunity that challenged them as engineers and as a team to develop a functional vehicle. While the UF […]

Following the publication and review of the 6th Edition of the Highway Capacity Manual by the Transportation Research Board (TRB), McTrans has released the version of the Highway Capacity Software (HCS7) that implements the updated and new procedures.  The new main menu simplifies options, but expands choices, with fewer buttons for a more consolidated view […]

A conversation with Gaurav Sultania, a student in the UFTI’s transportation engineering master’s program, graduating in May 2017. What is your background? I completed my undergraduate studies with a bachelor’s degree in technology (thesis based) in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. I attribute the start of my interest in transportation […]

During this past summer, the Florida Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center at the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) conducted a series of listening sessions under the Florida Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP). The listening sessions provided an opportunity for LTAP staff at the T2 Center to receive input from local agencies about their transportation-related […]

A recently enacted bill (HB 7061) in the Florida legislature requires that Long Range Transportation Plans (LRTPs) in the state include infrastructure changes to accommodate advanced technologies such as autonomous vehicles. And with Florida as one of the states in the nation to have approved on-road testing of these vehicles, state entities such as Metropolitan […]

An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Florida (UF) has joined forces to enhance one of its driving simulators with up-to-date technology to study the human-vehicle interactions. Such studies aspire to potentially keep people safe, improve their driving performance, quality of life, or help them adapt to new technology, e.g. advanced driver assistance […]

Congratulations to Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou and Megan McGinley, both graduate students in the UFTI transportation engineering program. Kontou and McGinley are executive board members of the WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter at UF, serving as the vice president and secretary, respectively. Both students were awarded the Frankee Hellinger Scholarship. The special night included Florida Department […]

Mark your calendars! The WTS Advancing Women in Transportation student chapter at UF is hosting a symposium on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 from 6 pm to 8 pm in G-310, Reitz Union (UF Campus). A raffle and reception will follow the event. RSVP by Oct. 17th to iaviles@ce.ufl.edu. The symposium will bring together planners, transportation […]