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Coming from an extensive family tradition of Florida Gators, Clark Letter did not think twice about attending UF after graduating from high school. His grandfather and father both attended UF and so did his brother and sister. His great-grandfather, a horticulturalist, also worked on campus in the 1950’s and 1960’s. So it was that Letter […]

The UFTI has opened a search for Director of the T2 Center. Position Description: Lead the well-established T2 Center which houses the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), the Center for Transportation Training (CTT), Florida’s Pedestrian and Bicycling Safety Resource Center, the Florida Occupant Protection Resource Center, and several other dynamic grant-driven as well as revenue-supported […]

The UFTI will host a free workshop, which will also be offered as a live webcast, on Thursday, September 3, 2015 from 3 to 5 pm at UF’s Computer Science & Engineering Building (CSE), Room E-107 titled “Traffic Management for Football Games.” Presenters will discuss the method, patterns and approaches of traffic control occurring pre- and […]

Di Wu, also known as “Woody,” was a quiet and hardworking doctoral student in the transportation program. He attended UF from fall 2007 to fall 2011, working under the direction of Professor Yafeng Yin, his doctoral program adviser at the UFTI. While in graduate school, he followed the rigorous path of working on transportation-related research, […]

As the publication of the updated Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 2015) approaches, McTrans is hard at work implementing the changes and expansions within the Highway Capacity Software (HCS). HCS7 is planned for release concurrently with the publication of the HCM 2015 with most (if not all) new material included. One of the most significant additions […]

The Florida T2 Center hosted two regional Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Updates this summer. Central Florida CPS Technicians gathered in Ocala on July 21st and North Florida personnel met in Panama City on July 23rd.  Alison Tillman, a certified CPS Technician at the UFTI’s T2 Center, was on hand alongside several state technicians and instructors. […]

Evangelos Christou, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology at UF. As an affiliate of the UFTI, his research focuses on the effects of aging and neuromuscular control of movement. Christou’s connection to transportation originates from his interest in how perceptual and motor issues influence driving. “For example, if […]

Students participating in the STRIDE Center’s Transportation Research Internship Program (TRIP) concluded the program on Friday, July 31, 2015 with  presentations related to their individualized summer projects. Interns & Presentation Descriptions: Zoe Becerra of Morehead University/GaTech presented on “A Method to Assess the Effectiveness of Auditory Stimuli to Return Distracted Attention in a Simulated Driving […]

Traffic signs provide important information to drivers both day and night, and to be effective, their visibility must be maintained. Language in the Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) describes assessment and management methods for agencies to maintain traffic sign retroreflectivity at or above the minimum levels. The only reliable method to obtain the […]

A major update to the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 2010) is being finalized. McTrans will be presenting a webinar series to provide an overview of the changes as compared with the current HCM 2010, including many methodological details. The information provided in this workshop series is a fairly technical overview toward learning what to expect from the updated HCM […]