The Florida legislature recently recognized the University of Florida’s Transportation Institute (UFTI) I-STREET program with the passage of Senate Bill 64 and House Bill 425 – emphasizing collaboration with other universities in Florida and transportation companies around the world. I-STREET… Read More
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UFTI Director honored by AAAS
UFTI Director Dr. Lily Elefteriadou was recently honored as a lifetime fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. Dr. Elefteriadou is affiliated… Read More
Dr. Ruth Steiner Interviewed about TBARTA Dissolution
By Ada Lang, UFTI Marketing and Communications Specialist Dr. Ruth Steiner, University of Florida (UF) Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of the Center for Health and the Built Environment was interviewed recently by Matthew Peddie of WUSF… Read More
Transportation Workforce Development for State DOTs To Address Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (Southeast Region)
By Ada Lang, UFTI Communications Coordinator Equity, diversity and inclusion in the workforce are long-standing areas of concern, and a STRIDE-funded project titled Transportation Workforce Development for State DOTs to Address Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion recently studied that issue –… Read More
Florida Automated Vehicle Summit Student Poster Exhibition & Competition
The 2022 Florida Automated Vehicle FAV Summit will be an in-person event at the Omni Amelia Island Resort, December 14 -16, 2022. The FAV Summit assembles industry leaders from around the world to address technologies, operations, and policy issues. Topics… Read More
The UFTI-T2 Center’s Nearly 40-Year History in Working to Address Transportation’s Workforce Development Needs
During the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has given many workers a lot more time at home. It’s been a boom time for DIY and home improvement services because time at home has made people more aware of changes… Read More
UF’s Contribution to the Development of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM)
Since the mid-1980s, transportation engineering faculty at the University of Florida (UF) have been working on developing state-of-the-art traffic analysis techniques and contributing to the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), a publication used as a standard reference among transportation practitioners worldwide.… Read More
Gainesville’s Autonomous Shuttle Now Communicates with Traffic Lights
On any given day, Gainesville’s Autonomous Shuttle (AV) can be seen driving around city streets, interacting with pedestrians, bicyclists, and conventional vehicles, while picking up and dropping off riders along its route. AV shuttle corridors across the country are… Read More