Category: News

From New York Times to CNET, news outlets across the U.S. were abuzz when brain-controlled drones raced last month. What is being called the nation’s 1st “Brain-Drone Race” was held at the University of Florida on April 16, 2016, with UFTI affiliate Dr. Juan Gilbert at the helm. Professor Juan Gilbert, chairman of the Computer […]

The University of Florida, along with the University of North Florida and City of Jacksonville, have partnered up to join the MetroLab Network. Made up of 35 city-university partnerships, their focus is to bring data, analytics and innovation to local government. Launched in 2015 as part of the Obama administration’s Smart Cities initiative, it is […]

The University of Florida continues its legacy of leadership in local technical assistance through the continuation of the LTAP grant award. The Federal Highway Administration awards each state a Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) grant to support local transportation needs. The UF Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center has had the privilege of administering this grant […]

This year, three students from the University of Florida were accepted into the STRIDE Center’s Transportation Research Internship Program. Two of them will be working with UFTI-affiliated faculty, post-docs and graduate students on transportation-related research. The third student will be working at another university within the STRIDE consortium. In addition, a fourth student from Arizona […]

It’s hard to believe this all began in 1986 as a grant from the Federal Highway Administration to create the McTrans Center. With the introduction of personal computers and the proliferation of software for the traffic engineering and transportation planning profession, a mechanism was needed to connect research to practice – and McTrans is still […]

Transportation is expansive, and there’s a place for everyone. Though, Samantha Taningco didn’t quite know her place when she came to the University of Florida in 2009. A Civil Engineering major, she was interested in structures but wasn’t sure what path she wanted to take. That was until she took Introduction to Transportation with Dr. […]

  Each year the University of Florida’s Benton Engineering Council (BEC) organizes an Engineering Fair (E-Fair) to promote engineering education amongst K-12 students. This two-day event takes place during BEC’s Engineering Week and allows UF engineering student groups to interact with visiting K-12 students using hands-on activities that the student groups create. This year’s E-Fair […]

The Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) 6th Edition is now being finalized and is expected to be completed this summer. This ninety-minute video provides an overview of the changes as compared with the current HCM 2010, including some methodological details and a preview of the implementation in the Highway Capacity Software (HCS7) ($75 per person). Click […]

Vishal Khanapure’s title at the McTrans Center is “Computer Research Specialist” and it truly does fit him. The McTrans Center at the University of Florida Transportation Institute distributes and supports a variety of software programs for traffic engineering and transportation planning applications, with training courses also available. Passionate about his work, Khanapure assists in a […]

If you have ever had a question or needed some information about the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 2010) or the Highway Capacity Software (HCS 2010), all you have to do is ask us.  McTrans has been involved with the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Highway Capacity and Quality of Service (HCQS) committee for about thirty years […]