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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 they would like and a flexible schedule that facilitates DIY or working with professionals. But […]

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.   “The contributions of the UFTI have been invaluable,” said Tom Creasey, chair of the […]

UFTI faculty researchers and graduate students associated with the STRIDE Center presented their projects and served as moderators during the 7th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region in Boca Raton, FL, March 24-25, 2022. The UTC conference is an annual event that brings together students, faculty, staff, transportation practitioners, and public agencies with the […]

Siddhartha Gulhare is a Ph.D. candidate under Dr. Siva Srinivasan in Civil & Coastal engineering. Gulhare was one of 38 students named as a 2022 Lifesavers Traffic Safety Scholars. After a competitive application process the recipients were awarded of a $1,000 scholarship to help defray the cost to attend the conference held in Chicago on March […]

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 mostly designed without traffic lights, or the shuttles are maneuvered through traffic lights manually by […]

Gainesville’s Regional Transit System (RTS) provides more than 40,000 trips per day, and with these trips, there is also the potential for crashes and liabilities. However, collision avoidance systems can help. Former UF researcher Dr. Clark Letter, now the Director of Planning and Analytics at the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization, and UFTI-T2 Center Director Dr. […]

The Neville Parker Award is awarded to two non-thesis master’s reports in the field of policy and planning. This year Joe Denver, a graduate from the MURP program at UF, won the award for his master’s research paper titled: “Embracing Capital Investment: An Analysis of Development Oriented towards Miami’s Metrorail”. Dever graduated with a UF […]

It is with deep sorrow and regret that we note the peaceful passing of our colleague and friend, Prof. Kenneth G. Courage, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on December 4, 2021, with his wife of many years, Myrna, at his side. Ken lost a lengthy battle with several forms of cancer. Ken was born in […]

UFTI students, faculty, and staff attended the 2022 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. January 9-13, 2022. The event will return to it’s traditional in-person meeting format following health and safety guidelines (https://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting/COVIDSafety.aspx). The annual meeting’s theme this year is “Innovating an Equitable, Resilient, Sustainable, and Safe Transportation System”. Participation included presentations at […]

Dear Alumni & Colleagues, As transportation professionals we are continuously being challenged to find solutions to a diverse and ever-expanding number of problems including how to maintain supply chains, how to keep travelers safe from COVID-19 and minimize crashes, and how to deliver transportation systems that allow everyone to access jobs, shopping, and health appointments. […]