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A University of Florida and FDOT study tested remote driving of a truck-mounted crash attenuator and found both promise and important limits. By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., M.A., Nithin Agarwal, Ph.D., and Shraddha Agarwal, Ph.D. A crash cushion mounted behind a work truck is meant to take the hit if a vehicle veers into a roadside […]

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., M.A., Research and Communications Coordinator, UFTI Traffic congestion was part of Farzana Chowdhury’s everyday life in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where she grew up. “I often wondered why traffic problems were so difficult to solve and how they could be improved,” Chowdhury said. Years later, she went on to pursue her undergraduate studies […]

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., M.A., Research & Communications Coordinator A college course changed the way Sarah Dennis-Bauer views transportation. The class focused on the built environment. It led Dennis-Bauer to think beyond transportation’s job of moving people and goods from point A to point B and to consider how the transportation systems they use every […]

by Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., M.A., Research/Communications Coordinator, UFTI There is something we often don’t think about when we drive over a Florida bridge: How can it hold up the weight of thousands of vehicles every day? Especially when the bridge is over a vast body of water such as the Banana River in Florida. The […]

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., M.A., Research & Communications, UFTI Four transportation professionals from across Florida working in the public and private sectors graduated this spring from the University of Florida’s Master of Science in Civil Engineering online program with a concentration in Transportation Leadership. Their career paths were different, and so were their reasons for […]

The 2026 “Research to Practice” Transit Symposium will be held October 20-22, 2026. The symposium will take place online and be streamed on YouTube. As the transit industry is experiencing significant changes (e.g., new technologies, potential funding shortage) in recent years, the Symposium provides a platform where transit experts share insights on how evidence-based research […]

Learning from the Past to Finance Transit in the Future Martin Wachs, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California The COVID pandemic made the financial fragility of America’s public transit systems obvious, though most of the financial challenges facing transit existed prior to the recent emergency. Services desperately needed by some communities were difficult to provide […]

ASHA WEINSTEIN AGRAWAL Dr. Asha Weinstein Agrawal works at San José State University, where she directs the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) National Transportation Finance Center and also serves as Professor of Urban and Regional Planning. Her research agenda is guided by a commitment to the principles of sustainability and equity: what planning and policy tools […]

The 2025 “Research to Practice” Transit Symposium took place October 28-30, 2025. As the transit industry is experiencing significant changes (e.g., new technologies, potential funding shortage) in recent years, the symposium provides a platform where transit experts share insights on how evidence-based research is being or can be, used to make the most of these […]

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., M.A., Research/Communications Coordinator, UFTI Just as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched its Feed it Onward initiative to reduce food waste and strengthen food security in America, a recent study conducted by UF and Auburn University has shown how using GPS data from smartphones can lead to new insights about where […]