This September, about 2.8 million children will return to Florida’s public schools – on foot, on bicycles, on scooters, on skateboards. In whatever way they get there, the SRTS program is dedicated to giving children a safer journey from home… Read More
Dr. Hassan Azad & Dr. Sanjay Ranka Lead Project Funded by The National Science Foundation
News The project titled SCC-PG Remote Sensing and Prediction of Environmental Noise to Facilitate Addressing the Social and Health Issues of Noise – Pilot Study: Schools and Hospitals was awarded on July 24, 2021. It is led by Dr. Azad and Dr. Ranka… Read More
Cyber-Resilient Connected Autonomous Vehicles
By: Dr. Sandip Ray, Professor & Endowed IoT Term Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida How would you feel if a hacker could remotely push a button that would cause your vehicle to veer off the… Read More
NSF-Funded Study Creates Strategy to Improve System Performance of Traffic Apps
This study was recently published in IEEE – Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9312471) Doctoral candidate Stephen Spana and his adviser, Dr. Lili Du of the UF Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, worked on a National Science Foundation study… Read More
The I-STREET Testbed
The information contained on this page is currently being used for the 2021 CoMotion Miami Challenge Powered by I-STREET. “I-STREET” is a real-world testbed located in Gainesville, Florida. The testbed is dedicated to advancing the state-of-the art in connected and… Read More
CoMotion Miami Mobility Challenge Powered by I-STREET
Help us save lives and improve mobility on existing transportation infrastructure using emerging technologies and its associated data! Solve these and other highway transportation problems using real-world data from the I-STREET real-world testbed, a collaboration of the University of Florida,… Read More
Using Machine Learning Techniques to Help Mitigate Congestion
Urban traffic control is one of the most important and challenging issues facing cities. Increases in the volume of traffic has significant impacts on congestion and consequently in the amount of time that travelers spend on the road. Furthermore, traffic… Read More
Big Data & Artificial Intelligence Help to Improve Operations & Safety at Intersections
These days, road networks in our cities contain a variety of smart and connected infrastructure which generate an abundance of Big Data. This data can be processed to improve the flow of traffic and safety for both vehicles and pedestrians.… Read More
From Family, Youth, Community Sciences to Civil Engineering
Leonie Barkakati has a bachelor’s degree in Family, Youth, Community Sciences (FYCM) from the University of Florida. She is a graduate student in the civil engineering program specializing in transportation. Her advisor is Dr. Xilei Zhao. Barkakati is the first… Read More
How UFTI is Evaluating Mobility under COVID-19
COIVD-19 continues to affect the lives of millions of people around the world with deleterious effects to the economy. Understanding where people are traveling to, and the decision-making process associated with travel, including the effects on transit and ridership, will… Read More