A project funded by the Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center, which is the U.S. Department of Transportation’s grant-funded, Regional (Southeastern) University Transportation Center (UTC) housed at the UFTI, is being led by Research Assistant Professor Dr. Clark… Read More
STRIDE at the 6th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region, Clemson, S.C.
This year’s UTC Conference was hosted by the Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C2M2) at Clemson University, which attracted students, faculty, staff, state DOT representatives, and other transportation professionals in the southeast region. The STRIDE Center was one of the… Read More
Dr. Xiaopeng Li to Present on Operations of Modular Transit Vehicles under Oversaturated Traffic
Title: Operations of Modular Transit Vehicles under Oversaturated Traffic Abstract: Dynamic capacity design holds promise for reducing the energy consumption of urban mass transit systems, e.g., urban rail transits, bus rapid transits, shared autonomous vehicles. In this study, we investigate… Read More
UF and UAB Collaborate on Study on Older Driver Experiences with Autonomous Vehicle Technology
Title: UF & UAB’s Phase I Demonstration Study: Older Driver Experiences with Autonomous Vehicle Technology Description: The Department of Occupational Therapy’s Institute for Mobility, Activity, and Participation (I-MAP) team is working in collaboration with the University of Alabama at Birmingham… Read More
McTrans September Webinar Series
This webinar series presents lectures, software demonstrations and application examples on the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) procedures – including upcoming 6th Edition updates. Step-by-step instruction of the HCM methodologies will be provided for each analytical chapter. The Highway Capacity Software… Read More
Dr. Lanshan Han Presents on the Estimation of Linear Mixed Models under Joint Inequality Constraints
Dr. Lanshan Han presented on the Estimation of Linear Mixed Models under Joint Inequality Constraints on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Title: Estimation of Linear Mixed Models under Joint Inequality Constraints Abstract: Linear mixed models (LMMs), which allow both fixed and… Read More
Welcome to our New T2 staff
Welcome Alyssa and Don! Alyssa Mercadante graduated in December 2017 with a degree in Management. While in school she had opportunities to work for the UF Health Dermatology practice at Springhill and managed a local store, Arabesque, in Gainesville, FL.… Read More
Elaine Khoo Hired as UFTI’s Marketing & Communications Specialist
The UFTI would like to officially welcome Elaine Khoo in her new role as the Marketing and Communications Specialist. Khoo will be helping to drive the UFTI’s marketing and communication efforts, which include finding creative solutions to promote the various… Read More
UFTI Student Deja Jackson Selected as an ENO fellow and a Traffic Safety Scholar
Congratulations to Deja Jackson for being invited to the 26th Annual Eno Future Leaders Development Conference in Washington, D.C.! This is the first time Jackson, who is pursuing an Ph.D. in Civil and Coastal Engineering, has been accepted to attend… Read More
Council of University Transportation Centers Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Institute of Transportation Engineers
Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, President of the Council of University Transportation Centers, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on behalf of CUTC with the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). The MOU-signing was held in conjunction with the ITE International Board… Read More