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
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HCS7 Software Update
In Release 7.5, the Streets module now provides a new larger interchange graphic that can be direction-oriented by the user. The TWSC module has been rebuilt with an upgraded internal architecture to provide more user flexibility and processing speed. The… Read More
HCS7 Software Release 7.5
This latest release (scheduled for February) adds improvements to Freeways, TWSC, Service Volumes, and the Highway Safety Software (see below). Freeways – Several improvements are implemented in this HCS7 module to include more intelligent graphics within the reports and provide… 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
STRIDE Final Report 2012-2017 Released
Click Here to Download the STRIDE Annual Report! [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.transportation.institute.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/149/2018/01/STRIDE-Report-Jan-2012-to-Dec-2016-web.pdf” title=”STRIDE Report Jan 2012 to Dec 2016 web”]
UFTI Hosted UTC Conference for the Southeast
The University of Florida Transportation Institute hosted the 5th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region on Nov. 16-17, 2017. Over 230 people registered for the event, with attendees from academia and the public and private sectors. The two-day event… Read More
Jasper Masciocchi Joins the UFTI as Transportation Education Specialist
Earlier this month, the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) welcomed Jasper Masciocchi, a civil engineer, into the UFTI’s Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center. Masciocchi graduated from the University of South Florida in 2014 with a Bachelor’s in Civil and… Read More
UFTI’s T2 Center Receives Three ASAP Awards from the FHWA
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded UFTI’s Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center three Accelerating Safety Activities Program (ASAP) awards. The three awards represent more than half of all available funding for fiscal year 2017. ASAP awards fund research, development,… Read More
HCS 7 Freeways Reliability
With Release 7.3, the Freeways module now models travel time reliability for Travel Time Index and Reliability Rating by analyzing hundreds of scenarios for the variance of demand, weather, incidents, work zones, and special events over time. Freeway facility reliability… Read More
UFTI Director Elected President of the Council of University Transportation Centers
During the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Summer Meeting in Buffalo, NY, Dr. Lily Elefteriadou was elected president of the organization. Dr. Elefteriadou will serve as President for one year, until June 2018. CUTC was established in 1979 by… Read More