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The Highway Capacity Software, version 7 (HCS7), includes updated modules to implement the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition (HCM6) procedures for signalized intersections, urban streets, alternative intersections, roundabouts, freeway facilities, basic freeway segments, freeway weaving segments, freeway merge & diverge segments, and multilane highways, while the methodologies for two-way stop control, all-way stop control and […]

Members of the UF Transportation Institute (UFTI) attended a workshop on “Future Highway Capacity Manual Updates”, held on June 14-17, 2017, in Minneapolis, MN. Attendees were given the opportunity to participate in high-level discussions and presentations and networked with key professionals in the traffic engineering field from industry and academia. While in Minneapolis, a dinner […]

University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) student Deja Jackson was named the graduate student awardee for the UF Dr. J. Michael Rollo Diversity Impact Award. The award was presented to her on April 18, 2017, during the inaugural Inclusive Excellence in Diversity Awards Ceremony, hosted by the University of Florida Office of Multicultural and Diversity […]

We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Ann Brach recently joined the UFTI’s EAB, which helps guide the UFTI in its strategic initiatives.  The UFTI leadership team is very pleased to welcome her into this new role! Ann M. Brach is the Director of the Technical Activities Division at the Transportation Research Board (TRB). […]

FDOT held a peer exchange, which is a review of a state DOT’s Research, Development, and Technology program by representatives of other state DOTs, federal transportation agencies, academic institutions, the Transportation Research Board (TRB), and other entities to exchange information and best practices. The theme of the April 25-27, 2017, FDOT peer exchange was “How […]

Faculty and staff representing the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) traveled to the state capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., on April 5, 2017, to participate in Gator Day, an annual event that showcases the University of Florida (UF) to legislators and other state leaders. “It is important for UFTI to attend this event  to let […]

The UFTI welcomes Alex Bond, and Grady Carrick, Ph.D., to the UFTI’s  External Advisory Board. Alexander Bond, AICP, is a director at the Eno Center for Transportation, a Washington, D.C. based think tank and training organization founded in 1921. He is a specialist in transportation governance, regional planning, and organizational performance. Mr. Bond leads Eno’s […]

Tom Byron, PE, assistant secretary of Intermodal Systems Development at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), will be serving as the new chair of the UFTI’s External Advisory Board (EAB). Milton Carrasco, P. Eng., M. Eng., has just concluded his three-year term as the UFTI’s first EAB chair. “Milton Carrasco has provided incredible leadership in […]

UFTI affiliate Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D., professor and chair of the UF Department of Occupational Therapy, has edited a multi-author book published by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) titled Driving Simulation for Assessment, Intervention, and Training: A Guide for Occupational Therapy and Health Care Professionals. According to the review in the April 2017 issue of […]

NSF, FDOT, the City of Gainesville are helping the UFTI to test new technologies and algorithms that will facilitate the presence of autonomous and connected vehicles.