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Clark Letter, who recently completed his Ph.D. in transportation engineering from UF, has accepted a position as the UF Testbed manager for the UFTI. The UF Testbed will utilize the UF campus and surrounding neighborhoods to test connected and autonomous vehicles and devices that support them. Letter will coordinate all efforts related to planning and […]

On May 24-25, 2017, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) funded project team AVIAN (http://avian.essie.ufl.edu/) to test new algorithms that were developed to optimize connected and highly automated vehicle trajectories when approaching a signal. The team includes researchers from the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI), representing the Departments […]

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, Dr. Lily […]

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’s 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). In this […]

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 […]