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In the September 2014 issue of the UFTI e-Newsletter, we featured Part 1 of Dr. Siva Srinivasan’s video titled “The Graduate Program”. This month, we are bringing him back for Part 2 where he describes the various research projects he’s working on. Many of Dr. Srinivasan’s projects have been sponsored by FDOT and STRIDE. Who is Dr. […]

The UFTI is offering competitive Fellowships to support new, full-time Ph.D. students entering the transportation engineering doctoral program at the University of Florida in Fall 2015. Students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Fellowships provide tuition and a competitive stipend, including travel expenses to conferences. For more information, contact:Dr. Lily ElefteriadouUFTI Professor & Director352-392-9537, […]

Promotional materials were created recently at the Florida Occupant Protection Resource Center (OPRC), housed at the UFTI T2 Center, to help Child Passenger Safety (CPS) advocates and state enforcement inform Florida citizens of an updated Florida statute effecting children. Florida Governor Rick Scott signed House Bill 225 in June, passing revisions to Florida Statute 316.613 […]

With growing public concern over greenhouse gas emissions and the environment, the use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) is one way to curb our appetite for oil and reduce traffic emissions. These vehicles can be available to consumers without challenging our transportation engineers, governments and policymakers to build expensive infrastructure to support their operation. […]

FDOT Sponsored Research, BDK77 977‐21 (Cost-share project for STRIDE Center) Authors: Ruth L. Steiner, Scott Washburn, Lily Elefteriadou, Albert Gan, Priyanka Alluri, Dimitra Michalaka, Ruoying Xu, Shanty Rachmat, Benjamin Lytle, Amy Cavaretta Report Completed:  March 2014 ABSTRACT: Transportation engineers and planners are becoming more interested in using roundabouts to address access management and safety concerns in […]

FDOT Sponsored Research, BDK77 977‐21 (Cost-share project for STRIDE Center) Authors:  I. Bejleri, J. Goodknight, S. Srinivasan, N. Barker, P. Haas, S. Noh Report completed:  October 2013 [final report] ABSTRACT: The goal of Florida’s 2012 Strategic Highway Safety Plan is to reduce serious and fatal crashes on all of Florida’s road system, including small rural communities. […]

FDOT Sponsored Research, BDK 77-977-23 (Cost-share project for STRIDE Center) Authors:  Dr. Yaffeng Yin, Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, Dr. Ziqi Song, Nima Shirmohammadi (graduate student), Dr. Garry Carrick, and Dr. Alexandra Kondyli Report completed:  December 2013 [final report] ABSTRACT: This report presents an investigation of the possibility of lifting HOV/HOT lane eligibility and shoulder use restrictions […]

FDOT Sponsored Research, BDV32-977-02 (Cost-share project for STRIDE Center)Authors:  Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, Dr. Alexandra Kondyli, and Bryan St. George (graduate student)Report completed:  July 2014[final report] ABSTRACT: Travel time is an important performance measure used to assess the traffic operational quality of various types of highway facilities. Previous research funded by the Florida Department of Transportation […]

Research UFTI Establishes Collaborative Agreement with the Technical University of Lisbon The UFTI and the Instituto Superior Technico at the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal have entered into a mutual agreement that will promote research and educational activities related to transportation engineering. The agreement, also known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), will more specifically […]

FDOT Sponsored Research, BDK77-931-04 (Cost-share for STRIDE) PI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D. [final report] Abstract Four previous FDOT research projects on travel time reliability (FDOT Contracts BD-545-48, BD-545-70, BD-545-75, and BDK-77-977-02) developed tools for predicting travel time reliability for freeways. These tools can provide travel time reliability as a function of various changes in the system, […]