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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 CavarettaReport Completed:  March 2014 ABSTRACT: Transportation engineers and planners are becoming more interested in using roundabouts to address access management and safety concerns in the transportation […]

FDOT Sponsored Research, BDK77 977‐21 (Cost-share project for STRIDE Center)Authors:  I. Bejleri, J. Goodknight, S. Srinivasan, N. Barker, P. Haas, S. NohReport completed:  October 2013 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. However, there are a […]

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 KondyliReport completed:  December 2013 ABSTRACT: This report presents an investigation of the possibility of lifting HOV/HOT lane eligibility and shoulder use restrictions during major incidents on […]

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 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 (FDOT) […]

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, such as […]

Project # 85436PI: Ruth Steiner, Ph.D.Title: Impact of Parking Supply and Demand Management on Central Business District (CBD) Traffic Congestion Transit Performance and Sustainable Land UseDepartment: Urban & Regional Planning Abstract Local officials often consider parking problems in downtown areas to be the result of inadequate, inconvenient or expensive parking. This perspective suggests that the […]

Research Dr. Yafeng Yin Awarded UK’s Lloyd Grant for Vehicle Emissions Study Yafeng Yin, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, recently joined an international research team to find more efficient and effective ways to reduce traffic emissions and improve air quality. The team includes Dalian University of Technology, China; […]