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

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; […]

CMS Project # 92791 PI: Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D. Title: Validity and Usability of a Safe Driving Behaviors Measure for Older Adults Department: Occupational Therapy [View final report here.] Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure web-based tool: http://fitnesstodrive.phhp.ufl.edu With the aging of the Baby Boomers and ensuing Gray Tsunami in Florida leading the USA, older drivers who are unfit […]

“Reprinted” from article published on the Florida T2 Center Website on 5/22/2014 at  http://stage.t2ctt.ce.ufl.edu/t2ctt/T2Newsletter.asp The Florida T2 Center has been proud to host Florida’s Pedestrian and Bicycling Safety Resource Center (SRC) since 2009. Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation Safety Office, the SRC promotes safe pedestrian and bicycling activities for citizens and visitors, young […]

The Florida T2 Center is bringing state-of-the-art highway technology improvements to Florida locals and beyond this fall. This specialized transfer of technology is made possible through a federal project called Every Day Counts (EDC). Every Day Counts is a set of initiatives from Federal Highway Administration that shorten project delivery or accelerate technology and innovation deployment. […]

Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D., professor and director of the UFTI and STRIDE Center, traveled to The Netherlands in June to take part in a doctoral dissertation defense at the Delft University of Technology.  The student defending her dissertation on “Characteristics of Chinese Driver Behavior” was Jie Li, who teaches at the Hunan University in China. Jie Li’s co-advisers, […]

The McTrans Center website (mctrans.ce.ufl.edu) has been transformed to be consistent with the University of Florida standards.  The Center took the opportunity to enhance and update the organization and capabilities of the site by providing more immediate access to the most used areas like product information and ordering, while expanding the training curriculum to include […]

Research UFTI Joins Forces with FDOT to Develop Policy for Automated Vehicles An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Florida from the fields of Transportation Engineering, Urban Planning and Mechanical Engineering have been awarded a research project to provide the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) with the necessary information and guidance on drafting […]

Title: Nonlinear Road Pricing Authors: Siriphong Lawphongpanich and Yafeng Yin Typically a roadway, or set of roads, will have road pricing that we all invariably pay for, from a county setting a gas tax for the miles of roadway per county, to a tollway charging tolls for the distance traveled. To allow more flexibility, this […]

Four students where chosen to participate in this summer’s Transportation Research Internship Program (TRIP). The program is managed by the STRIDE Center, a U.S. DOT grant-funded regional transportation center housed at the University of Florida. The interns are: Kory Harb (UF) Adviser: Dr. Yafeng Yin, Transportation Program, Civil Engineering, UF Project: Developing agent-based simulation models […]