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After working for 2 years at Gresham Smith, a transportation consulting firm in Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. Shraddha Sagar has decided to change her trajectory and pursue a career in the academic sector as an assistant engineering faculty member with UFTI’s Technology Transfer Center. Dr. Sagar specializes in traffic operations, roadway safety, data analytics, and emerging […]

Traffic jams, a pervasive issue in the United States, cost consumers time and money. INRIX, the transportation analytics research firm, has estimated that urban commuters in 2022 spent a staggering 51 hours a year stuck in traffic, resulting in an annual cost of approximately $81 billion. Let me set the stage for you. Many people today use […]

Dear Alumni & Colleagues, As transportation professionals we are continuously being challenged to find solutions to a diverse and ever-expanding number of problems including how to maintain supply chains, how to keep travelers safe from COVID-19 and minimize crashes, and how to deliver transportation systems that allow everyone to access jobs, shopping, and health appointments. […]

After months of negotiation, the U.S. Congress passed the infrastructure bill. The bipartisan measure was approved on November 5, 2021 and was signed by President Biden on Monday, November 15. The 5-year IIJA will have positive repercussions on the transportation industry as almost half of the funding is transportation-related.  The bill includes funding for roads and bridges, transit and rail, the upgrade of airports, rail, […]

At the recent American Public Works Association, Florida Chapter, Conference and Exposition, help November 2–5, in Orlando, the UFTI-T2 Center was honored by the chapter with a certificate recognizing the center’s 30 years of service and participation with the APWA Florida Chapter. On hand to receive this honor were Scott Tison and Wanda Tison, who […]

Dr. Yan Wang, Dr. Lili Du, Dr. Shigang Chen, along with Dr. Ruth Steiner, have teamed up to work on a recently awarded project by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will study curb space uses of urban communities and develop strategic management to adapt increasingly diverse and conflicting curb space uses in response to […]

Dr. Xiang ‘Jacob’ Yan was presented with the best Ph.D. dissertation award from the World Society for Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR). Dr. Yan is a research assistant professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment at the University of Florida and also an affiliate of the UFTI. Dr. Yan’s dissertation focused on the […]

This September, about 2.8 million children will return to Florida’s public schools – on foot, on bicycles, on scooters, on skateboards. In whatever way they get there, the SRTS program is dedicated to giving children a safer journey from home to school and back again as well as encouraging more walking and biking. University of […]

News The project titled SCC-PG Remote Sensing and Prediction of Environmental Noise to Facilitate Addressing the Social and Health Issues of Noise – Pilot Study: Schools and Hospitals was awarded on July 24, 2021. It is led by Dr. Azad and Dr. Ranka of the University of Florida in collaboration with I-STREET living lab Director Dr. Manjunatha Pruthvi, Dr. Laurie […]