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Dr. Ruth Steiner, a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UF, is leading the Safe Routes to School Technical Assistance Program, which will provide expertise to counties within Florida to implement infrastructure improvements around schools with limited resources. Safe Routes to School is a nationwide program that aims to make walking […]

STRIDE hosted a workshop on “Managing Performance – From Active Transportation Management to Connected Vehicle Applications” at the ITS5C Summit on Oct. 7, 2018, in Jacksonville, FL. This workshop presented findings from recent work conducted by the Center to support the planning, deployment, and operations of existing and emerging management strategies. The workshop covered topics such […]

Title: Operations of Modular Transit Vehicles under Oversaturated Traffic Abstract: Dynamic capacity design holds promise for reducing the energy consumption of urban mass transit systems, e.g., urban rail transits, bus rapid transits, shared autonomous vehicles. In this study, we investigate the joint design problem of dispatch headway and vehicle capacity for a transit system under […]

Title: UF & UAB’s Phase I Demonstration Study: Older Driver Experiences with Autonomous Vehicle Technology Description: The Department of Occupational Therapy’s Institute for Mobility, Activity, and Participation (I-MAP) team is working in collaboration with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the City of Gainesville to better understand the perception, values, beliefs and attitudes of […]

Dr. Lanshan Han presented on the Estimation of Linear Mixed Models under Joint Inequality Constraints on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Title: Estimation of Linear Mixed Models under Joint Inequality Constraints Abstract: Linear mixed models (LMMs), which allow both fixed and random effects, are a classical extension of linear models. They are particularly applicable when there […]

Marian Ankomah, UFTI Ph.D. student, had the opportunity to attend and participate in an international research and training workshop in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The workshop gave an introduction to existing longitudinal African datasets along with training sessions, research opportunities and development of long-term collaborations and research bids. Ankomah received training sessions on choice modeling using longitudinal […]

WTS Florida Student Chapter elected new officers for the 2018-19 school year. Congratulations to the following officers: President – Marilo Martin Gasulla Vice President – Marian Ankomah Treasurer – Deja Jackson Secretary – Zuhair Almaghrabi “I’m looking forward to a new year with an outstanding team. My main objective is to support students trying to find […]

Gator ITE, the UF Student Chapter of ITE, held elections in April to elect the new officers for the 2018-19 academic year. Congratulations to the new Gator ITE executive board members: President – Fabio Sasahara Vice President – Ash Omidvar Treasurer – Siddhartha Gulhare Secretary – Isaiah Kinder Event Coordinator – Corbin Kramer Social Media/Marketing  – […]

Recently, the ITE and WTS student chapters were given a technical tour in Jacksonville, Florida. The first stop was the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) facilities. First, they learned about JTA’s history. Employees shared their work experiences, with many having worked there for over 10 years. Then they met two bus driving trainers who explained the […]