The objectives of our research in transportation economics and related areas revolve around (a) gaining a better understanding of socioeconomic impacts of congestion and various congestion-mitigating strategies such as congestion pricing, road space rationing and tradable mobility credits, (b) designing efficient and practical congestion-mitigating strategies that are market-based and more acceptable to the public; (c) investigating new alternatives for transportation financing via, e.g.., public-private partnerships, and (d) developing methodologies to evaluate and prioritize multimodal transportation projects.
Example Projects
| Project Title | Contact Person | Project Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-75 Florida's Regional Advanced Mobility Elements (FRAME) | Pete Vega | Peter.Vega@dot.state.fl.us | Active |
| Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Demonstration | Fred Heery | Fred.Heery@dot.state.fl.us | Active |
| Gainesville SPaT Trapezium | Raj Ponnaluri | Raj.Ponnaluri@dot.state.fl.us | Active |
| Evaluation of the Gainesville Trapezium Connected Vehicle Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT) Deployment Project | Dr. Sanjay Ranka | ranka@cise.ufl.edu | Active |
| Data Management and Analytics | Dr. Sanjay Ranka | ranka@cise.ufl.edu | Active |
| Gainesville Autonomous Shuttle Evaluation | Dr. Pruthvi Manjunatha | pruthvim@ufl.edu | Active |
| Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream | Dr. Lily Elefteriadou | elefter@ce.ufl.edu | Active |
| Development and Testing of Optimized Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Trajectories at Signalized Intersections | Dr. Lily Elefteriadou | elefter@ce.ufl.edu | Active |
| Extended Development and Testing of Optimized Signal Control with Autonomous and Connected Vehicles | Dr. Lily Elefteriadou | elefter@ce.ufl.edu | Active |
| Transportation Mobility Assessment and Recommendations for Smart City Planning | Dr. Lily Elefteriadou | elefter@ce.ufl.edu | Active |
| Before and After Study of Gainesville Pedestrian-Bicyclists Connected Vehicle Pilot | Dr. Lily Elefteriadou | elefter@ce.ufl.edu | Active |
| Testbed Initiative Transit Components | Dr. Yong-Kyu Yoon | ykyoon@ece.ufl.edu | Completed, see project brief |
| Adavanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for Transit | Dr. Nithin Agarwal | nithin.agarwal@ufl.edu | Active |
| Evaluation of Intelligent School Zone Beacon and Vehicle-Cyclist Detection and Warning System | Dr. Eakta Jain | ejain@cise.ufl.edu | Active |
| Micromobility & Transit SERMOS Lab | Dr. Xilei Zhao | xilei.zhao@essie.ufl.edu | Various Active Projects |
Faculty
Abhinav Alakshendra, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
alakshendra@ufl.edu
Zhong-Ren Peng
Professor
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
zpeng@dcp.ufl.edu