May 30, 2013, 12:00 Noon (EDT) Although public involvement is now an integral part of project development, few agencies across the country have attempted to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of their public involvement activities. What attempts have been made tended to focus on outputs (e.g. number of participants at meetings) rather than outcomes (e.g. participant…
The Safe Routes to School program at CUTR recently organized a Bike to School Day with Hunter’s Green Elementary in New Tampa. Principal Dave McMeen (pictured) led a bicycle train parade to school. Many families opted to use the bicycle lanes. Students received bicycle lights, locks, and helmet fitting information. Participating parents received bicycle pins…
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May 2, 2013 at 12:00 pm Eastern time. This webcast discussed open data sources for public transportation from an application developer’s perspective. Lost in the alphabet soup of data specifications? Attendees learned about the formats that are important to app developers, including the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS), GTFS-real-time, and the Service Interface for Real-time…
Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), a division with the US DOT, has selected a recently completed CUTR project to be included in their “Spotlight” newsletter. The project was funded through the National Center for Transit Research (NCTR), which is housed within CUTR, and the Florida DOT. Dr. Pei-Sung Lin was the Principal Investigator. Please…