Victoria Perk, Ph.D. named as new program director
Dr. Victoria Perk was hired as a graduate research assistant in May 1993. Earning her Ph.D. in Economics, Dr. Perk focused on models to estimate property value changes around bus rapid transit (BRT) stations for her dissertation. She became a faculty member in 1994, and she has spent 27 years with the University…
Resilience and Sustainable Transportation Systems
Resilience and Sustainable Transportation Systems Fengxiang Qiao, Yong Bai, Pei-Sung Lin, Steven I Jy Chien, Yongping Zhang, Lin Zhu, Published by American Society of Civil Engineers, June, 2020
Tia Boyd – Risk-Based Transportation Planning for Uncertainty presentation
On May 1st, 2020, Tia Boyd, Research Associate with CUTR’s Planning and Corridor Management Program, served as a panelist at the American Planning Association’s National Planning Conference. The presentation, Risk-Based Transportation Planning for Uncertainty, highlights findings from a recently completed project evaluating the Florida Transportation Plan (FTP) and risks to the future of transportation in Florida.…
USF team selected as one of three regional finalists for ITS World Congress Global Challenge
The USF team was recently selected as one of three regional finalists in the ITS World Congress Global Challenge! The team of students will now digitally present their research in hopes of moving to the World Championship Competition. Brian Staes Elzbieta Bialkowska-Jelinska Rakesh Rangaswamy Xiaowei Shi The Global Challenge encourages teams of students from around…
USF places second in ASCE Blue Sky Competition
The University of South Florida team placed second in the ASCE Blue Sky competition during the 2020 ASCE Southeast Regional Student Conference at the University of Central Florida. The USF team presented the promise of networked autonomous vehicles (NAVs) in addressing the challenges of the smart cities of tomorrow. The USF team includes: Gudrun…
Webinar Recording: Improving the Quality and Cost Effectiveness of Multimodal Travel Behavior Data Collection
April 22, 2020 Improving the Quality and Cost Effectiveness of Multimodal Travel Behavior Data Collection Multimodal transportation such as transit, bike, walk, transportation network companies (TNCs) (e.g., Uber, Lyft), car share, and bike share are vital to supporting livable communities. However, current data collection techniques for multimodal travel behavior, including apps built specifically for travel…