Leomar White is a fourth-year University of South Florida student studying public health with minors in both environmental health and psychology. He plans to graduate next spring. Leomar is passionate about helping others and has a natural curiosity about social groups; public health merges both of his interests. Currently, Leomar is investigating crashes in Hillsborough…
The National Institute for Congestion Reduction has named Yu Zhang, Ph.D., as its new director. Dr. Zhang joins NICR with 18 years of experience in transportation research and project development. “I am excited and grateful for this opportunity to lead the consortium comprised of some of the brightest minds in the transportation field,” says Dr.…
Advanced Air Mobility/Urban Air Mobility Research at USF Friday, September 9, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is an emerging concept proposed in recent years that uses electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), which is expected to offer an alternative way of transporting passengers and goods…
Engineering Practice of Data Science in Transportation and Logistics Friday, September 2, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET To achieve business success, decision-makers always want proper answers to three valuable questions: What happened? What will happen? What best can happen? With decades of technology development, many data-driven methods are innovated…
CUTR Associate Director Lisa Staes visits Pueblo, Colorado to discuss the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and its curriculum development, training needs, and how to provide support services for FRA courses held at the USDOT Transportation Technology Center. The group includes FRA Safety Office employees, FRA Technical and Training Standards Division (TTSD), ENSCO, and representatives from…
State Safety Office Vital Few Safety Campaign—Social Marketing Task 4.2 Creation of Assessment Instrument FDOT Contract Number BEB10 FPN 448943-1-32-01 View full report
[ultimate_spacer height=”25″] S1E2: Putting the “Smart” into the Tampa Bay Smart Cities Alliance Guests: Brandon Campbell (City of Tampa) and Sean Barbeau, Ph.D. Producers: Christina Loizou Available on Transcript Announcer: The following research is part of the National Institute for Congestion Reduction funded by the United States Department of Transportation through the University Transportation Center…
Led by CUTR’s Jason Jackman, the Peer-to-Peer program recently partnered with the University of Central Florida (UCF) and UCF Student Government to help promote pedestrian and bicycle safety to students. UCF’s Student Government Safety & Transportation Coordinator Avery Lane assisted CUTR students and staff with the outreach. This effort provided safety outreach to 35 businesses…
Former TBCCC intern Alicia Kerr, co-coordinator Austin Sipiora, coordinator Alex Kolpakov, program assistant Jana Huss “Love Hillsborough” from left Alex, Austin, and Maria Magalhaes (former TBCCC intern) In early June, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Representative Kathy Castor met with CUTR leadership to discuss the Tampa Bay Clean Cities Coalition (TBCCC), a…
In late July, Tampa Bay Clean Cities Coalition hosted the “Clean Fuel School Bus Expo” in partnership with Florida Transportation Systems, Inc. at the Florida State Fairgrounds. Attendees heard from Hillsborough County Public Schools on planning for electric school buses and considerations for charging infrastructure from Tampa Electric. AmeriGas Propane and ROUSH CleanTech also presented on the benefits of powering school buses with propane…
Sam Beaver is a graduate student in global sustainability at USF with a concentration in sustainable business. After earning his bachelor’s degree in international business with a minor in Spanish from the University of Tampa, Sam decided to continue his education and pursue his passion for sustainability. Currently, Sam works with Tampa Bay Clean Cities…