On March 29, 2023, the Tampa Bay Citizens’ Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT, funded through the National Institute of Congestion Reduction, housed at the Center for Urban Transportation Research) program hosted a successful event at Tampa’s Union Station, highlighting its efforts to engage and educate community members about transportation issues in the City of Tampa. The event,…
CUTR was excited to welcome Middleton High School students for the 2023 Garett A. Morgan Shadow Day. Prompted through the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), Garrett A. Morgan Shadow Day educated students about careers in transportation. After a short breakfast and introduction, CUTR Executive Director Fred Mannering, Ph.D., discussed his road to transportation research.…
The Planning and Corridor Management (PCM) program has changed its name to the Transportation Planning, Policy, and Processes (TP3) program. The program will still engage in many of the same research, policy development, technology transfer, and educational and training services. This name change emphasizes the breadth of planning-, policy-, and programming-related activities performed…
Led by the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) at San José State University (SJSU), the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida (USF) was named a member of a $15 million Mineta Consortium for EES Transportation. Along with partners at Howard University and Navajo Technical University, USF will assist and advance…
Cong Chen, Ph.D., was appointed as the Chair of the Active Transportation Committee in the Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
[ultimate_spacer height=”25″] S2E2: The promise of private, on-demand transportation mobility, with researchers at the University of California, Berkeley Guests: Susan Shaheen, Ph.D., UCB civil and environmental engineer and professor; Wesley Darling, student researcher; Clarissa Cabansagan, former director of programs at TransForm Host: Amanda Cairo, Director of Communications at the Institute of Transporation Studies, Berkeley USF…
The USF ITE Student Chapter and the Peer-to-Peer program teamed up to assist with USF’s College of Engineering’s 2023 Engineering Expo. The students distributed comics, coloring books, light-up armbands, bicycle helmets, and more. Using a bicycle, students met children throughout campus to distribute safety materials and helmets. In total, 36 bicycle helmets were fitted by…
Reconnecting Tampa Wednesday, March 29, 2023 5:30 -7:30 PM Union Station 601 N. Nebraska Avenue There is increasing emphasis on community connectivity and cohesion by removing barriers to mobility, economic development, and livability. Join us for this free seminar as we learn about strategies to reconnect Tampa using an overarching transportation and land use…
Yu Zhang, Ph.D., NICR director and president of WTS Tampa Bay, was invited by WSP to serve as a guest speaker for their International Women’s Day celebration on March 8, 2023.
A physics-informed road user safety field theory for traffic safety assessments applying artificial intelligence-based video analytics
Yu Zhang, Ph.D., presented “Vision and Challenges of Future Advanced Air Mobility” during ASCE APOC committee annual meeting in conjunction with TRB annual meeting.
