Friday Transportation Seminar Series

System Architecture Design for Collaborative Automated Driving Systems

System Architecture Design for Collaborative Automated Driving Systems TUESDAY, October 3, 2023  12 PM – 1 PM ET  SPECIAL SESSION Learn more about upcoming seminars    Abstract This presentation will discuss the system architecture design for a Collaborative Automated Driving System (CADS). Various technical approaches for vehicle-highway automation will be reviewed, including Autonomous Vehicle (AV)…

FTA Spotlight on Safety – Achilleas Kourtellis

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) hosted a webinar on Thursday, September 21, 2023, to discuss transit rail grade crossing safety from both the operational and public education and outreach perspectives. A recording of the webinar and the presentation are now available. FTA provided an overview and the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) and MxV Rail highlighted research on…

Critical Ops Awarded Contract from the National Academies of Science to Host Transportation Emergency Management and Security Summit & Exchange

Westlake, Ohio – September 22, 2023 – Critical Ops, a business integration company, is thrilled to announce that it has received an award from the National Academy of Sciences National Cooperative Highway Research Program to organize and host the Transportation Emergency Management and Security Summit & Exchange. This groundbreaking event is set to convene state…

Friday Transportation Seminar Series

Introduction to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) & Florida Department of Transportation State Environmental Process

Introduction to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) & Florida Department of Transportation State Environmental Process September 22, 2023  12 PM – 1 PM ET  Learn more about upcoming seminars    Abstract The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)(42 U.S.C. § 4321-4347) was signed into law on January 1, 1970, by President Richard Nixon.…

Fleet Technology Conference

  Alex Kolpakov, CUTR senior research associate and director of Tampa Bay Clean Cities, moderated the AI and Autonomous Vehicles panel at the Sustainable Fleet Technology Conference in Raleigh. This annual conference and fleet expo, hosted by the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center at North Carolina State University, focuses on the latest developments in…