Since 2009, The Center for Urban Transportation Research has been the home of the Florida Motorcycle Safety Coalition (FMSC). The FMSC is notable for its motorcycle safety efforts, receiving the Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Award in 2010 and the State Motorcycle Safety Association’s ‘Outstanding State’ Award in 2013. The FMSC is well-recognized at the…
[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…
[ultimate_spacer height=”25″] S2E4: Corridor-Wide Surveillance Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Our conversation with NICR colleagues at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, Part 2 (en español) Guests: Benjamín Colucci, Ph.D., director of the Transportation Technology Transfer Center at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Host: Steve Malave Producers: Wayne Garcia Available on
[ultimate_spacer height=”25″] S2E3: Comparing pricing mechanisms for managed lanes: speaking with NICR researchers at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Part 1 (en español) Guests:Alberto M. Figueroa Medina, Ph.D., P.E. Host: Steve Malave Producers: Wayne Garcia Available on Guest host Steve Malave, a veteran Hispanic broadcaster now teaching at the University of South Florida in…
[ultimate_spacer height=”25″] S2E3: Comparing pricing mechanisms for managed lanes: speaking with NICR researchers at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Part 1 (en Español) Guests:Alberto M. Figueroa Medina, Ph.D., P.E., director of the Civil Infrastructure Research Center and associate director of Research and Graduate Studies at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Host: Steve…
On Thursday, May 25, 2023, at 1:00 PM ET, CUTR’s Chanyoung Lee will be a panelist on NTSB’s Spotlight on Motorcycle Safety. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) publishes its “Most Wanted List” of transportation safety improvement needs within the industry to prevent/reduce crashes and associated injuries and fatalities. They conduct webinars with subject matter…
Cong Chen, Ph.D., Florida LTAP Center General Manager, participated in the National Local Technical Assistance Program Association (NLTAPA) Southeast Regional Meeting in Charleston, SC from May 8–11, 2023. He gave presentations on Florida LTAP Center activity updates and Florida LTAP’s needs assessment development, distribution, analysis, and visualization.
Yu Yu Zhang, Ph.D., participated in the FAA NextGen Technology Interchange Meeting (TIM) (May 2nd to 4th, 2023, Washington DC), where Dr. Zhang delivered a presentation titled “Underused Airport Arrival Capacity due to Convection in Nearby Airspace and Measures for Improvement”.
