Friday Transportation Seminar Series

Degradation Performance Modeling and Optimal Maintenance Planning of Deteriorating Critical Infrastructures

Degradation Performance Modeling and Optimal Maintenance Planning of Deteriorating Critical Infrastructures  Mingyang Li, Ph.D. April 28, 2023 12 PM – 1 PM ET The sheer deterioration of critical infrastructures with field degradation uncertainty, observational data scarcity, and complex interdependencies/dependencies calls for the development of advanced analytics methods to improve degradation modeling and maintenance optimization of…

Friday Transportation Seminar Series

The Florida Department of Transportation’s Design Department and the positive impacts of FDOT projects

The Florida Department of Transportation’s Design Department and the positive impacts of FDOT projects  Daniel Lauricello April 21, 2023 12 PM – 1 PM ET This presentation shall cover the various functions of the FDOT Design Section and will highlight in-house design projects and discuss meeting FDOT’s continuing mission “to provide a safe transportation system…

TP3 completes “Feasibility of a Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Program”

The program recently completed a report entitled “Feasibility of a Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Program.” The report is the culmination of a multiyear effort to provide the Central Florida TSMO Working Group with a framework on how MPOs across Central Florida can collaborate within a megaregion to advance TSMO in the planning…

Reconnecting Tampa – NICR project brings a community together

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,…

2023 Garrett Morgan Day

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.…

Transportation Planning, Policy, and Processes (TP3)

      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…

CUTR named as partner in $15M Mineta Consortium

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…