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…
CUTR’s Sean Barbeau, Ph.D., is joining the Google Location team as a visiting researcher to improve and study GPS accuracy. For the next year, Dr. Barbeau will work with the “blue dot” and precision on your smartphone. Good luck, Dr. Barbeau, and we look forward to seeing you back at CUTR next year!
Now available: FTA Standards Development Program: Medical Fitness for Duty and Fatigue Risk Management (Report 0223). The FTA-sponsored report assesses current standards and identifies gaps in practices for fatigue risk management, hours of service for transit workers, route and personnel scheduling, medical examination certifications, testing for sleep disorders, and training. Read the full report
While Florida transit agencies are required to develop a 10-year transit development plan intended to support the development of an effective multi-modal transportation system, no such requirement exists for commuter assistance programs (CAP), including transportation management organizations (TMO). The CAP program, including the TMOs, operate with one-year planning horizons making long-term plans and initiating projects…