Transit Research Program director Dennis Hinebaugh and CUTR director Dr. Robert Bertini attended the July 31 Hillsborough MPO Board Meeting. Dennis Hinebaugh presented on bus rapid transit topics and emerging technologies in transit, including electrification.
In May 2018, CUTR senior research associate Victoria Perk participated in a panel meeting for Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis Project SH-18, On-Board Survey Methods and Technologies, in Washington, D.C. At the FPTA/FDOT/CUTR Professional Development & Transit Safety and Operations Summit in Tampa, CUTR research associate Alexander Kolpakov presented updates on the Tracking and…
In May 2018, Transit Research Program Director Dennis Hinebaugh participated in transit automation conference sessions at both the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) meetings in Tampa. At the APTA Bus & Paratransit Conference, Dennis organized and moderated a session on transit automation entitled “Autonomous Buses – Lead,…
Tampa Bay Clean Cities Coalition, housed at the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida, was recognized by the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council for the coalition’s clean transportation and energy efficiency projects. The coalition was awarded a Future of the Region Award in the Economy and Energy category for its…
Safety effects of street lighting on roadway segments: Development of a crash modification function Runan Yang, Zhenyu Wang, Pei-Sung Lin, Xiaopeng Li, Yu Chen, Ping P. Hsu & Alex Henry, Traffic Injury Prevention, Page: 296-302,Volume 20 Issue 3, April 11, 2019. Abstract Objective: Nighttime crashes are overrepresented on the U.S. highway system. Roadway lighting, which provides additional…
CUTR at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 The Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida (USF) was proud to participate in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 2018 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, which was held on Sunday, January 7 – Thursday, January 11. CUTR has been actively involved…
Sponsor: Florida Department of Transportation Performance Period: January 2018 – May 2019 There is high uncertainty regarding how AV and AFC technologies will develop, when their acceptance in the marketplace will occur, what additional investments may be needed to facilitate their adoption, what potential savings may be realized, and when during the continuum from initial…
Transportation educator Robert L. Bertini will lead the nationally recognized center. After an extensive, two-year search, Dr. Robert H. Bishop, Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida, announces the appointment of Robert L. Bertini, Ph.D., P.E., as Director of the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) and tenured professor in…
USF/CUTR faculty and students were active participants in the 5th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region, held at the University of Florida on November 16-17, 2017. USF/CUTR had a total of 14 presentations and 5 posters. Faculty presenting/moderating included: Sara Hendricks, Sean Barbeau, Nikhil Menon, Xiaopeng Li, Robert Bertini, Yu Zhang, Mouyid Islam, Tingting…
Join us on Facebook Live on Friday, November 17 at 11:00 am EST for a transportation seminar on “The Built Environment: AI Technologies, Engineers and the Common Good” presented by Dr. Debbie Niemeier, a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Professor of Education at UC Davis
This event has concluded! Photos of the event are available here. Video can be found here. Read Commissione Ferré’s remarks here 2017 Recipient – Maurice Ferré Sponsorship & Tickets $5,000 Platinum Sponsorship: – Prime table location, up to 8 guests per table (table holds 8) $2,500 Gold Sponsorship: – Prime table location, up to 7 guests…
The fourth annual CUTR Student Poster Competition was held at the CUTR Transportation Achievement Awards event during the reception on October 4, 2017 in the USF Student Marshall Center. It was a great opportunity for students to showcase their research on various transportation related topics. The participants did an amazing job and showed great creativity.…