The Safe Routes to School program at CUTR recently organized a Bike to School Day with Hunter’s Green Elementary in New Tampa. Principal Dave McMeen (pictured) led a bicycle train parade to school. Many families opted to use the bicycle lanes. Students received bicycle lights, locks, and helmet fitting information. Participating parents received bicycle pins…
Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), a division with the US DOT, has selected a recently completed CUTR project to be included in their “Spotlight” newsletter. The project was funded through the National Center for Transit Research (NCTR), which is housed within CUTR, and the Florida DOT. Dr. Pei-Sung Lin was the Principal Investigator. Please…
Congratulations go to a student at Palm Lakes Elementary School in Hialeah, FL for winning the fifth grade poster contest for the state of Florida. The winner will receive a bicycle, bicycle light and bicycle helmet. The winner’s artwork will now go compete at the national level. Online voting will be available in a few weeks…
CUTR has now established an official Facebook page. Please visit the page often to check for updates, and if you are CUTR Alumni, please help us compile data to be used in the CUTR Alumni Book by completing the form available here, or via the link on the Facebook page.
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WSDOT seeks to improve its transportation planning investments by developing a deploying a new planning methodology called the “corridor sketch”. This corridor sketch plan is intended as an organizing document that integrates multimodal and operational information and provides a basis for programming mobility solutions focused on operations and demand management strategies. Once fully developed and…
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Pedestrian and bicycle safety is a very important issue especially in Florida. Florida was ranked #1 for pedestrian fatalities per capita in the U.S. in 2010 based on NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts. To actively promote pedestrian and bicycle safety in the USF campus and its surrounding area to save lives and prevent injuries, the Center…
https://onpoint.blog.usf.edu/?p=351 CUTR Director Jason Bittner and CUTR Affiliate (and Professor of Geography, Environment, and Planning) Liz Strom comment on Salon’s weekend feature by columnist Will Doig (Tampa: America’s Hottest Mess). (NOTE: Jason Bittner was CUTR Director at the time this post was made, but left CUTR and USF in February 2014.)
Researchers from the Center for Urban Transportation Research and the USF Computer Science and Engineering Department were awarded a patent for U.S. Patent # 8,249,807 – Method for Determining Critical Points in Location Data Generated by Location-Based Applications – Reduces the amount of location data sent over a wireless network by pre-filtering the data on-board a…
August 9, 2012 This webcast presents the highlights of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) from a public transportation perspective. Download a PDF copy of the presentation. Presented by: Brian Tynan, Director of Government Relations and Rob Healy, Vice President for Government Affairs, American Public Transportation Association Recording https://youtu.be/ocFsuWi9g64 AICP Status…
The University of South Florida has launched On Point, a Blog that features analysis and insight from USF Faculty and Researchers. CUTR Director Jason Bittner has been contributing thoughts on transportation related issues. The blog was launched to help feature USF Faculty during the Republican National Convention in Tampa. (NOTE: Jason Bittner was CUTR Director at…