Since 2016, Dr. Robert L. Bertini acted as the director of the Center for Urban Transportation Research. Under his leadership, CUTR received a $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to investigate innovative solutions to traffic congestion (National Institute for Congestion Reduction). Fueling future transportation engineers and planners, CUTR awarded $20,000 in scholarships to students at last year’s
Read more →Research Support Specialist Alexander Cruz recently earned his GIS Graduate Certificate from USF. Cruz made a map to examine COVID-19 cases.
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The USF team won second place in the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) University Design Competition with their design entitled Modular Operation Solution to Airport Baggage Transportation. Congratulations to the winners Zhiwei (Nicklaus) Chen, Xiaowei Shi, and faculty advisor Dr. Xiaopeng Li! Learn more: https://vsgc.odu.edu/acrpdesigncompetition/2020-acrp-design-competition-winners-announced/
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Two CUTR students were recently named the Center for Transportation Equity, Decisions, and Dollars (CTEDD) Scholarship recipients. Daniel Arredondo and Tobias Coon are students in the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida (USF), and they are both passionate about transportation and how it affects communities. As Daniel begins his last year as an undergraduate student, he
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May is National Bike Month, and a small group of CUTR employees, affiliates, and family members hopped on their bicycles and logged rides during the month. This year, the Love to Ride Tampa Bay Challenge allowed indoor rides to be counted and family outings were encouraged. “Riding a bicycle is a great way to get exercise and feel more connected
Read more →CUTR Research Associate Mouyid Islam, Ph.D.‘s paper entitled “Unobserved Heterogeneity and Temporal Instability in the Analysis of Work-Zone Crash-Injury Severities” is now available. Findings include driver injury severity in Florida work zones.
Read more →Congratulations to Dr. Xiaopeng Li for earning USF’s College of Engineering’s 2020 Outstanding Research Achievement Award! We are honored to work alongside Dr. Li, his student lab, and all of their autonomous vehicle research.
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