The 5th annual USF Campus Safety Day is October 22! This is a virtual event where the USF community can come together to learn important information related to their personal safety, both on and off campus. Community partners will be presenting throughout the day on topics ranging from self-defense, pedestrian safety, and hurricane preparedness. At the peak of the day,
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TRB Webinar: Employee Safety Reporting in Public Transportation The importance of safety cannot be overstated and requires continued shifts in the approach to safety management within the public transportation industry. TRB is hosting a webinar on Monday, November 2, 2020, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Eastern that will describe the characteristics of Employee Safety Reporting (ESR) programs, which are
Read more →On May 1st, 2020, Tia Boyd, Research Associate with CUTR’s Planning and Corridor Management Program, served as a panelist at the American Planning Association’s National Planning Conference. The presentation, Risk-Based Transportation Planning for Uncertainty, highlights findings from a recently completed project evaluating the Florida Transportation Plan (FTP) and risks to the future of transportation in Florida. Commissioned by FDOT, the project
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The USF team was recently selected as one of three regional finalists in the ITS World Congress Global Challenge! The team of students will now digitally present their research in hopes of moving to the World Championship Competition. Brian Staes Elzbieta Bialkowska-Jelinska Rakesh Rangaswamy Xiaowei Shi The Global Challenge encourages teams of students from around the world to investigate and
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CUTR Research Associate, Jason Jackman provided a brief overview of the City of Tampa’s e-scooter evaluation project to the Tampa Downtown Partnership Transportation Committee. Committee members had the opportunity to complete the e-scooter user/non-user survey.
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In late November, the Miami Dade Expressway Authority hosted the 7th Annual Florida Automated Vehicles (FAV) Summit in downtown Miami in partnership with CUTR, Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority, Central Florida Expressway Authority, and Jacksonville Transportation Authority. This year’s conference focused on automated, connected, electric, and shared (ACES) mobility. The FAV brings together national leaders to discuss the state of ACES
Read more →CUTR Director Dr. Robert Bertini was honored to participate in the Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (COTA) Future Transportation Forum held in conjunction with the 2nd Zhejiang International Intelligent Transportation Industry Expo: The Future Transportation Conference in Hangzhou on December 6, 2019. Along with USF colleague Prof. Yu Zhang, Dr. Bertini discussed “Perspectives on the Future of Transportation: Data and Connectivity
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