August 8, 2013, 12:00 Noon (EDT) Establishing, Revising and Administering Local Trip Reduction Ordinances (TRO)s Sara Hendricks, senior research associate with the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida, introduced and provided an overview of the function of TROs, reasons for establishing a TRO and how they can be instrumental in achieving both TDM objectives and
Read more →July 25, 2013, 12:00 Noon (EDT) Transit agencies across Florida have been dealing with volatile fuel prices and changes in environmental regulations affecting the use of diesel engines and diesel fuel. In an effort to address rising fuel costs and environmental concerns, many agencies have introduced alternative fuel technologies and fuels to their traditional diesel-powered fleets, including biodiesel, compressed natural
Read more →Florida DOT, in partnership with CUTR, won the Governor’s Highway Safety Association’s 2013 Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Award on the FDOT’s Bicycle / Pedestrian Focused Initiative. Congratulations to the team at FDOT and CUTR! Please click to view the notification letter.
Read more →June 27, 2013, 12:00 Noon (EDT) Communities around the country are interested in investing in bike share programs to meet a number of transportation and development objectives. While all systems provide a fleet of bicycles for short term use in a defined geographic area, each is comprised of a unique combination of system goals, business models, technologies, and operational arrangements.
Read more →June 13, 2013, 12:00 Noon (EDT) The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) carries out applied research on problems that are shared by airport operating agencies and are not being adequately addressed by existing federal research programs. The ACRP undertakes research and other technical activities in a variety of airport subject areas including design, construction, maintenance, operations, safety, security, policy, planning,
Read more →May 30, 2013, 12:00 Noon (EDT) Although public involvement is now an integral part of project development, few agencies across the country have attempted to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of their public involvement activities. What attempts have been made tended to focus on outputs (e.g. number of participants at meetings) rather than outcomes (e.g. participant satisfaction with the process). In
Read more →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 and Hillsborough County Bicycle Maps,
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Read more →May 2, 2013 at 12:00 pm Eastern time. This webcast discussed open data sources for public transportation from an application developer’s perspective. Lost in the alphabet soup of data specifications? Attendees learned about the formats that are important to app developers, including the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS), GTFS-real-time, and the Service Interface for Real-time Information (SIRI). Attendees learned how
Read more →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 view the full article on
Read more →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 for your favorite national poster.
Read more →April 18, 2013 at 12:00 pm Eastern time. This webcast presented the various options for web-based transit trip planning tools. CUTR recently completed a technical assistance project for a start-up local service provider that aimed at developing ridership markets via an online trip planner. Options discussed included self-hosted vendor products, third party ‘lifestyle’ applications powered via open GTFS data, and
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