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2025 Best Applied Research Paper Award
Dr. Seckin Ozkul and Team Receive Best Applied Research Paper Award at TRB Annual Meeting Dr. Seckin Ozkul, Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida’s Muma College of Business, Mario Monsreal, Ph.D., Texas A&M Transportation Institute, and his co-authors have been honored with the Best Applied Research Paper Award by the Standing Committee on…
Best Paper Award for NICR at 2025 TRB Annual Meeting
At the 2025 TRB Annual Meeting. the Best Paper Award from Transportation Research Board Standing Committee of Intelligent Transportation System was awarded to Drs. Yu Yu Zhang, Bai Li and Achilleas Kourtellis for the paper entitled, “DARTS: Drone-Based AI-Powered Real-Time Traffic Incident Detection System.” The paper summarizes part of the outcomes from a NICR-sponsored research…
MPO Board Member Video Training
We are excited to announce the arrival of a brand-new training program designed especially for MPO Board members! This FREE training program consists of five self-paced video lessons and an in-depth training manual. Videos can be watched alone or MPO staff can use the video/training manual combo to educate their MPO Board members. The facilitator-led training section…
USF researchers present NICR project at 2023 Florida Planning Conference
CUTR researchers Jason Jackman, Tia Boyd, and Taylor Dinehart, along with Brandie Miklus, AICP, from Pritchett Steinbeck Group Inc., gathered at the Florida Planning Conference in Jacksonville to discuss the Tampa Bay Citizens Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT), a project sponsored by the National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR). Their presentation explained the creation and execution of a virtual academy on…
UPRM student named 2024 TRB Minority Student Fellow
We are thrilled to announce that Leandro Addarich, a former National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR) student, has been chosen as a 2024 Minority Student Fellow by the Transportation Research Board (TRB). This remarkable recognition is a testament to Leandro’s exceptional contributions and dedication to transportation research. The TRB’s Minority Student Fellows are selected based…
TTI’s Ipek Sener appointed as chair of TRB’s Committee on Transportation and Public Health
TTI research scientist Ipek Sener, PhD, was recently appointed chair of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Transportation and Public Health (AME70). According to trbhealth.org, this standing committee creates a space for transportation and health communities to expand knowledge about positive and negative health impacts related to transportation policies, procedures, and actions. Being appointed…
Reconnecting Tampa – NICR project brings a community together
On March 29, 2023, the Tampa Bay Citizens’ Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT, funded through the National Institute of Congestion Reduction, housed at the Center for Urban Transportation Research) program hosted a successful event at Tampa’s Union Station, highlighting its efforts to engage and educate community members about transportation issues in the City of Tampa. The event,…
Congestion Reduction Strategies for Puerto Rico
April 20, 2023 8:20 AM – 12:00 PM AT Join the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) on April 20, 2023, from 8:20 AM – 12:00 PM Atlantic Time for “Congestion Reduction Strategies in Puerto Rico.” This symposium will showcase the main results from many of the NICR projects conducted by UPRM over…
Yu Zhang invited to speak at local events
Yu Zhang, Ph.D., NICR director and president of WTS Tampa Bay, was invited by several organizations to discuss research efforts. In late Februrary, Dr. Zhang was invited to talk about Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) to Tampa Bay Leaders at Tampa International Airport. Dr. Zhang also invited by WSP to serve as a guest speaker for…