Keke Long presenting (University of Wisconsin) presenting at TRB 2023 The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) launched a pilot program for self-driving shuttles in Dunedin, Florida, from April 28, 2022, to June 12, 2022. The shuttles were electric and fare-free and the first autonomous vehicle fleet launched by a transit agency in the state…
The Tampa Bay Citizens’ Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT) wrapped up its second year at the beginning of December 2022. The students completed eight weeks of learning and presentations. TB-CAT would like to thank Brandie Miklus with the City of Tampa for being an instrumental part of the TB-CAT program! Happy holidays from TB-CAT!
Highlights • Vehicle trip rates grow over time. • TDM measures may decelerate the vehicle trip growth but cannot reverse the trend. • Distributing transit passes to employees is a preferred strategy. • Collective bargaining builds agreements and helps promote trip reduction. • Carpooling-related and guaranteed ride home measures should be applied with caution. Abstract…
Participate in transportation research at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) – the largest university-based transportation research institute in the country. Each student will be paired with a research mentor and will work on an ongoing research project under one of TTI’s University Transportation Centers: CARTEEH or NICR. APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 31, 2023 REQUIREMENTS…
CUTR Senior Research Associate Keke Long, Ph.D., and Qianwen Li, Ph.D., conducted research relating to a recent pilot program in which an autonomous vehicle was deployed in St. Petersburg, Florida. The researchers gained valuable feedback for the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA). The group of researchers plan to develop a paper from their findings. View…
Daniel A. Rodriguez’s team had a paper published in Environmental and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, where they applied AI techniques to inventory marked crosswalks around all transit-oriented stations in the United States from 2007 to 2020. The team also presented at the International Association of China Planners (IACP) annual conference at the end of…
The Tampa Bay Citizens Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT) entered its second year this fall. Beginning October 12, 2022, this free eight-week virtual learning course teaches citizens about transportation in the city of Tampa including decision making, project funding, equity, and infrastructure. The course acts as an introduction to the Tampa Bay region’s projects and participants…
The authors would like to thank Skootel for providing their data and answering questions about their system. This work was supported by the National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR) and funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology University Transportation Centers Program under Grant No. 69A3551947136. A…
TTI’s paper “Traffic Management and Resource Allocation for UAV-based Parcel Delivery in Low-Altitude Urban Space,” authored by Ang Li, Mark Hansen, Bo Zou, was accepted by Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. TTI formed an advisory board representing a broad range of stakeholders to provide comments on their research. View publication
