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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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.…
UPRM students present research to L3 Harris Technologies
On October 20, 2022, undergraduate student researchers at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) involved in the carpool-based…
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez at TRB 2023
The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) presented three papers at the 2023 Transportation Research Board meeting in January. TRBAM-23-03246 Poster…
Self-driving shuttle pilots attract passengers while also raising concerns among drivers
Keke Long presenting (University of Wisconsin) presenting at TRB 2023 The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) launched a pilot…
UPRM meets with high school students to discuss STEM
In December 2022, the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) participated in outreach projects for both high school and…
TB-CAT completes its second year
The Tampa Bay Citizens’ Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT) wrapped up its second year at the beginning of December 2022. The…
Revisit employer-based travel demand management: A longitudinal analysis
Highlights • Vehicle trip rates grow over time. • TDM measures may decelerate the vehicle trip growth but cannot reverse…
2023 TTI Summer Undergraduate Research Internship
Participate in transportation research at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) – the largest university-based transportation research institute in the…
USF assists with autonomous vehicle pilot program
CUTR Senior Research Associate Keke Long, Ph.D., and Qianwen Li, Ph.D., conducted research relating to a recent pilot program in…
Environmental and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
Daniel A. Rodriguez’s team had a paper published in Environmental and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, where they applied…
Tampa Bay Citizens Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT) enters second year
The Tampa Bay Citizens Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT) entered its second year this fall. Beginning October 12, 2022, this free…
Travel patterns and spatial access in a dockless e-scooter service in Puerto Rico
The authors would like to thank Skootel for providing their data and answering questions about their system. This work was…
Traffic management and resource allocation for UAV-based parcel delivery in low-altitude urban space
TTI’s paper “Traffic Management and Resource Allocation for UAV-based Parcel Delivery in Low-Altitude Urban Space,” authored by Ang Li, Mark…
Traffic management and resource allocation for UAV-based parcel delivery in low-altitude urban space
This research was supported in part by the National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR) and by the National Science Foundation…
2022 Tampa Bay Transportation Supersession
The National Institute for Congestion Reduction at the Center for Urban Transportation Research was proud to participate in the 2022…
2022 Future of Aviation Conference
In early August, the University of California, Berkeley, hosted the Future of Aviation Conference. With an emphasis on sustainability, this…
NICR names Taylor Dinehart as Student of the Year
The University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program’s Annual Outstanding Student of the Year award is awarded to a student for their…
Strangers On This Road We Are On: A Literature Review of Pooling in On-Demand Mobility Services
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work…
Out of My Lane Podcast
Examining the intersection between engineering, outreach, planning, and science, the Out of My Lane podcast explores transportation from the perspective…
Yu Zhang, Ph.D., named director of NICR
The National Institute for Congestion Reduction at the University of South Florida’s Center for Urban Transportation Research has named Yu Zhang, Ph.D.,…
Traffic signal plans to decongest street grids
The research was funded by the National Science Foundation Grant No. 1760971 and by the National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR), a University Transportation…
NICR at the 7th Annual UTC Conference
NICR Director and Susan A. Bracken Faculty Fellow Xiaopeng Li, Ph.D., and four graduate students (Zhaohui Liang, Peng Zhang, Ke…
OneBusAway application launches in Puerto Rico
On April 11, 2022, UPRM hosted the public launch of the OneBusAway application for the rural bus system. The event…
Year 3 project selection
NICR selected its year 3 projects this spring. The projects include – 3 short-term projects covering topics including micromobility – 2…
UPRM hosts high school leadership workshop
The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) hosted an outreach initiative called “Transportation Student Leadership.” URPM students created presentations…
Kristine Williams named to prestigious Planning College of Fellows
CHICAGO – Kristine Williams of the University of South Florida (USF) has achieved the planning profession’s highest honor by being named…
Journal of Public Transportation
As of January 17, 2022, the publication of the Journal of Public Transportation has been taken over by Elsevier. Since its launch…
CUTR software tool improves public transit information for all of France and California
Real-time transit information has many benefits to transit riders and agencies, including shorter perceived and actual wait times, a lower…
NICR at 2022 TRB Annual Meeting
NICR was well represented at the 2022 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. During January, NICR researchers presented…
NICR I-Corps Workshop
The NICR I-Corps workshop guides participants through the process of conducting unbiased interviews with real-world stakeholders. Stakeholders can be end…
NICR Y3 Proposals
On November 19, NICR invited submissions for the 2022 Request for Proposals. For Year 3, NICR is soliciting proposals for…
NICR’s Benjamín Colucci-Ríos wins dedication award
In early September 2019, NICR’s Benjamín Colucci-Ríos, Ph.D., PE, F.ASCE was selected as the 2021 Region 5 Wall of Fame…
Tampa Bay Citizens Academy on Transportation kicks off
The first session for the Tampa Bay Citizens Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT) was held on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. Each…
NICR’s Kristine Williams appointed on NCHRP panel
Kristine Williams was appointed to serve on the panel of NCHRP Project 20-123(13) Transportation Planning Strategic Planning and Research Roadmap…
Request for Applications for NICR 2021 Graduate/Undergraduate/Doctoral Dissertation Research Award
Overview The National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR) invites qualified candidates whose research reflects excellence to apply for a 2021…
U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Guest Speaker Series
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is launching a new Guest Speaker Series in partnership with the University Transportation Centers…
NICR Student Council Workshop
Congestion Reduction in the Smart Mobility Era NICR Workshop Wednesday, September 15, 2021 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM EST The…
Didier Valdés-Díaz, Ph.D. earns 2019-2020 Outstanding Civil Engineering Professor Award
Congratulations to Didier Valdés-Díaz, Ph.D. for earning the 2019-2020 Outstanding Civil Engineering Professor Award from the Department of Civil Engineering…
Texas A&M Transportation Institute announces 2021 NICR interns
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) begins the 8th year of its internship program this summer. The National Institute of…
NICR’s Benjamín Colucci-Ríos, Ph.D. earns the 2021 ASCE Wilbur S. Smith Award
Congratulations to Benjamín Colucci-Ríos, Ph.D., director of the Puerto Rico LTAP Transportation Technology Transportation Center and the University of Puerto…
NICR meets with FDOT to discuss projects and collaboration
NICR faculty met with FDOT on Monday, January 11 to discuss current research initiatives and future collaborations between the…
NICR Executive Committee meets to discuss year two projects
The National Institute for Congestion Reduction virtually met on Thursday, November 19, 2020, to discuss year two projects and ideas.…
NICR staff meets with Rodney Bunner, President of ServiceEdge Solutions to demonstrate TBEST analysis features
For the past eighteen years, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has designed and developed the TBEST transit planning software…
NICR Explores I-4 Corridor TSMO Research Opportunities
For the past few years, MetroPlan Orlando has worked with metropolitan planning organizations in the I-4 corridor to promote the…
CUTR meets with TBARTA to discuss NICR projects
CUTR was pleased to connect with our friends at TBARTA on Monday, October 12, 2020 to discuss future projects and…
Congressman Daniel Webster visits autonomous vehicle lab
CUTR was pleased to welcome Congressman Daniel Webster to the autonomous vehicle lab! Congressman Webster learned more about CUTR’s initiatives…
Congressman Ross Spano visits CUTR
On August 21, 2019 Congressman Ross Spano visited CUTR to discuss the future of transportation including autonomous vehicles, safety, and…
U.S. Representative Kathy Castor visits CUTR
CUTR was honored to welcome U.S. Representative Kathy Castor to CUTR for an informational meeting on research and NICR. “With…
USF awarded $7.5 million to establish new national University Transportation Research initiative
USF awarded $7.5 million to establish new national University Transportation Research initiative TAMPA, Fla. (June 5, 2019) – The U.S. Department…