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We are excited to announce the arrival of a brand-new training program designed especially for MPO Board members! This FREE training program…
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…
We are thrilled to announce that Leandro Addarich, a former National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR) student, has been chosen…
TTI research scientist Ipek Sener, PhD, was recently appointed chair of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Transportation and…
On March 29, 2023, the Tampa Bay Citizens’ Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT, funded through the National Institute of Congestion Reduction,…
April 20, 2023 8:20 AM – 12:00 PM AT Join the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) on…
Yu Zhang, Ph.D., NICR director and president of WTS Tampa Bay, was invited by several organizations to discuss research efforts.…
On October 20, 2022, undergraduate student researchers at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) involved in the carpool-based…
The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) presented three papers at the 2023 Transportation Research Board meeting in January. TRBAM-23-03246 Poster…
Keke Long presenting (University of Wisconsin) presenting at TRB 2023 The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) launched a pilot…
In December 2022, the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) participated in outreach projects for both high school and…
The Tampa Bay Citizens’ Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT) wrapped up its second year at the beginning of December 2022. The…
Highlights • Vehicle trip rates grow over time. • TDM measures may decelerate the vehicle trip growth but cannot reverse…
Participate in transportation research at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) – the largest university-based transportation research institute in the…
CUTR Senior Research Associate Keke Long, Ph.D., and Qianwen Li, Ph.D., conducted research relating to a recent pilot program in…
Daniel A. Rodriguez’s team had a paper published in Environmental and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, where they applied…
The Tampa Bay Citizens Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT) entered its second year this fall. Beginning October 12, 2022, this free…
The authors would like to thank Skootel for providing their data and answering questions about their system. This work was…
TTI’s paper “Traffic Management and Resource Allocation for UAV-based Parcel Delivery in Low-Altitude Urban Space,” authored by Ang Li, Mark…
This research was supported in part by the National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR) and by the National Science Foundation…
The National Institute for Congestion Reduction at the Center for Urban Transportation Research was proud to participate in the 2022…
In early August, the University of California, Berkeley, hosted the Future of Aviation Conference. With an emphasis on sustainability, this…
The University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program’s Annual Outstanding Student of the Year award is awarded to a student for their…
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work…
Examining the intersection between engineering, outreach, planning, and science, the Out of My Lane podcast explores transportation from the perspective…
The National Institute for Congestion Reduction at the University of South Florida’s Center for Urban Transportation Research has named Yu Zhang, Ph.D.,…
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 Director and Susan A. Bracken Faculty Fellow Xiaopeng Li, Ph.D., and four graduate students (Zhaohui Liang, Peng Zhang, Ke…
On April 11, 2022, UPRM hosted the public launch of the OneBusAway application for the rural bus system. The event…
NICR selected its year 3 projects this spring. The projects include – 3 short-term projects covering topics including equity, micromobility…
The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) hosted an outreach initiative called “Transportation Student Leadership.” URPM students created presentations…
CHICAGO – Kristine Williams of the University of South Florida (USF) has achieved the planning profession’s highest honor by being named…
As of January 17, 2022, the publication of the Journal of Public Transportation has been taken over by Elsevier. Since its launch…
Real-time transit information has many benefits to transit riders and agencies, including shorter perceived and actual wait times, a lower…
NICR was well represented at the 2022 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. During January, NICR researchers presented…
The NICR I-Corps workshop guides participants through the process of conducting unbiased interviews with real-world stakeholders. Stakeholders can be end…
On November 19, NICR invited submissions for the 2022 Request for Proposals. For Year 3, NICR is soliciting proposals for…
In early September 2019, NICR’s Benjamín Colucci-Ríos, Ph.D., PE, F.ASCE was selected as the 2021 Region 5 Wall of Fame…
The first session for the Tampa Bay Citizens Academy on Transportation (TB-CAT) was held on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. Each…
Kristine Williams was appointed to serve on the panel of NCHRP Project 20-123(13) Transportation Planning Strategic Planning and Research Roadmap…
Overview The National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR) invites qualified candidates whose research reflects excellence to apply for a 2021…
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is launching a new Guest Speaker Series in partnership with the University Transportation Centers…
Congestion Reduction in the Smart Mobility Era NICR Workshop Wednesday, September 15, 2021 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM EST The…
Congratulations to Didier Valdés-Díaz, Ph.D. for earning the 2019-2020 Outstanding Civil Engineering Professor Award from the Department of Civil Engineering…
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) begins the 8th year of its internship program this summer. The National Institute of…
Congratulations to Benjamín Colucci-Ríos, Ph.D., director of the Puerto Rico LTAP Transportation Technology Transportation Center and the University of Puerto…
NICR faculty met with FDOT on Monday, January 11 to discuss current research initiatives and future collaborations between the…
The National Institute for Congestion Reduction virtually met on Thursday, November 19, 2020, to discuss year two projects and ideas.…
For the past eighteen years, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has designed and developed the TBEST transit planning software…
For the past few years, MetroPlan Orlando has worked with metropolitan planning organizations in the I-4 corridor to promote the…
CUTR was pleased to connect with our friends at TBARTA on Monday, October 12, 2020 to discuss future projects and…
CUTR was pleased to welcome Congressman Daniel Webster to the autonomous vehicle lab! Congressman Webster learned more about CUTR’s initiatives…
On August 21, 2019 Congressman Ross Spano visited CUTR to discuss the future of transportation including autonomous vehicles, safety, and…
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 TAMPA, Fla. (June 5, 2019) – The U.S. Department…