In a project sponsored by the Roadway Safety Institute at the University of Minnesota (UMN), Associate Professor Kathryn Quick and Research Associate Guillermo Narváez, both with the University’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, are collaborating with American Indian communities to better understand the transportation safety risks on tribal lands and develop strategies to mitigate these risks.
Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) worked on a project sponsored by the Safety Through Disruption (Safe-D) National Univ...
The Southern Plains Transportation Center (SPTC) is a consortium of eight universities in U.S. Department of Transportation Region VI: the University ...
The National Center for Strategic Transportation Policies, Investments and Decisions (NTC) at the University of Maryland has developed a smartphone ap...
The Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sustainability ...
2016-09-01 | UTC Spotlight Newsletter
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The researchers hope that this environmentally friendly and cost-effective approach will result in requiring significantly less land to meet regulator...
The National Metropolitan Transportation Center (METRANS) Tier 1 University Transportation Center is bringing next generation micro-sensor technology ...
The LTBP Bridge Portal was developed at CAIT in partnership with FHWA’s Long-Term Bridge Performance Program. In 2008 the Federal Highway Administra...
The Marine Engine Testing and Emissions Laboratory (METEL) is a DOT University Transportation Center located at the Maine Maritime Academy (figure 1)....
The ITS in Severe Weather Incident Management case study is based on the experiences of transportation agents from the May 2013 extreme weather events...
University of Alaska Fairbanks. Center for Environmentally Sustainable Transportation in Cold Climates
2015-04-01 | UTC Spotlight Newsletter
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The objective of this project is to develop innovative anti-icing and pre-wettting formulations for snow and ice control on roadways, using locally-so...
Michigan State University. Center for Highway Pavement Preservation
2015-08-01 | UTC Spotlight Newsletter
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The project focuses on the functionality of pavement treatments while seeking to improve safety, energy savings, and environmental benefits. For the a...
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the number of traffic fatal...
Collaborative research between the University of Maryland’s National University Transportation Center (UTC) and George Mason University, a Tier 1 UT...
An innovative project at the North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T), sponsored by the Center for Advanced Transportation Mobility (CATM), a Tier...
Connected vehicles (CVs) work by communicating with each other and the roadway infrastructure via dedicated shortrange communication. They are expecte...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the current science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce comprises only 26 percent women, 7 percen...
Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) must be tested extensively before they can be deployed and accepted by the general public. Currently, CAV test...
Dozens of cyclists have crashed on a slice of railroad tracks in Knoxville, Tennessee. Researchers at the Southeastern Transportation Center at the Un...
A research team from Lehigh University, a consortium member of the Region 3 University Transportation Center at Pennsylvania State University, examine...
Following Super Storm Sandy’s assault on the New York metropolitan area in 2012, researchers from the University Transportation Research Center (UTR...
With research funding from the Traffic21 Institute’s Mobility21 University Transportation Center Program, Dr. Stephen Smith, Director of the Intelli...
Highlights from the research illustrate the effects of the Nation’s traffic problems: The amount of delay endured by the average commuter was 38 hou...
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), pedestrian fatalities increased 75% from 2012 to 2021 in urban areas. A team ...
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