May 20, 2020
Did you know the UFTI T2 Center now offers training online?
Keep your trainings current or get something new under your belt with the T2 Center's remote learning options.

Maintenance of Traffic/Temporary Control of Traffic (MOT/TTC) courses are offered weekly
These courses offer three separate levels of certification in detouring traffic through workzones, proper flagging procedures, review and interpretation of FDOT’s design standards to enable students to manage, setup, and plan safe and efficient workzones.
Pilot/Escort Training courses are offered every other week
The Pilot/Escort Flagging training course is focused on Florida’s regulations applicable for escorting over-dimensional loads and teaches students how to safely maneuver common roadway configurations when escorting oversize loads.
 
UFTI/STRIDE assists with establishing internship program for women at UF
A first-ever Women in Transportation Initiative (WITI) Internship Program was established at the University of Florida this spring 2020 with the assistance of the STRIDE Center . WITI is a flagship program of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small Business (OSDBU) focused on encouraging young women to pursue careers in the transportation industry.  

Dr. Elefteriadou participates as panelist in M-CORES webinars
The Florida Department of Transportation's Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance (M-CORES) hosted a series of webinars May 12 - 14, 2002. Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, Director of the UF Transportation Institute (UFTI) and the Barbara Goldsby Professor of Civil Engineering, participated in these webinars to present I-STREET and research on advanced transportation technologies with the potential to improve mobility and safety.

The webinars took place over a three day period focusing on a different corridor each day. Each session included a panel discussion, which Dr. Eleftertiadou served on related to Technology Implications for Transportation Corridors.



Despite the changing landscape, faculty and staff continue to stay connected and on track with our research and other initiatives.

Upcoming Webinars
Mc Trans Highway Capacity Analysis Webinar Series

June 1 - 5: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Eastern

Mc Trans will be presenting a training course as a series of webinars on Highway Capacity Analysis covering the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 6th Edition) methodologies including applications using the Highway Capacity Software (HCS7) organized as follows:

June 1 (1:00-2:30) – HCM 6th Edition with HCS7 Overview (included with all registrations) (1.5 PDH)

June 1 (2:30-4:00) & June 2 (1:00-2:30) – Freeway Segments (Basic, Weaving, Merge & Diverge) and Freeway Facilities (Reliability) (3.0 PDH)  

June 2 (2:30-4:00) – Highway Segments (Multilane Highways, Two-Lane Highways) (1.5 PDH)

June 3 (1:00-2:30) – Unsignalized Intersections (TWSC, AWSC, Roundabouts and Roundabout Corridors) (1.5 PDH)

June 3 (2:30-4:00) & June 4 (1:00-4:00) – Signalized Intersections (Multiple-Period Analysis, Phase Duration); Urban Streets (Flow Profile, Access Points, Reliability) and Interchanges (Ramp Terminals, Alternative Intersections) (4.5 PDH)

June 5 (1:00-2:30) – TransModeler SE Demonstration (HCS7 Streets Integration, 3D Animation, HCM-Compliant Simulation) (1.5 PDH)

Register for the entire series (13.5 PDH) at a discounted rate. Registrations will be limited to ensure questions and discussion can be managed appropriately. Individual registrations are required for all participants. Multiple registrations on the same order from the same company or agency are discounted.

STRIDE Webinar: Fly-By Image Processing for Real Time Congestion Mitigation

June 3: 12:00 PM Eastern

The fly-by system consists of a “flock” of interconnected, self-managed drones equipped with lightweight navigation, and perching mechanism allows the drone to record videos from fixed points. Image processing techniques are used to detect traffic parameters from the recorded videos. On the other hand, Traffic simulations models will be utilized to develop the database necessary in developing and training the Traffic Model-Based Image Processing (T-MBIP) algorithm. These simulations are focused on traffic congestions. Once the traffic parameters are detected it will be compared with the congestion case to obtain if the congestion is approached or not.

Webinar Presenters:
  • Dr. Nasim Uddin, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Dr. Yahya Mohammed, University of Alabama at Birmingham


The Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development, and Education (STRIDE) Center is the 2016 USDOT Region 4 (Southeast) University Transportation Center (UTC) housed at the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI). 

C2M2 Distinguished Speaker Series: Optimizing Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream
The USDOT Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C2M2) will host Dr. Lily Elefteridaou as part of their Distinguished Speaker Series.

May 27, 2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern 

The presentation will discuss on-going work to develop optimization algorithms, simulation tools, and sensor capabilities for enhancing traffic signal control operations when the traffic stream consists of connected vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and conventional vehicles. The presentation will discuss algorithms and simulation results for a fully autonomous traffic stream as well as for traffic with conventional and autonomous/connected vehicles. Early versions of the optimization were deployed and tested at the Traffic Engineering and Research Laboratory (TERL), a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) closed-course facility. The results from the field test confirmed the feasibility of the concept, and also identified critical issues that have to be addressed for successful field deployment. The algorithm is being enhanced to consider pedestrians, bicycles, and scooters, and it is being rigorously tested for field deployment. A signalized intersection on the UF campus has been instrumented to run the algorithm as part of the I-STREET real-world testbed in Gainesville, Florida. The research, led by UF, is funded by the National Science Foundation and FDOT and involves two industry partners: ISS and Econolite. 

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