Maryam Ghyabi-White, CEO & President of Ghyabi Consulting & Management, LLC |
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UFTI Welcomes Maryam Ghyabi-White as UFTI External Advisory Board Member |
The UFTI is pleased to announce that Ms. Maryam Ghyabi-White, CEO and President of Ghyabi Consulting and Management, LLC., has joined the UFTI's External Advisory Board. Ms. Ghyabi-White has 30 years of experience building coalitions to advocate for better communities and transportation projects with a focus on environmental protection and sustainability. She creates solutions to complicated projects, brining together local government, the community, and businesses. Read more here.
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Finalist Teams:
Umojo
Rick Neubauer
Christopher Perry
Oscar Fernandes
John Lin
Cambridge Systematics
Siddhartha Gulhare
Yashaswi Karnati
Pragun Vinayak
Vivek Yadav
Lila Singer-Berk
Crew IITS
Kamar Amine
Syed Morshed
Atika Jabin
Mahmud Hasan
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Finalists Selected for CoMotion Challenge powered by I-STREET |
Three teams have been selected by a panel of judges as finalists in the CoMotion Miami Mobility Challenge powered by I-STREET. The finalists will make presentations to leaders in the transportation mobility industry as part of the CoMotion Miami Mobility Challenge on June 16, 2021 at 3 pm, ET. More on this event here. The teams utilized data from the I-STREET living lab to develop solutions to ensure the safety of bicyclists and pedestrians and improve mobility and efficiency. I-STREET is a collaboration of the University of Florida, the Florida Department of Transportation, and the City of Gainesville.
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Image source: The Conversation/Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Listen to a related podcast on this same issue with Dr. Steiner on WORT 89.9 FM, Madison Wisconsin's Public Radio Station. Listen here.
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How Can the American Jobs Plan Help U.S. Cities Rebound after COVID-19? UFTI's Dr. Ruth Steiner Explains. |
UFTI's urban planning scholar Dr. Ruth Steiner writes in The Conversation that if passed, the Biden Administration's stimulus plan would give $85 billion to city transit agencies to improve and maintain vehicles, equipment, and infrastructure, therefore providing good and safe transit services for essential workers and the public at large. Read her article here.
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Image source: Better Bike Share Partnership website (https://betterbikeshare.org) |
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UFTI Researcher Offers Ideas on How to Make Micromobility Complement Public Transit |
Dr. Xiang "Jacob" Yan is on a mission to promote the use of sustainable travel options such as transit, bikes, and e-scooters in U.S. cities. He’s making the case for why and how shared micromobility should be integrated with the current transit system to promote transport equity. Trained in urban planning, computational methods, and transportation engineering, he conducts research that connects technological innovations with community needs. Read his interview with the Better Bike Share Partnership here.
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UFTI Team Selected as Finalist for ITE's Vision Zero Sandbox Design Competition |
Congratulations to Dr. Siva Srinivasan, Dr. Rui Guo, Dr. Karla Rodrigues-Silva, and Dr. Gustavo de Andrade for representing the UFTI in ITE’s Vision Zero Sandbox Challenge. The UFTI team has been selected as one of two finalists in the Professional Competition category. This year's goal was to develop a methodology that used automated conflict data and traditional safety metrics to create low-cost solutions for a variety of intersections in Bellevue, Washington. The UFTI team analyzed data on crashes and “near-misses” to identify priority locations and to determine appropriate low-cost countermeasures for each location. Read more.
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FSAWWA Region XI & ASCE Gainesville Virtual Lunch & Learn Present:
Innovative Traffic Management Projects & Partnerships
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Emmanuel Posadas of the City of Gainesville's Traffic Operations will be discussing various innovative traffic operations and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) projects, which include UFTI's I-STREET (Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research and Evaluation of Emerging Technologies). To register and for additional information, click here.
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Webinar speakers: Dr. Abigail Cochran (UNC), Lindsay Oluyede (UNC), Dr. Olivia Jueyu Wang (UNC), and Edward Fishman (Via for Health/Via Transportation, Inc.) |
DATE: Wed., June 16, 2021
TIME: 12 PM, ET
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STRIDE WEBINAR Transportation to Health Care & COVID-19: Exploring Pandemic-Era Travel Trends & Post-Pandemic Challenges & Opportunities
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Disruptions in the transportation and health care sectors resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic have exposed both challenge and opportunity areas for those tasked with connecting people to transportation and health services. This webinar brings together transportation researchers and practitioners working in North Carolina to explore what pandemic-era, health care-related travel trends reveal about residents’ transportation and health care needs. Speakers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Orange County Department on Aging, and Via for Health will discuss how stakeholders in transportation and health are approaching and addressing transportation barriers to care - particularly among populations, including rural residents and older adults, that have unique transportation and health care needs. |
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The T2 Center works with UFTI researchers to support a variety of projects with technical services that include technical consultation and support, presentation support, and editorial services.
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T2 Center Training Webinars |
Traffic Engineering Fundamentals Wednesday Webinar Series, July 7, 14, and 21, 2021, 10 AM to 2 PM, ET [register]
Signs, Pavement Marking, & MUTCD, July 19, 2021, 9 AM to 4 PM, ET [register]
Basic Roadway Plans Reading Fundamentals, July 14, 2021, 9 AM to 4 PM, ET [register]
Traffic Engineering Fundamentals Webinar Series, Nov. 3, 10, and 17, 2021, 10 AM to 2 PM, ET [register]
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HCS Hands-on Training
(8 PDHs)
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DATE: June 21 - 22, 2021
TIME: 1 PM to 5 PM, ET
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New Training Series from UFTI's McTrans Provides Hands-on Experience using the Highway Capacity Software |
This new training series is developed for engineering and planning professionals with basic knowledge of highway capacity analysis and traffic engineering concepts who want to develop hands-on experience with HCS. An instructor will explain the essential steps of typical capacity analyses, such as setting up a model, reviewing currently developed HCS files, checking for input errors and interpreting HCS outputs, along with valuable tips on HCS best practices.
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