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November 2009
Update: Florida Congressman John Mica (R-7th) will join the symposium via teleconference from Washington, D.C.
Congestion Mitigation Symposium/Alumni & Friends Lunch (Nov. 6, 2009, 9 AM to 1 PM, J. Wayne Reitz Union Room 282 and Grand Ballroom). As part of the 100th year Celebration of the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, the Transportation Research Center (TRC), along with the Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation (CMS), will host a half-day symposium on congestion mitigation strategies and a lunch for alumni and friends of the TRC. The confirmed speaker line-up for the events include Laura Kelley of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, Steve Arrington of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority, Grady Carrick of the Florida Highway Patrol, Teresa Scott of Gainesville Public Works and UF Professor Emeritus Kenneth Courage. Congressman John Mica (R-7th) will join the symposium via teleconference from Washington, D.C.The cost for lunch is $25. RSVP by Nov. 2, 2009 to Ines Aviles-Spadoni at iaviles@ce.ufl.edu or call 352-392-9537, Ext. 1409. Click here for more information!
October 2009
Transportation Seminar Series. The first speaker for the fall Transportation Seminar Series is Mr. Philip Mann, traffic operations manager for the City of Gainesville Public Works Department. The title of Mr. Mann's presentation is "After the Game: Utilizing Advanced Traffic Management for Gator Football." Also in October, Charlie Wallace from Telvent Farradyne, Inc. and Anita Vandervalk-Ostrander from Cambridge Systematics, Inc. will be our guest speakers. For more information, including a brief description of the presentations, visit the Seminars page.
Innovations in Pricing of Transportation Systems: Workshop and Conference.
May 13-14, 2010,
Royal Plaza Hotel in the Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The workshop and conference will focus on new market-based approaches to encourage efficiency in the use of transportation systems. For more information, including event registration and hotel information, visit: http://conferences.dce.ufl.edu/pricing/.
August 2009
Workshop on Roundabouts. A Workshop on Roundabouts was held on August 18, 2009 at the Sheraton Orlando North in Maitland, Florida. Over 40 people from the private and public sector were in attendance to hear about the latest in roundabout design and simulation software. The line up of speakers at the workshop included Ken Sides, Michael Wallwork, Mark Doctor, Dan Burden, Lee Rodegerdts, Rahmi Akcelik, Aaron Elias, and Daniel Shihundu. The workshop was co-sponsored by Dowling & Associates, Inc., McTrans and the CMS. Visit the Conferences & Workshop link for postings of the presentations and to view pictures from the event.
July 2009
A seminar on "Optimal Deployment of High-Occupancy Vehicle/Toll Lanes in General Networks" was presented by doctoral student Ziqi Song on July 16, 2009. For a complete listing of CMS seminars, visit the Seminars page.
Master's student Nagendra Dhakar gave a presentation on "Modeling Face-to-Face and Internet-Based Social-Activity Participation Decisions" on July 9, 2009. Visit the Seminars page for a complete listing of all summer seminars.
Dimitra Michalaka, M.S., a transportation engineer working with the CMS, gave a presentation on "Network Design Problem under Build-Operate-Transfer Scheme" on July 2, 2009. Visit the Seminars page for a complete listing of all summer seminars.
June 2009
CMS hires Dimitra Michalaka as transportation engineer. Dimitra completed her master's degree in transportation engineering at UF in spring 2009. We congratulate her!
Wu Di, a doctoral student, gave a presentation on "Network Design Problem under Build-Operate-Transfer Scheme" on June 25, 2009. Visit the Seminars page for a complete listing of all summer seminars.
Lihui Zhang, a doctoral student, presented on "Robust Signal Timing for Arterials under Day-to-Day Demand Variations "
on June 18, 2009. Visit the Seminars page for a complete listing of all summer seminars.
Lu Ma, a doctoral student, gave a talk on "A Heuristic Method for Synthetic Population Generation"
on June 11, 2009. Visit the Seminars page for a complete listing of all summer seminars.
Dr. Peter Sweatman, director of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), visited with UF transportation faculty and students on June 8 and 9 and gave a seminar on "Transportation Systems Research: Cooperative Systems, ITS and Trucking Sustainability."
Yingyan Lou, a doctoral candidate, gave a talk on "System-Wide Congestion Pricing: A Hierarchical Framework"
on June 4, 2009. Yingyan is scheduled to complete her Ph.D. this fall and has accepted a tenure-track position at the University of Alabama. Visit the Seminars page for a complete listing of all summer seminars.
May 2009
Dr. Ruth Steiner, an associate professor in the Department of Urban & Regional Planning, has been chosen as the CMS's associate director. Her appointment will be effective on July 1, 2009. Dr. Steiner has been instrumental in the development of the CMS and is currently a member of the center's Internal Steering Committee.
Doctoral candidate Alexandra Kondyli presented her dissertation work on "Driver Behavior at Freeway-Ramp Meriging Areas" on May 28, 2009. Visit the Seminars page for a complete listing of all summer seminarsDoctoral student Grady Carrick was the first speaker for the summer Transportation Seminar Series on May 21, 2009. Mr. Carrick's presentation was on "Traffic Incident Management." Visit the Seminars page for a complete listing of all summer seminars.
The Summer Transportation Seminar Series began this week on May 21, 2009. Summer seminars will primarily consist of presentations from students associated with the transportation program at UF. Seminars will be held in Weil Hall, Room 513 from 3 pm to 4 pm.
April 2009
Matt Weisman, Traffic Engineer, city of Gainesville was the guest speaker for the last of the Transportation Seminars this semester. The topic of Mr. Weisman's presentation was on the "Gainesville Traffic Management System." Visit the following link for more information: [abstract]
Alan Danaher, P.E., PTOE,
of Parsons & Brinkerhoff will be the speaker for this week's Transportation Seminar (April 9, 2009). The topic of Mr. Danaher's seminar is "Bus Rapid Transit Applications." Visit the following links for more information: [abstract] [bio]
Rick Morrow, P.E., of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) spoke on "Variable Speed Limits" on April 2, 2009 during the weekly Transportation Seminar Series. Visit the following link for more information: [abstract]
March 2009
David A. Stroud, P.E., AICP and Jaimison Sloboden, P.E., of RS&H presented on Justification and Fine Tuning the Design of Managed Lanes Using Microsimulation to Assess Freeway Operations: The I-95 Express Experience in South Florida. Visit the following links for more information: [abstract] [bios]
Joseph Geunes, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering was the guest speaker for the March 19, 2009 Transportation Seminar Series. Dr. Geunes discussed his CMS-funded project entitled "A Competitive Location Game with Traffic Congestion Costs," a project he worked on in collaboration with his doctoral student, Dincer Konur.Visit the following link for more information: [abstract]
Genevieve Giuliano, Ph.D., was this semester's Distinguished Lecturer on March 5, 2009. Dr. Giuliano's topic was on Ports and Freight Transportation. This presentation was made available as a live webcast through Elluminate, a web conferencing tool for higher education. Dr. Giuliano is the Senior Associate Dean of Research and Technology at the University of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning and Development. She is also a member of the CMS's External Advisory Board. Visit the following links for more information: [abstract] [webcast]
The CMS held its External Advisory Board meeting on March 5-6, 2009 at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art on the University of Florida Campus. This event was held in conjuction with the center's Annual Student Conference.
The CMS held its Annual Student Conference on Friday, March 6, 200 at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art on the University of Florida Campus. More information posted on the Conferences page.
February 2009
Debora Rivera, Director of Transportation Operations (FDOT District Six), presented a seminar on February 19, 2009 from 3 pm to 4 pm in Weil 513. Ms. Rivera discussed the I-95 Express and its conversion of HOV lanes to HOT lanes. The topic of her presentation was "95 Express: Providing Congestion Relief and Offering Transportation Options." Ms. Rivera is a member of the CMS's External Advisory Board. Visit the following links for more information: [abstract] [bio]
Dr. Kelvin Cheu, Assoicate Professor at the University of Texas at El Paso gave a seminar on February 12, 2009 entitled "Optimal Assignment of Emergency Response Service Units" as part of the CMS's Transportation Semiar Series. Visit the following links for more information: [abstract] [bio]
Mark Vandehey of Kittelson & Associates was the guest presenter for the Transportation Semiar Series on Thursday, February 5, 2009. Mr. Vandehey spoke on the 2010 Highway Capacity Manual. Visit the following link for more information: [abstract]
January 2009
Zhong-Ren Peng, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Urban & Regional Planning, gave a seminar on "Understanding Transit Service Reliability and Service Restoration" on Thursday, January 22, 2009, from 3 pm to 4 pm in Weil Room 513 as part of the Transportation Seminar Series. Visit the following link for more information: [abstract]
The UF Transportation Research Center (TRC), the CMS and the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering held a reception at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board on Monday, January 12, 2009 in the Mezzanine of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.
December 2008
Yingyan Lou and Jessica Mackey, both transportation students at UF, were awarded a WTS 2008-2009 Scholarship. Yingyan is working on her doctorate and Jessica is a master's student working on a concurrent degree in transportation and urban planning. The WTS is an international organization advocating for the professional advancement of women in transportation. For more information, visit http://www.wtsinternational.org. Abishek Komma, also a master's student in the transportation at UF, won the Charlie Wootan Memorial Award for his thesis. Each year, the award is given to the best two master's theses, and a cash prize in the amount of $1500 is awarded. A fourth student, Aaron Elias, is this year's CUTC Student of the Year Award winner for the CMS. Aaron is working on his master's degree in the transportation program. Both Aaron and Abishek were presented with their respective awards at the CUTC Awards Banquet held in conjunction with the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January 2009 in Washington, D.C.
Reggie Chandra of Rhythm Engineering lectured on an innovative InSync Traffic Adaptive Signal System. The seminar took place on December 4, 2008 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm in Room 513 Weill Hall. Visit the following link for more information: [abstract]
November 2008
Michael D. Meyer, Ph.D., Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, was the CMS's Distinguished Lecturer this semester. Dr. Meyer presented on "Climate Change and Transportation: Cause and Effect Challenges
for Civil Engineering" on November 17, 2008, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. in CSE Room 122 (UF EDGE facilities). This presentation was available as a live webcast. Visit the following links for more information: [abstract] [webcast]
Rep. John Mica, a ranking member of the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, visited the Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation (CMS) on November 10, 2008 to participate in a symposium on transportation issues. Rep. Mica was joined by Linda Watson, CEO of LYNX (Orlando Transit System) and C. David Brown, II, Chair of Broad and Cassel and Former Chair of the Florida Transportation Commission, for a panel discussion. The event was held in the President's Room at Emerson Alumni Hall from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Click here for the agenda, images and a video recording of the symposium.
October 2008
Ken Sides, PE, PTOE, AICP, City of Clearwater, gave a seminar on Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 on "Modern Roundabouts for Modern Times" at UF's East Campus. The seminar was hosted in part by the CMS, the Transportation Research Center (TRC) and the UF Student Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). Visit the following link for more information: [abstract]
Ken Kaltenbach, of the Corradino Group gave a seminar on "What's HOT in the Real World" on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. Mr. Kaltenbach is the Senior VP of the Transportation Planning Division at Corradino Group.
August 2008
The CMS issued a call for pre-proposals on August 29, 2008, for transportation-related projects in the research, education and technology transfer categories for projects beginning in February 2009. The deadline for the pre-proposal submission was by 5 pm on October 13, 2008. Full proposals have been invited and are due on December 15, 2008. Full proposals will be evaluated by external reviewers and award announcements will be made in early February 2009. For more information on the CMS's research goals and projects funded last year, go to the Research link.
The fall 2008 Transportation Student Orientation was held on Tuesday, August 26, 2008, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in 513 Weil Hall (Computer Lab). The first part of the meeting concentrated on the general policies, rules and regulations associated with the transportation academic program. A trip across the hall followed for an orientation of the Transportation Library.
The Transportation Research Center (TRC) and the CMS celebrated the retirement of Lap Hoang, P.E., state traffic engineer at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The event took place on August 19, 2008 at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art located on the UF Campus. Mr. Hoang was invited to give a seminar entitled "Are We There Yet? An Assessment of Florida's Transportation Operations." He was also presented with a plaque by Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, in appreciation for his dedication to the transportation industry. The event concluded with a reception at the Harn's Camellia Court Cafe.
July 2008
Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, gave a seminar on July 24, 2008 on "Comparing Travel-Demand Estimates from Trip-Based and Activity-Based Travel Survey." On July 16, 2008, Dr. Lily Elefteriadou presented on "Ramp Metering Based on Probabilistic Breakdown." On July 8, 2008, Dr.Yafeng Yin presented on "Robust Optimal Traffic Signal Timing." Visit the Seminars page for abstracts related to the Summer Transportation Seminar Series.
June 2008
The CMS was active this summer and sponsored a Summer Transportation Seminar Series. The first in the series was given by Dr. Scott Washburn on the "Impact of Trucks on Signalized Intersection Capacity" which took place on June 26, 2008. Go to the Seminars link for more information.
April 2008
The CMS held its first webcasted seminar on April 25, 2008, as part of the Distinguished Lecturer Seminar Series. Chandra Bhat, Ph.D., of the University of Texas at Austin was the speaker. More on Dr. Bhat's seminar can be found on the Distinguished Lecturer link.
March 2008
The 1st Annual Student Conference was held March 7, 2008 at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (UF Campus). More than 40 faculty, students, staff and transportation professionals attended the conference.
February 2008
The CMS made final selections on research proposals and awarded seven grants totaling $632,676 to faculty in the departments of Civil Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering and Urban and Regional Planning.
January 2008
The UF Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, the UF Transportation Research Center and the UF College of Engineering hosted a reception at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board on Monday, January 14, 2008, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Location: Mezzanine at Marriott Wardman Park
2660 Woodley Road N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008
Past News
December 2007
Fred Mannering, Ph.D., of Purdue University gave a talk on "Analysis of Drivers' Risk Compensation Response to Vehicle Safety Features" on Dec 6, 2007. The abstract is available on the Distinguished Lecture in Transportation link.
UF-CMS visited Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on December 5, 2007, 7th Period, Olin Room 257, and presented at the ASCE Student Chapter meeting with an Information Session immediately following (See attached flier and agenda). About 30 students attended the event.
November 2007
The UF ITE Student Chapter won an award for best student poster at the ITE District Meeting in Orlando on Thursday, November 15, 2007. The poster, presented by Yingyan Lou, is entitled "Dynamic Tolling Strategies for Managed Lanes."
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