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UTC(s): Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
Publication Date: December, 2012
The concept of an automated driving environment has been studied as a way to enhance highway mobility and safety. Automobile manufacturers have begun equipping vehicles with in-vehicle...
(10/19/2016)Question: Is there a preferred or required file format for the submission of supplemental information (pdf, Word file .doc or .docx)? Must the submission be emailed from a specific address, such as a university research...
The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act; P. L. 114-94, December 4, 2015) authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to eligible non-profit institutions of higher education1 to establish and operate University Transportation Centers (UTCs or Centers). Non-profit...
UTC(s): City College of New York
Publication Date: January, 2013
Recent research conducted by the University Transportation Research Center at the City College of New York, shows that bridges in New York State have been experiencing approximately 200 strikes annually by...
UTC(s): Rutgers University
Publication Date: February, 2013
Rutgers’ Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), a U.S. Department of Transportation Tier I University Transportation Center, recognized the unique opportunity provided by Hurricane...
UTC(s): Texas A&M
Publication Date: March, 2013
The 2012 Urban Mobility Report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute with sponsorship from the Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC) includes two new ways to describe the effects of traffic...
UTC(s): Utah State University
Publication Date: April, 2013
In the latest State of the Union address, President Obama reported to the American public on the status of our national infrastructure: over 25 percent of the Nation's 600,000 bridges are considered "structurally...
UTC(s): University of South Florida
Publication Date: May, 2013
Blind zones—those areas directly around a vehicle that the operator cannot see while driving—are a particular problem for transit drivers while changing lanes or turning.
Side camera systems have been...
UTC(s): Louisiana State University
Publication Date: July, 2013
Stopping traffic flow to perform road maintenance is not always feasible. Common practice is to close a lane for maintenance and guide traffic to an open lane through the work zone. Unfortunately, it is well...