October 2016

A New Role for Rail Transit: Evacuation

Urban areas in the U.S. and around the world are facing increasing extreme events often requiring decisions to move large numbers of people to safety. New York City (NYC) has experienced numerous extreme weather events associated with flooding, and one response by NYC is to...

SOLARIS Breaks New Ground in Tech Transfer with TranSync Tool

The University of Nevada, Reno’s SOLARIS (Safety and Operations of Large-Area Rural/Urban Intermodal Systems) center has jointly developed the TranSync tool, in collaboration with Trans-Intelligence LLC. Built on an idea similar to the earlier SMRT (Signal Timing Management and Re-timing Tool),...

Exploring Transportation Safety Risks on Tribal Lands

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...