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New Safety UTC Envisions Safe Systems Approach for U.S. Roadways

The Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS), the new University Transportation Center (UTC) at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC) is taking a fresh approach to road safety. This national safety UTC is focused on implementing a ...

What’s a Connected Vehicle Worth to You?

Connected vehicles (CVs) work by communicating with each other and the roadway infrastructure via dedicated shortrange communication. They are expected to eventually reduce non-impaired driver crashes by 80 percent, which will also significantly reduce traffic congestion. Researchers at Morgan...

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),...