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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Delivers Remarks During Independence Day of Ukraine Celebration
Washington, DC -- Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg delivered remarks during a celebration of Ukraine’s Independence Day, which occurred August 24th. The celebration took place at Ukraine House, Washington, D.C.2008 UTC Spotlight Newsletters
caption{display: none;} 2012 UTC Spotlight Newsletters Title Publication Date UTC(s) A Research Test Bed, a Teaching Laboratory, and a Deployment Project December 2008 University of Massachusetts Travel Assistant Device (TAD) Aids...A Research Test Bed, a Teaching Laboratory, and a Deployment Project
A major transportation research, educational, and deployment initiative at the University of Massachusetts Transportation Center (UMTC) has led to the creation of the Regional Traveler Information Center (RTIC), a collaborative venture between the UMass Transit ...
Travel Assistant Device (TAD) Aids Transit Riders with Special Needs
Passengers with cognitive disabilities have difficulty using public transportation and often must travel with a personal assistant to ensure that they get to their destinations. But recent advances in mobile technology may soon lessen the need for such assistance....
A New Approach to Rural Intersection Safety
The University of Minnesota's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Institute is working to reduce highway crashes by using advanced traffic monitoring technologies that will help drivers safely navigate rural intersections where there are no traffic lights. In...
Marshall University Refines Technique to Measure Railroad Track Wear and Deformation
A refined technique for taking measurements of railroad tracks has been developed by Marshall University researchers for use in busy railroad yards, where physical access to rails is limited and dangerous. The new technique, in which locomotives are retrofitted...
Artificial Intelligence for Real-Time Traffic Management
To help ease freeway congestion and improve safety, Morgan State University and Clemson University developed a prototype for a new traffic surveillance system. This proposed vehicle-infrastructure integration (VII) system assesses and predicts traffic conditions via...
Mineta Transportation Institute Studies Risk Created by Highway-Borne Hazardous Materials
In April 2007, a petroleum tanker crashed and exploded on an Oakland, California, freeway interchange known locally as "The MacArthur Maze." The intense heat weakened and collapsed an overpass and closed a major access to the San Francisco Bay Bridge, causing ...
University Conducts Comprehensive Study of Mexican Border Truck Safety
The Southwest Region University Transportation Center (Region VI), headquartered at the Texas Transportation Institute in the Texas A&M University System, recently reported the results of a detailed safety study of trucks crossing the U.S.- Mexico border into...