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FY 2016 Grant Solicitation
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...
Strikes on Low Clearance Bridges by Over-Height Trucks in New York State
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...
Superstorm Sandy LiDAR Damage Assessment to Change Disaster Recovery
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...
2012 Urban Mobility Report Released With New Congestion Measures
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...
Evaluation of Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) – A Forensic Analysis
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...
The Potential of Side Camera Systems to Reduce Bus Side Collisions
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...
The Joint Merge: Improving Work Zone Traffic Flows
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...
NURail - Developing a New Generation of Railway Professionals
UTC(s): University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Publication Date: June, 2013
Established by a grant issued in January 2012, the National University Rail Center (NURail) is the first USDOT-RITA Tier 1 University Transportation Center (UTC) dedicated to the advancement of...
Taking on Frozen Debris Lobes - Permafrost Experts, DOT Engineers Team Up in First-of-its-Kind Study
UTC(s): University of Alaska
Publication Date: August, 2013
The day-to-day challenges of researchers and engineers at the Alaska University Transportation Center (AUTC) and Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) range from strengthening...