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UTC(s): Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Publication Date: July, 2014
Traditionally roadway infrastructure is developed with traffic safety and efficiency in mind, but recognition of the importance of pedestrian needs has been growing. The benefits of roadway lighting...
UTC(s): The University of Iowa
Publication Date: August, 2014
The Safer-Sim University Transportation Center (UTC) recently awarded its initial research projects, including three that focus on pedestrian and bicycle safety. Safer-Sim uses simulators to improve roadway...
UTC(s): The University of Minnesota
Publication Date: September, 2014
Crossing a street isn't risk free for any pedestrian, but it's especially challenging for those who are blind or visually impaired. To help these pedestrians safely cross signalized intersections,...
UTC(s): Texas A&M University
Publication Date: October, 2014
Like an iceberg, a lot of what gives a bridge its strength is hidden. The question is, how much of a bridge's foundation is exposed, and how much is still hidden? In Texas there are approximately 10,000...
UTC(s): Special Edition
Publication Date: October, 2014
On September 29, 2014, the Department of Transportation hosted the first University Transportation Center (UTC) Workshop on Pedestrian and Bicycle Research. Approximately 35 participants from across USDOT and the UTCs...
UTC(s): University of Maryland
Publication Date: November, 2014
The theme of the National Transportation Center at the University of Maryland, College Park (NTC@Maryland (link sends e-mail)), is "Strategic Transportation Policies, Investments and Decisions for Economic...
UTC(s): The University of Texas-Pan American
Publication Date: December, 2014
Since its October 2013 inception, the University Transportation Center for Railway Safety (UTCRS) at the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) and its consortium institutions, Texas A&M...
UTC(s): University of Nevada, Reno
Publication Date: January, 2015
Throughout the country, drivers experience agonizing wait times at traffic signals. Researchers at the Center for Advanced Transportation Education and Research (CATER) at the University of Nevada, Reno,...
UTC(s): San José State University
Publication Date: February, 2015
More than 21 million veterans live in the United States, and one-quarter describe themselves as living with a disability, according to the American Community Survey (http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ (link is...
UTC(s): Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT)
Publication Date: March, 2015
Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) is unveiling the world’s first facility that will quantitatively measure the effects of...