Category: Archived News

Project K2 (Assessing and Addressing Deficiencies in the HCM Weaving Segment Analyses; Principal Investigator: Dr. Behzad Aghdashi, NCSU) Dr. Behzad Aghdashi of North Carolina State University is the lead researcher in a STRIDE funded project that is looking at deficiencies in the Highway Capacity Manual’s (HCM) weave segment analysis. As weave segments are one of […]

STRIDE researchers in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida wanted to understand how shifting demographics and new mobility services were impacting public transit ridership, particularly for the transportation disadvantaged, including low-income populations and paratransit users. Through a four-part effort, researchers created analytical tools that transit and regional planning agencies can use to improve their services. Part […]

A group of high school friends led by Michael Zhou, a senior at Auburn High School in Auburn, Alabama, got together to develop a concept design with safety implications that would alert drivers when students were crossing a road or using crosswalks. The high school student team, which included three other friends (Eric Mao, senior; […]

Dezhong (Tony) Xu is a graduate student at North Carolina State University. He played an important role in a comprehensive study related to STRIDE Project K2 titled “Assessing and Addressing the Deficiencies of HCM Wave Analysis”, led by Dr. Aghdashi and with collaboration from Dr. Nagui Roupahil of NCSU and Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, professor and […]

By Thomas Chase and Shoaib Samandar/North Carolina State University The 2019 summer meeting of the Traffic Signal Systems Committee (TSSC) of the TRB was themed “Big Data Analytics applied to Signalized Intersections” and provided a venue for researchers and professionals to apply their expertise to help mitigate the identified problems using high-resolution traffic signal datasets. […]

Research posters showcasing STRIDE-funded and cost-share projects were displayed at the 2019 Autonomous Vehicles Symposium in Orlando, FL, on July 16. The poster session contained work from students affiliated with University Transportation Centers (UTCs) in the Southeastern region. A total of 23 posters were displayed during the summit, focusing on AV, CV, and other advanced […]

STRIDE researchers in Alabama used open data as well as daily travel activity data collected for Project B titled “Technology Influence on Travel Demand and Behaviors”,  led by Dr. Virginia Sisiopiku of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, to create a prototype agent-based simulation model of the Birmingham metropolitan region. The Birmingham Metro Area model […]

Dr. Sherrilene Classen, professor and chair of the UF Department of Occupational Therapy, is the lead investigator on STRIDE Project D2 titled “Older Driver Experiences with Autonomous Vehicle Technology”. Her co-principal investigator is Dr. Virginia Sisiopiku of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Classen’s team has been researching how older drivers experience autonomous vehicle […]

Upon graduating high school, two years after 9/11, James Wersal joined the US Army.  He spent two rigorous years at Wentworth Military Academy and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant at 20 years of age due to an early commissioning program. Military service and the duties that come along with being responsible for the safety and […]

Mary Wolfe is interested in how people interact with their living environment. Her research focuses on how those interactions are reflected in the health outcomes of a community, particularly when transportation barriers to health care exist. In the field of transportation planning, research on health outcomes often involves questions related to walking, biking and increasing […]