The research team at the University of Florida’s Institute for Mobility, Activity, and Participation (I-MAP), which include Dr. Sherrilene Classen (Principal Investigator), Dr. Justin Mason and Dr. James Wersal, are collaborating with the City of Gainesville and Dr. Virginia Sisiopiku… Read More
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Student Highlight: Natcha Luechakiettisak, Undergraduate at Auburn University
Natcha Luechakiettisak is an undergraduate student at Auburn University working with Dr. Huaguo Zhou and Dr. Rod Turochy on a STRIDE project titled Evaluation of Work Zone Mobility by Utilizing Naturalistic Driving Study Data. On this project Natcha is tasked… Read More
Student Highlight: Ghazaleh Azimi, Ph.D. Student, FIU
Ghazaleh Azimi is a doctoral student at Florida International University working on a STRIDE-funded project tilted Discovering a Potential Market for the Integration of Public Transportation and Emerging Shared Mobility Services. She is working on the literature review and data… Read More
Troyee Saha, STRIDE Student (UAB)
Troyee Saha is a Graduate Research Assistant at UAB’s Transportation Engineering and Development Lab (TREND Lab). Troyee is also the ITE Student Chapter President at UAB. She won Best Oral Presentation Award (1st Place) at the 6th Annual UTC Conference for the… Read More
STRIDE PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: Comparing Ride-Sharing Adoption Trends and Perspectives of Consumers from two Generational Cohorts – Millennials and Gen X’ers
Growth in urban population is directly correlated with growth in traffic congestion, and most large U.S. cities are experiencing this phenomenon. Traffic congestion causes not only traffic jams but also economic losses, such as waste of fuel, (Schrank et al.,… Read More
STRIDE PROJECT HIGHLIGHT: Developing a Course on Understanding Relationships Between the Built Environment, Physical Activity, Public Health, Urban Mobility, & Traffic Congestion
This multi-disciplinary STRIDE-funded project is led by Dr. Dimitra Michalaka and her co-PI, Dr. Jeff Davis of The Citadel (TC). Other team members include Dr. Kweku Brown (TC), Dr. Daniel Bornstein of the Department of Health and Human Performance at… Read More
STRIDE PROJECT HIGHLIGHT: Older Driver Experiences with Autonomous Vehicle Technology
The University of Florida’s Institute for Mobility, Activity, and Participation, under the leadership of Dr. Sherrilene Classen, is collaborating with Dr. Virginia Sisiopiku of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and with support from the City of Gainesville to understand… Read More
STRIDE Research Presented at ITS5C Summit
STRIDE hosted a workshop on “Managing Performance – From Active Transportation Management to Connected Vehicle Applications” at the ITS5C Summit on Oct. 7, 2018, in Jacksonville, FL. This workshop presented findings from recent work conducted by the Center to support… Read More
Highlights from the 6th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region, Clemson, S.C.
This year’s UTC Conference was hosted by the Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C2M2) at Clemson University, which attracted students, faculty, staff, state DOT representatives, and other transportation professionals in the southeast region. The STRIDE Center was one of the… Read More
Dr. Kari Watkins, Faculty Spotlight, Fall 2018
Video Hi! I am Dr. Kari Edison Watkins, Frederick Law Olmsted Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech (GT). I have been a professor here at GT for 7 years, since finishing my Ph.D. at the University… Read More