By: Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S. Each year, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) University Transportation Center’s (UTC) program recognizes a student from each UTC across the nation for their achievements and promise for future contributions to the field of transportation. This… Read More
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Algorithm Tested at SunTrax Plugfest Improves Traffic Signal to Ensure Pedestrian Safety
By: Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S. Researchers from the University of Florida Transportation Institute’s (UFTI) I-STREET Living Lab traveled in May 2023 to the SunTrax Test Facility in Auburndale, Fla., to test an algorithm they created that optimizes and operates traffic signals,… Read More
Upcoming Transportation Equity Fundamentals Certification Opportunity
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY FUNDAMENTALS CERTIFICATION Part I: February 8 & 9, 2023 Part II: March 8 & 9, 2023 Register: Access to safe, reliable and affordable transportation is a right for all individuals – yet it is particularly difficult to provide… Read More
Student Spotlight: Malikia Cherubala
Malikia Cherubala is a senior at Appalachian State University, working with the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at NC State University. An international student from the Democratic Republic of Congo, she is currently earning her bachelor’s degree in Community… Read More
STRIDE 2022 Student of the Year – Matteo Saracco
By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., STRIDE Research Coordinator Congratulations to Matteo Saracco, a master’s student at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), for being selected as the STRIDE Center 2022 Student of the Year. For more than three decades, the… Read More
STRIDE 2023 Student Poster Showcase & Competition
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE 2023 STRIDE STUDENT POSTER SHOWCASE & COMPETITION! 1st Place – Matteo Saracco of GaTech (Poster: Carving Up the Curb: Evaluating Curb Management Strategies for Ride-Hailing & Ride-Sharing Activity through Simulation) [Poster] [Video] 2nd Place… Read More
Student Awards
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a partner in the STRIDE Consortium. In the Spring 2022 semester, two students affiliated with STRIDE were recognized for their achievements. Mithila Hasan of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is the recipient of… Read More
STRIDE Student Spotlight: Di Wu, Doctoral Student, Jackson State University
Massive amounts of data points are generated by transportation infrastructure, traffic, travel demand, autonomous and connected vehicles (CAVs), and intelligent transportation systems (ITS). This data must be processed and analyzed. The question is, how can all this data be captured… Read More
Identifying and Mitigating Congestion Onset (STRIDE Project H5)
This is Phase 2 of Project J3 under the same title, which began in January 2020. Managing the operation of highway networks is a challenging task. The vehicles, which create the congestion and cause the incidents, are operated by motorists… Read More
Researcher Spotlight @ JSU Dr. Shuang Tu
Dr. Shuang Tu is a professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering & Computer Science at Jackson State University (JSU). Apart from his teaching and service responsibilities, his research activities focus on high performance scientific computing. What brought… Read More