UTC Spotlight Newsletters
This monthly report from the University Transportation Centers Program high-lights some of the recent accomplishments and products from one of the University Transportation Centers (UTCs). The UTC Program is administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration.
The views presented in the UTC Spotlight are those of the authors and not necessarily the views of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration or the U.S. Department of Transportation.
2012
- Development of UAV-Based Remote Sensing Capabilities for Highway Applications (West Virginia University) - February 2012
- Assessing Driving of Older Adults: Perspectives of Michigan Vision Care Providers (University of Michigan) - January 2012
2011
- Moving Toward a State of Good Repair: Remote Structural Integrity Monitoring (Northwestern University) - December 2011
- Preparing Infrastructure and Consumers for Plug-in Electric Vehicles (University of Akron) - November 2011
- Study Shows Red Light Cameras in Iowa Save Lives and Reduce Injuries (Midwest Transportation Consortium) - October 2011
- METRANS Researchers Seek Ways to Make the Urban Freight System More Efficient (METRANS) - September 2011
- Emergency Response via Inland Waterways (Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center) - August 2011
- Smartphone Applications Aid Transportation Research at UNLV (Nevada University Transportation Center) - July 2011
- Stabilizing Marginal Soils With Fibers and Chemicals for Roadways and Airports (Alaska University Transportation Center) - June 2011
- Vermont's TAQLab Works to Close Knowledge Gaps in Vehicle Tailpipe Emissions (The University of Vermont) - May 2011
- UTC Spotlight Conference Focuses on Need for Research to Satisfy Diverse Demands of Livable Communities (2010 Spotlight Conference Follow Up) - May 2011
- Modeling Best Locations for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (Northwestern University) - April 2011
- Driving With Dementia? (University of Tennessee) - March 2011
- Road Closed: How do Commuters Cope? UC Davis Researcher is Finding Out (University of California, Davis) - February 2011
- Technology Aids Bus Drivers on Narrow Shoulder Lanes (University of Minnesota's Intelligent Transportation Systems) - January 2011
2010
- Tools to Support Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction—A Regional Effort (University of Maryland and Virginia Tech at the Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center) - December 2010
- University of Washington Students Create 'OneBusAway' Program To Encourage Public Transportation (University of Washington) - November 2010
- The Value of Livable Communities (University of Connecticut) - October 2010
- Characterizing the Tradeoffs and Costs Associated with Transportation Congestion in Supply Chains (University of Florida) - September 2010
- The Center for Intermodal Freight Transportation Studies Provides Forum for Local and National Freight Transportation Issues (University of Menphis) - August 2010
- National Evacuation Conference Features State-of-the-Art Evacuation Modeling and Analysis (Louisiana State University) - July 2010
- Urban Sprawl and Delayed Emergency Services Arrival (University of Alabama at Birmingham) - June 2010
- Helping to Build a Safe and Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (Michigan Technological University) - May 2010
- Improving Highway Safety by Identifying High Risk Rural Road Segments and Safety Countermeasures (Mountain-Plains Consortium at North Dakota State University) - April 2010
- Improving Student Safety: School Bus Seat Belt Pilot Program (UTCA – University Transportati on Center for Alabama, Tuscaloosa) - March 2010
- Getting to the Bottom of New Jersey Roads Using Nondestructive Evaluation (Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) at Rutgers University) - February 2010
- UTC Explores "Trusted Truck" Concept to Use Wireless Technology to Ease Roadside Inspections (The University of Tennessee ) - January 2010
2009
- Unique Construction Techniques Require Unique Testing (Utah State University) - December 2009
- usRAP: A New Tool for Road Safety Management (Iowa State University’s Midwest Transportation Consortium) - November 2009
- New Highway Spurs Advanced Bridge Construction Technologies (Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center at Penn State’s Larson Institute) - October 2009
- Jackson State University’s Institute for Multimodal Transportation Develops Impact Study for Urban Highway Evacuation (Institute for Multimodal Transportation at the Jackson State University) - September 2009
- Transferring New Technology to Our Students: Integrating Technology Development and Transportation Education (National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology at the University of Idaho) - August 2009
- "Brake-ing" Technology: Public-Private Collaboration Yields New Composite Material For Vehicle Brake Components (Center for Transportation and Materials Engineering at the Youngstown State University) - July 2009
- Spatial Analysis and GIS Support for Pedestrian Safety in New York City (University Transportation Research Center Region II at the City University of New York) - June 2009
- Integrating Technologies = New Transportation Solutions (Western Transportation Institute at the Montana State University) - May 2009
- Innovative Solution Helps NEXTRANS Model Travel-Time Reliability (NEXTRANS Center at the Purdue University) - April 2009
- Livability, a Transportation "Threefer" (Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium) - March 2009
- Mitigating Crash Fires with Fuel Additives (Mid-America Transportation Center at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln) - February 2009
- Innovative Use of Spatial Data Assists in Solving Truck Parking Shortage (National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) - January 2009
2008
- A Research Test Bed, a Teaching Laboratory, and a Deployment Project (University of Massachusetts Transportation Center) - December 2008
- Travel Assistant Device (TAD) Aids Transit Riders with Special Needs (National Center for Transit Research at Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida) - November 2008
- A New Approach to Rural Intersection Safety (Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute at the University of Minnesota) - October 2008
- Marshall University Refines Technique to Measure Railroad Track Wear and Deformation (Rahall Transportation Institute at Marshall University) - September 2008
- Artificial Intelligence for Real-Time Traffic Management (National Center for Transportation Management, Research and Development at Morgan State University) - August 2008
- Mineta Transportation Institute Studies Risk Created by Highway-Borne Hazardous Materials (Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University) - July 2008
- University Conducts Comprehensive Study of Mexican Border Truck Safety (Southwest Region University Transportation Center at the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University) - June 2008
- University Converts Crude Beer into Hydrogen (National University Transportation Center at the Missouri University of Science and Technology) - May 2008