Center for Transportation Research News

Continuing to aid the American auto industry, the House passed a bill on Wednesday to approve an expansion of U.S. government-led research in the creation of more fuel-efficient and green vehicles.
Chevy Volt. Picture from www.autospectator.com
The bill would authorize $2.9 billion to the Energy Department to boost the research over five years. It would push the government [...]

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YouTube Video.
A brief introduction to jobs in public transportation. Produced by the National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida in conjunction with the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority in Tampa, Florida.

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Student researcher Calvin Tribby, University of New Mexico, won an URISA award for the paper, “Construction of a Household-level Public Transportation Accessibility Model.”
“This research details the construction of a public transportation accessibility model, with a focus on the necessity of using travel time as the accessibility measure. The primary objective of this work is [...]

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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has launched a new website outlining key recommendations in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
“This is a 40-year-mission, but every day counts,” said AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley. “The stakes are too high to get this wrong and that’s why we’re hoping policy makers, journalists, [...]

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Information results from the 2009 Used Car Safety Ratings released by the Monash University Accident Research Centre indicate that drivers have many options in the mid-size car range when looking for a car with good safety features.
“People often only consider vehicle safety from the perspective of how the vehicle will protect them as an [...]

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Dr. Dan Turner, professor of civil engineering and the principal investigator of the research team at the University of Alabama, describes the seat-belt safety project as it reaches its final year of funding.
“The first two years of our study have given us insight into the basic pattern of school bus seat belt use by [...]

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Like researchers in other universities, including the University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University researchers and research administrators are “organizing to take advantage of extraordinary opportunities for energy research,” according to the Indiana Newsroom. President Obama visited the University in August to announce grants are being awarded for research into battery-powered vehicles.
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11618.html
In opening remarks, Rick [...]

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Today, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy is releasing $377M in funding for almost 50 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms. The funding comes out of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These centers are expected to “lay the scientific groundwork [...]

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Video shot by John Gaffney of the University of Minnesota’s St. Anthony Falls Lab, in research supported by The University of Minnesota’s Department of Civil Engineering, The St. Anthony Falls Lab, and The National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics, examines bed load sediment transport. Moving frame videos, captured with a Canon GL1 miniDV digital video [...]

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It pays to do the right thing(Youtube/Google Video)
Youtube/Google posted the Tech Talk, “It Pays To Do The Right Thing: Incentivizing Responsible Commuting.” Video shows traffic congestion around the world and proposed solutions from researchers from Stanford University.
We describe a different approach to combat road congestion: Rather than just charging congestors, we advocate paying money to [...]

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