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Final Report2007–2013

2 | 2007-2013Front cover picture: I-4 in Orlando, Fla. Photo by Vipul Modi Above: Palmettos in the Everglades.

CMS Final Report 2007-2013 | 3

Table of Contents

The Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation (CMS) supported the innovative development of multimodal solutions for mitigating congestion. This theme was selected because congestion mitigation is one of the top priorities of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), as well as for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), our partner agency. The theme was also chosen because addressing congestion via multimodal means is an approach likely to be successful because, rather than considering one or more parts individually, it considers the entire transportation system as a whole.

4 Director’s Message5 CMS Milestones6 Performance Indicators7 Financial Report8 Staff9 Organizational Chart10 Internal Steering Committee11 External Advisory Board13 CMS Partners14 Research Products19 Significant Research Findings22 Completed CMS Projects24 FDOT Cost Share Projects25 Education - Reflections from Former CMS Student28 Education - Concurrent Degree Program

29 Education - Student Awards32 Education - WTS Student Chapter34 Education - ITE Student Chapter36 Education - TRIP Internship37 Technology Transfer - CMS Student Conference38 Technology Transfer - Distinguished & Academic Professional Lecturers39 Technology Transfer - CMS Workshop Series42 Technology Transfer - EDGE Courses44 CMS Affiliated Departments & Centers46 CMS Publications & Presentations51 Transportation-related Publications & Presentations

Center Theme

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It is with a great sense of accomplishment that I present to you this Final Report, a comprehensive look at 6 years of research, education, and technology transfer activities we undertook at the

University of Florida’s Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation (CMS).

During its operation, CMS conducted 62 research project reports and a wealth of publications and presentations, approximately half of which were a result of our close collaboration with our major partner, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). Several of our projects resulted in products that are already used in transportation practice: a new measurement tool designed to detect at-risk older drivers, a managed lanes analysis component for the widely-used commercially available CORSIM micro-simulator, new tools for estimating travel time reliability currently used by FDOT in their state-wide mobility reporting, and a K-12 course module using LEGO® robots to expose middle-school students to transportation. Pages 14 to 21 of this report highlight these products as well as selected research findings that advanced the state-of-the art in congestion mitigation.

Of all the CMS success stories, I am most proud of our graduates, many of them already accomplished professionals in their own right. Our alumni are now academics, consultants, and public sector employees. Thanks to CMS funding, these UF graduates were able to learn, get mentored, work with their classmates, conduct research, interact with sponsors, and ultimately complete their degrees and continue on their professional journey having the necessary tools to be productive transportation professionals. Starting on page 25, several CMS alumni talk about their current job responsibilities and reflect on their experiences at UF.

As further evidence of the high quality of our graduates, the UFITE student chapter won the 2013 International Traffic bowl competition in Boston, Mass., competing against student chapter teams across the U.S. and Canada. Congratulations to the winning team: Thomas Chase, Miguel Lugo, Ben Reibach, Don Watson.

Our website, www.cms.ce.ufl.edu, will remain operational and provide all CMS project reports, webcast event information, and presentation materials, as well as a record of various CMS-sponsored activities.

Every end is also a new beginning, and as CMS was concluding, we began our work on the STRIDE (Southeast Transportation Research Innovation, Development and Education) Center, the Regional UTC for the Southeast since January 2012. Through STRIDE, and together with our partners in the Southeast, we will continue to advance the state-of-the-art in transportation research, and attract the best and the brightest students to prepare them for productive careers in transportation.

Sincerely,

Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.Professor & CMS Director

Director’s Message

http://cms.ce.ufl.edu/


CMS Milestones

• CMS Awarded Tier 1 UTC grant, May 2007

• Concurrent degree program in transportation/urban planning began, August 2007

• Internal Steering Committee finalized, September 2007

• First call for proposals initiated, December 2007

• First Student of the Year chosen, Genesis Harrod, January 2008

• Year 1 CMS funded projects awarded, February 2008

• First CMS Student Conference, Gainesville, Fla., March 2008

• First transportation interns began work at CMS, May 2008

• CMS Website went live, June 2008

• Second call for proposals initiated, September 2008

• First Congestion Mitigation Symposium featuring U.S. Congressman John Mica, Gainesville, Fla., November 2008

• Student of the Year chosen, Aaron Elias, January 2009

• Abishek Komma, M.S., awarded Wootan Award for Outstanding M.S. Thesis in Policy & Planning, CUTC Awards Banquet, Washington, D.C., January 2009

• Year 2 CMS funded projects awarded, February 2009

• Third call for proposals initiated, September 2009

• WTS scholarships awarded to Amy Cavaretta, Heather Hammontree, Barbara Martin, 2010

• Student of the Year chosen, Matthew Weisman, January 2010

• Dimitra Michalaka, Ph.D., awarded Pikarsky Award for Outstanding M.S. Thesis in Science & Technology, CUTC Awards Banquet, Washington, D.C., January 2010

• Yingyan Lou, Ph.D., awarded Pikarsky Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation in Science & Technology, CUTC Awards Banquet, Washington, D.C., January 2010

• Year 3 CMS funded projects awarded, March 2010

• Innovations in Pricing of Transportation Systems Conference, Lake Buena Vista, Fla., May 2010

• First officially recognized WTS Advancing Women in Transportation student chapter became active at UF, January 2010

• Fourth call for proposals initiated, November 2010

• Student of the Year chosen, Grady Carrick, January 2011

• WTS scholarships awarded to Ly Nguyen and Dimitra Michalaka, February 2011

• Year 4 CMS funded projects awarded, April 2011

• WTS Transportation Symposium, Gainesville, Fla., October 2011

• First LEGO® Robotics Workshop taught at Cade Museum, Gainesville, Fla., October 2012

• CMS last project completed, June 2013

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Performance Indicators for 2007–2013

TRAnSPORTATIOn RESEARCh PAPERS PRESEnTED AT ACADEMIC/PROFESSIOnAL MEETInGS

70 CMS

PuBLICATIOnS

30FDOT

29CMS

TRAnSPORTATIOn RESEARCh REPORTS PuBLIShED

RESEARCh PERFORMAnCE

108CMS

PRESEnTATIOnS

158General transportation

PRESEnTATIOnS

174General transportation

PuBLICATIOnS

TRAnSPORTATIOn-RELATED ADVAnCED DEGREE PROGRAMS

5Master’s Level

111Master’s Level

4Doctoral Level

31Doctoral Level

nuMBER OF STuDEnTS WhO RECEIVED DEGREES In TRAnSPORTATIOn-

RELATED ADVAnCED DEGREE PROGRAMS

TOTAL nuMBER OF TRAnSPORTATIOn PROFESSIOnALS WhO ATTEnDED TECh

TRAnSFER EVEnTS

TEChnOLOGY TRAnSFER

TOTAL nuMBER OF TRAnSPORTATIOn SEMInARS, SYMPOSIA, DISTAnCE LEARnInG CLASSES, ETC., COnDuCTED FOR TRAnSPORTATIOn

PROFESSIOnALS

127 3,065

29Graduate

11undergraduate

EDuCATIOn

nuMBER OF COuRSES OFFERED ThAT ARE PART OF ThE TRAnSPORTATIOn CuRRICuLuM TO DATE


Financial Report

Chart 1 represents the funds spent during the life of the grant. Research accounted for a major portion of the Center’s budget at 58 percent, with 21 percent spent on Education. The Outreach category, which included technology transfer activities, was at 13 percent.

Chart 2 represents funds alocated by source (fedral and state) during the life of the grant. A total of $3.5 milion was allocated to CMS which was matched by the Florida Department of Transportation.

Research Projects

Education

Outreach

Admin

Chart 1 Chart 20.27% unspent funds

Federal

State

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Staff

Leslie Washburn, PEWorkforce Development

Main CMS Staff

Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.CMS Director

Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S.CMS Manager/Coordinator

Richard LongDOT Outreach

Affiliate CMS Staff

Dona MossGrants Specialist

nancy McIlrath-Glanville, M.A.Academic Services Coordinator

Dianne Bryant, B.S.CCE Accounting Coordinator

Carolyn Carpenter, B.S.Administrative Assistant

Debora hambrickSenior Fiscal Assistant

Sharon henry, B.S.Grants Assistant

Betsy JonesOffice Manager

Candace LeggettCMS Assistant

Tony Murphy Computer Support

Doretha RayOffice Assistant

Diana Wade Office Assistant/Payroll


Organizational Chart

Center for Applied OptimizationCenter for Health & the Built EnvironmentDepartment of Civil & Coastal Engineering Department of Urban & Regional PlanningEfficient Transportation Decision Making Florida Traffic and Bicycle Safety Education ProgramFlorida Transportation Technology Transfer (Center Geo-Facilities Planning & Information Research (GeoPlan) CenterIndustrial & Systems Engineering Institute for Mobility, Activity & Participation McTrans - Microcomputers in Transportation National Older Driver Research & Training Center Supply Chain & Logistics Engineering CenterTransportation Research Center

Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering

(CCE)

Transportation Research Center (TRC)

McTrans T2

CMS

Internal Steering Committee (ISC)

External Advisory Board (EAB)

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Internal Steering Committee

The Center’s Internal Steering Committee (ISC) comprised faculty representing the four main academic disciplines associated with CMS (transportation, industrial and systems engineering, occupational therapy, and urban and regional planning) and included center staff and representatives from the transportation-related

centers at the University of Florida (UF). The main goal of the ISC was to develop, implement, and guide center activities, manage its resources and ensure that objectives were being met. The ISC met once a month during the life of the Center.

Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.Professor, Civil EngineeringCMS DirectorCivil & Coastal Engineering

Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S.CMS Manager/Coordinator

Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D., MPh, OTR/LAssociate Professor, Occupational Therapy

Janet Degner, M.S.Director, T2 Center

Siriphong (Toi) Lawphongpanich, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Bill Sampson, M.S., PEDirector, McTrans Center

Ruth Steiner, Ph.D.Professor CMS Associate DirectorUrban & Regional Planning

Scott Washburn, Ph.D., PEAssociate Professor, Civil Engineering

nina Barker (Since 2012)Interim Director, T2 Center

Reynaldo Roque, Ph.D., PEProfessor, Civil & Coastal Engineering


External Advisory BoardT

he role of the External Advisory Board (EAB) was to guide the activities of the CMS. The board was instrumental in generating ideas for research

projects. Other roles included evaluating the research selection and performance processes, guiding educational activities, and assisting in technology transfer at the local, state, and national levels.

Board members represented a wide range of sectors, such as the FDOT, USDOT, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), academia, local government, and private agencies.

The fourth and final meeting of the EAB took place on March 3-4, 2012. The board provided CMS with excellent feedback and recommendations related to curriculum development and technology transfer. This meeting was held in conjunction with the CMS Annual Student Conference.

Advisory Board MembersDavid BerriganApplied Research ProgramDivision of Cancer Control & Population SciencesNational Cancer InstituteNational Institutes of Health

Elizabeth BirrielDeputy State Traffic Operations EngineerFlorida Department of Transportation

Tamara ChristionTransportation PlannerFederal Highway Administration

Max CrumitIndependent Transportation Consultant

J. Darryll DockstaderDirector of ResearchFlorida Department of Transportation

Genevieve GiulianoSenior Associate DeanResearch and TechnologyUSC-School of Policy, Planning & Development

Mark hallenbeckUW TRAC DirectorUniversity of Washington

Edward L. JohnsonInterim Chief Executive OfficerCentral Florida Regional Transportation AuthorityLYNX

Laura KelleyDeputy Director/Finance,Administration and PlanningOrlando-Orange County Expressway Authority

Wayne KittelsonPrincipalKittelson & Associates, Inc.

Richard LongDirector of Research (Retired)Florida Department of Transportation

Ananth PrasadSecretaryFlorida Department of Transportation

Debora M. RiveraDirector of Transportation OperationsFlorida Department of Transportation

Thomas F. RossiPrincipalCambridge Systematics, Inc.

Teresa ScottDirector of Public WorksCity of Gainesville

Linda WatsonFormer Chief Executive OfficerLYNX

Grant ZammitTeam LeaderOperations Technical Service TeamFHWA Resource Center

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CMS Partners

Alion Science & Technology Corp.

Aristotle university of Thessaloniki, Greece

Cambridge Systematics

City of Gainesville

Dowling Associates, Inc.

FhWA

FDOT headquarters, Tallahassee, Fla.

FDOT District Five, Orlando, Fla.

FDOT District Six, Miami, Fla.

Florida highway Patrol

Kimley-horn and Associates, Inc.

hMS Company

hnTB

Kisinger Campo & Associates Corp.

Kittelson & Associates, Inc.

LYnX

Midwest Research Institute

national Institutes of health

Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority

PATh/university of California, Berkeley

ATKInS

Rose-hulman Institute of Technology

Stantec/Street Smarts

T-Concepts Corporation

Technical university of Crete, Greece

Telvent

Tongji university, China

Transport Simulation Systems (TSS)

Transportation Research Board

university of Bochum, Germany

university of hartford

university of Madrid, Spain

university of Massachusetts, Amherst

university of Michigan

university of Minnesota

university of Southern California

university of Tennessee (Southeastern Transportation Center)

university of Texas at Austin

university of Twente, netherlands

university of Washington

university of Wisconsin, Madison

utrecht university, netherlands

Villanova university

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Research Products

Traffic Management Centers (TMCs) in the metropolitan areas of Florida obtain traffic flow data from their Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) surveillance hardware and software, known as the SunGuide system. This system was designed specifically to serve FDOT. The amount of traffic data generated by these systems is so large that simply saving the raw data is of no use to the stakeholders (ITS operators and engineers, state planners, transportation researchers, and private sector users) unless it is aggregated and simplified at some level. To meet this need, CMS and FDOT funded the design, enhancement, and implementation of the Engineering Warehouse for Archived Regional Data, or STEWARD.

The primary function of STEWARD is to provide a repository for the data generated by the SunGuide system, and provide the stakeholders with a rich supply of data from Florida’s busiest roadways for a variety of purposes. Below are the main functions of STEWARD:

1. Process the raw traffic data obtained from the TMCs.

2. Organize the processed data in a database system.3. Create useful reports on traffic information and

traffic data diagnostics (based on traffic flow principles).

4. Provide Web interface for data users to access and retrieve the reports.

5. Provide stakeholders with access to these reports through online viewing and downloads.

Apart from the daily traffic data and several custom reports, the system’s website also provides several desktop utility programs to stakeholders that assist them in creating special analysis reports from the downloaded

data. Additionally, the website geographically displays the detector locations with a satellite photo overlay, which allows viewers to identify detector locations of interest. STEWARD has created an important resource for a wide variety of traffic data users in Florida, including practitioners and researchers. STEWARD benefits practitioners by providing them with travel time reliability reporting, hot spot identification, performance measure trends, and assessment of capacity and level of service. STEWARD is also a valuable resource for researchers working on projects that analyze speed-flow-density relationships, the effects of an incident, managed lanes operations, and travel time reliability.

STEWARD Website: cce-trc-cdwserv.ce.ufl.edu/steward/

Associated Projects:

Central Data Warehouse Configuration, Data Analysis for Congestion Mitigation StudiesPI: Kenneth Courage, PE, Professor Emeritus Civil & Coastal EngineeringCMS # 2008-001

Central Data Warehouse Enhancements, Part 2PI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D., PECivil & Coastal EngineeringFDOT # 92671

Implementation of the Statewide Traffic Engineering Warehouse for Regionally Archived Data (STEWARD)PI: Kenneth Courage, PE, Professor EmeritusCivil & Coastal EngineeringFDOT # 72734

Electronic Warehouse Created to Access Information from Florida’s Busy Roadways

http://cce-trc-cdwserv.ce.ufl.edu/steward/


CMS funding resulted in newly added features to improve and enhance CORSIM, a comprehensive microscopic traffic simulation software. This software is applicable to surface streets, freeways, and integrated networks, and has a complete selection of control devices, such as stop/yield signs, traffic signals, and ramp metering. The software was initially created by FHWA and then given to UF for maintenance and further development. The improvements added to the newly-released version of CORSIM include: two-lane highways, toll plazas, HOT lanes, Adaptive Cruise Control, HCS Streets and T-7F interoperability, roundabouts, work zones, freeway queue measurement, lane utilization and lane selection, truck exit percentages, emergency vehicle and signal pre-emption, and runtime extensions. In August 2011, CMS held a workshop and focus group to introduce these new features. Practitioners from several consulting firms and government agencies are currently using the program, including TransSystems, Kimley-Horn, Inc., Tindale Oliver & Associates, Jacobs Engineering Group, Kisinger Campo, Prosser Hallock, Inc., Stanley Consultants, Inc., RS&H, Inc., HNTB, URS Corporation, Kittelson & Associates, Inc., FDOT,

and Florida Turnpike Enterprise. The following link contains an excellent article on the new CORSIM features: mctrans.ce.ufl.edu/featured/tsis/Version6/CorsimEnhancements.pdf


Enhancing CORSIM for Simulating high Occupancy/Toll Lane OperationsPI: Yafeng Yin, Ph.D.Civil & Coastal Engineering – TransportationCMS # 2010-005

Development of Simulation Program for Two-Lane highway AnalysisPI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D., PECivil & Coastal EngineeringCMS # 2008-002

using Microsimulation to Evaluate the Effects of Advanced Vehicle Technologies on Congestion PI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D. CMS # 2009-006

new Features Added to CORSIM Traffic Simulation Software

http://mctrans.ce.ufl.edu/featured/tsis/CorsimEnhancements.pdf

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With the rapidly growing population of aging Baby Boomers, identifying at-risk older drivers is important for road safety. On-road testing, the gold standard for assessment, is expensive and often unavailable to drivers in this age group. Additionally, caregivers, friends, or loved ones who share lived experiences with older individuals often can contribute valuable information regarding fitness-to-drive. To overcome the limitations of on-road testing and to better involve the public in identifying at-risk drivers, researchers, led by Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D., at the University of Florida Institute for Mobility, Activity and Participation, (currently professor and director at the School of Occupational Therapy, Elborn College, Canada) developed and tested the Fitness-to Drive Screening Measure (FTDS; formerly known as the Safe Driving Behavior Measure).

FTDS is a user-friendly, Web-based tool that caregivers, family members, and occupational therapy (OT) practitioners can use to identify potentially at-risk older drivers. Located online at fitnesstodrive.phhp.ufl.edu, FTDS is freely available to anyone with an internet connection. The tool, which is also featured on the AARP’s website at www.aarp.org/drc, allows caregivers, friends, or loved ones who have accompanied the driver in a vehicle during the past three months to rate his/her difficulties in any of 54 driving-

related behaviors. After screening, FTDS generates a profile of each driver, which includes a classification into one of three categories: basic driver, routine driver, accomplished driver. Depending on the driver category, FTDS recommends logical next steps caregivers or OTs can take for the driver. Recommendations include guidelines for continued fitness-to-drive, possible intervention options, and/or guidance on starting conversations about driving cessation. By conducting 200 comprehensive driving evaluations on older drivers, and collecting data from 200 family members/loved ones, the research team determined measurement properties for FTDS, including validity (face, content, and construct), factor structure, dimensionality, and item/person-level psychometrics. They then determined the rater severity of the three rater groups (older driver, caregiver/family member, and driving evaluator) and the criterion validity of FTDS as it relates to the gold standard on-road driving evaluation. Finally, the team integrated FTDS into the Web-based tool described above.

The research findings suggest that FTDS may be useful in (1) helping family members/caregivers identify at-risk older drivers by providing logical next steps based on key form recommendations, (2) aiding OT practitioners in identifying an entry point for

further intervention or referrals, and (3) allowing Certified Driving Rehabilitation Specialists (CDRS) to develop realistic and targeted intervention goals to promote driver fitness.

FTDS is currently being used by the Florida Senior Safety Resource Center, The American Occupational Therapy Association, the Car Connection, the Social Work Website, the Futurity Website (features the latest discoveries by scientists at top research universities in the U.S., UK, Canada, and Australia), and the Safe Mobility for Life Coalition, to name a few.


Validity and usability of a Safe Driving Behaviors Measure for Older Adults: Strategy for Congestion MitigationPI: Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D.Occupational TherapyCMS # 2010-012

Validity and usability of a Safe Driving Behaviors Measure for Older AdultsPI: Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D.Occupational TherapyFDOT # 92791

Measurement Tool Designed for Identifying at Risk Older Drivers

http://fitnesstodrive.phhp.ufl.edu/

http://www.aarp.org/home-family/getting-around/driving-resource-center/driving-welcome.html?cmp=RDRCT-DRC_AUG15_013


A series of six FDOT-funded research projects developed tools for estimating travel time reliability on Florida’s Strategic Intermodal System (SIS). Travel time reliability is a key performance measure that evaluates the system over time and considers a wide range of conditions, including the presence of incidents, adverse weather, and work zones. The goal of SIS is to provide a transportation system that efficiently serves Florida’s citizens, businesses, and visitors; helps Florida become a worldwide economic leader; enhances economic prosperity and competitiveness; enriches quality of life; and reflects responsible environmental stewardship. SIS consists of transportation facilities and services of statewide and

interregional significance, including freeways and arterials. CMS researchers have to date developed tools that predict travel time reliability for the entire freeway portion of SIS, and are currently developing tools for estimating reliability along arterial segments. These tools can provide travel time reliability as a function of various changes in the system, such as incident removal times and work zone occurrences. For example, they can be used to evaluate system-wide implementation alternatives such as road-ranger programs on specific freeway sections, or the installation of various freeway management tools. Additional information is available at cms.ce.ufl.edu/research/completed_projects.php


Travel Time Reliability Modeling for Florida PI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.FDOT # 77415

Time Travel Reliability Implementation for the Freeway SIS PI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.FDOT # 84708

Multimodal and Corridor Applications of Travel Time ReliabilityPI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.FDOT # 87798

Travel Time Reliability Tools Designed for FDOT

http://cms.ce.ufl.edu/research/completed_projects.php

http://cms.ce.ufl.edu/research/completed_projects.php

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using LEGO® Robots to Teach Transportation EngineeringRobotics is a great way to get kids excited about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) topics. It is also highly effective in stimulating development of teamwork and self-confidence. This project provides transportation-related lesson plans for middle school students utilizing LEGO® Mindstorms NXT robots to foster interest in the transportation engineering profession as a career choice. The objective is to explore how an intelligent vehicle can help mitigate congestion through the use of sensors and computer programming. Participants program the intelligent vehicle to conduct activities to solve congestion issues on our roadways. Exercises include programming the vehicle to move, follow a route, and detect emergency vehicles and pedestrians. Participants also learn how to calculate travel time and distance.

The TRC conducted four workshops for a total of 49 students at local schools, a science museum, and a Girl Scout troop meeting. The Southeast Transportation, Research, Innovation Development and Education (STRIDE) Center adopted the curriculum, continues to offer workshops in Florida, and is expanding the program to

K-12 Educational Resources

North Carolina State University and University of Miami. The curriculum has been downloaded more than 50 times from the STRIDE

website (www.stride.ce.ufl.edu/lego-robotics-vehicle-lesson-plans-for-secondary-education) in the continental U.S. and as far away as Alaska. Agencies that have downloaded the material range from UTCs and other universities, to K-12 and after-school programs. Chamblee Middle School in Atlanta, Ga. implemented the lesson plans into their curriculum in the spring of 2013 in their effort to become an accredited STEM school. The lesson plans were utilized by over 300 students in their school science program. The curriculum is also featured at www.transportationcareers.org — a wonderful resource for teachers.

http://www.stride.ce.ufl.edu/lego-robotics-vehicle-lesson-plans-for-secondary-education

http://www.stride.ce.ufl.edu/lego-robotics-vehicle-lesson-plans-for-secondary-education

http://www.transportationcareers.org/


Significant Research Findings

Researchers at the UF Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering developed models to integrate the effects of traffic congestion on production economies of scale and the possible influence of that congestion on supply chain design and performance, considerations not addressed in past research.

The ability for retailers to offer attractive prices to consumers relies on the efficient operation of large-scale supply chains that convert natural resources, raw materials, and other components into a finished product. Transportation is key to the efficient operation of these supply chains, which comprise raw material sites, manufacturing and assembly facilities, distribution centers and warehouses, and retail stores—often at disparate locations.

The structural design of a supply chain is an extremely complex problem requiring numerous difficult and

interconnected decisions. These decisions determine the degree to which a supply chain can meet or exceed competitor performance and customer expectations on product availability and price. The most relevant of these decisions can be described as follows: For each required manufacturing and distribution activity, in how many places and at what locations will the activity be performed? Can they be consolidated? Can different items share the same trucks for their shipment requirements? Enabling multiple locations to perform an activity has inherent advantages and disadvantages. Advantages include risk diversification and quick responses to the needs of local markets. Disadvantages include diminished economies of scale and duplication of activities and expenses. For example, building many warehouses close to markets may reduce transportation costs from warehouses to stores, but the associated facility

costs, inventory investment, and transportation costs for serving warehouses might make this option unattractive. At the other extreme, while building only a few warehouses may reduce facility and inventory costs, the associated transportation costs to retail stores may be prohibitive.

Therefore, supply chain decision makers must consider numerous complicated and interrelated

decisions and tradeoffs that affect the ability to offer competitive products. As the above example illustrates, transportation costs serve as a key driver of competitive performance. Traffic congestion increases transportation-related costs and delivery lead times, which, in turn, increase the required system inventory investment for meeting desired customer service levels.

Findings concluded that consolidation led to decreased number of trucks required to ship the same amount of commodities (i.e., reduced truck density and increased truck capacity utilization), leading to less truck congestion on the distribution network. Additionally, this study may also have an impact on proposing policies for green transportation in supply chains as there is a need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in transportation.

Modified from an article that appeared in the September 2012 issue of the USDOT/RITA UTC Spotlight newsletter.

Associated Project:

Characterizing the Tradeoffs and Costs Associated with Transportation Congestion in Supply Chains PI: Joseph Geunes, Ph.D.CMS # 2008-004

Characterizing the Tradeoffs and Costs Associated with Transportation Congestion in Supply Chains

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With the recent advent of electronic tolling, many metropolitan areas worldwide have accepted and are using road tolls or congestion pricing to alleviate traffic congestion. Toll pricing may appear simple to many people (i.e., raise tolls when congestion is high and lower them when it is low); however, this simple pricing scheme has many fundamental effects on a transportation system. Some effects are desirable, while others are not. CMS funded several studies that examined the effects of congestion pricing in multi-modal settings, proposed innovative structures for charging tolls, and suggested ways to make congestion pricing more acceptable to the public.

Researchers and organizations have referenced, extended, and applied the results from these CMS projects in several directions. Using household data from Florida, Mamun et al. (2012) compared several nonlinear road pricing schemes (proposed in the first associated project listed below) against the mileage-based fee for FDOT in efforts to find a replacement for the Florida gas tax. Using a concept studied in the second associated project, Guo and Liu (2012) analyzed the traffic flows before the collapse and after the reopening of the I-35W Bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minn. Wu et al. (2011) extended the model in the third associated project to propose algorithms for identifying “Pareto-improving” tolls (tolls that could reduce congestion without impacting cost or travel time). The publications cited above are listed on page 49.

Lawphongpanich and Yin presented their results at professional meetings, both in the U.S. and abroad. They incorporated their findings in courses they taught at UF, and presented them in seminars at other institutions. As part of the fourth project listed below, they organized the Innovations in Pricing of Transportation Systems Conference & Workshop held on May 12 - 14, 2010, at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Fla. The conference included six plenary sessions with distinguished speakers and over 70 presentations delivered by practitioners, experts, and researchers from various transportation

agencies, non-profit organizations, and universities. Conference participants included citizens from twelve countries and individuals with varied background in economics, transportation, civil engineering, operations research, industrial engineering, urban planning, and social science, among others.


nonlinear Road Pricing for Congestion and the EnvironmentCo-PIs: Siriphong (Toi) Lawphongpanich, Ph.D.; Yafeng Yin, Ph.D. CMS # 2010-016, FDOT # 81248

Advances in Road Pricing for Congestion Mitigation Robust Congestion Pricing under Boundedly Rational Travel Behaviors Co-PIs: Yafeng Yin, Ph.D.; Siriphong (Toi) Lawphongpanich, Ph.D. CMS # 2009-012

A Pricing Approach for Mitigating Congestion in Multi-Modal Transportation SystemsCo-PIs: Siriphong (Toi) Lawphongpanich, Ph.D.; Yafeng Yin, Ph.D. CMS# 2008-006

Innovations in Pricing of Transportation Systems: Theory and PracticeCo-PIs: Siriphong (Toi) Lawphongpanich, Ph.D.; Yafeng Yin, Ph.D. CMS# 2009-004


Tool Created for Estimating Impacts of new Development on VMTsCMS researchers built a spreadsheet-based tool for estimating the lengths of vehicle trips generated by various types of land-use patterns. Travel data from the 1999 Southeast Florida Regional Travel Characteristics Study (about 5,000 households) were combined with detailed land-use and roadway network data from Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties to build statistical models for the trip lengths of different trip purposes. The new tool assesses the regional impact of new developments in terms of trip lengths. This effort is timely and critical due to the increasing emphasis in transportation planning on urban sprawl containment and on moderating the energy consumed by the transportation sector in order to achieve energy-sustainability and reduce the extent of greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. As of this publication, a consulting firm in California has expressed interest in exploring the possibility of utilizing this new tool.

Associated Project:

Vehicle-Miles-of-Travel-Based Traffic Impact Assessment Methodology Co-PIs: Ruth Steiner, Ph.D.; Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D.CMS # 2008-007

Various CMS Projects Explore Travel Demand Forecasting, Planning, & Travel BehaviorCMS funded several projects that collectively addressed several critical areas of travel demand forecasting and planning. In particular, the studies modeled land-use and transportation interactions and developed methods for impact assessment (for example, Modeling the Interaction among Urban Form, Accessibility, Congestion, and Travel Behavior using System Dynamics; Vehicle-Miles-of-Travel-Based Traffic Impact Assessment Methodology; The Effects of Impact Fees in Urban Form and Congestion in Florida). CMS projects also examined the effect of location context on travel behavior and the transferability of demand models (for example, Tour Generation Models for Florida and Vehicle-Miles-of-Travel-Based Traffic Impact Assessment Methodology). The studies also explored relatively understudied travel markets and modeled behavioral patterns using new data (for example, Florida Long Distance Travel Characteristics and Their Impacts on Transportation Systems and Route-Choice Modeling using GPS-Based Travel Surveys).

Associated Projects:Tour Generation Models for Florida PI: Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D.CMS # 2009-008

The Effects of Impact Fees in urban Form and Congestion in Florida PI: Andres Blanco, Ph.D.CMS # 2010-013

Route-Choice Modeling using GPS-Based Travel Surveys PI: Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D.CMS # 2011-008

Florida Long Distance Travel Characteristics and Their Impacts on Transportation Systems PI: Ruth Steiner, Ph.D.CMS # 2011-013

Modeling the Interaction among urban Form, Accessibility, Congestion, and Travel Behavior using System Dynamics PI: Ruth Steiner, Ph.D.CMS # 2011-019

Aerial view of I-4 in Orlando, Fla. (Image credit: Vipul Modi)

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Completed CMS Projects

CMS Year 1 (2008)Central Data Warehouse Configuration, Data Analysis for Congestion Mitigation StudiesPI: Kenneth Courage, Ph.D.CMS # 2008-001

Development of Simulation Program for Two-Lane highway AnalysisPI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D., PECMS # 2008-002

Simulation-Based Robust Optimization for Actuated Signal Timing and SettingPI: Yafeng Yin, Ph.D. CMS #2008-003

Characterizing the Tradeoffs and Costs Associated with Transportation Congestion in Supply ChainsPI: Joseph Geunes, Ph.D. CMS # 2008-004

Multimodal Solutions for Large Scale EvacuationsPI: Panos Pardalos, Ph.D.CMS # 2008-005

A Pricing Approach for Mitigating Congestion in Multimodal Transportation Systems PI: Siriphong (Toi) Lawphongpanich, Ph.D. CMS # 2008-006

Vehicle-Miles-of-Travel-Based Traffic Impact Assessment Methodology PI: Ruth Steiner, Ph.D. CMS # 2008-007

CMS Year 2 (2009)Innovations in Pricing of Transportation Systems: Theory and Practice Congestion PI: Siriphong (Toi) Lawphongpanich, Ph.D. CMS # 2009-004

using Microsimulation to Evaluate the Effects of Advanced Vehicle Technologies on Congestion PI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D. CMS # 2009-006

Tour Generation Models for FloridaPI: Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D. CMS # 2009-008

Development of a Multimodal Transportation Educational Virtual Appliance (MTEVA) to Study Congestion During Extreme Tropical Events PI: Peter Sheng, Ph.D. CMS # 2009-010

Robust Congestion Pricing under Boundedly Rational Travel Behaviors PI: Yafeng Yin, Ph.D. CMS # 2009-012

needs Assessment of Land use Modeling for FSuTMS, Phase I PI: Zhong-Ren Peng, Ph.D. CMS # 2009-013

CMS Year 3 (2010)novel Approaches for Road Congestion MinimizationPI: Panos Pardalos, Ph.D. CMS # 2010-001

Protecting Public Interests in Public-Private-Partnership Arrangements for highway Improvement Projects PI: Yafeng Yin, Ph.D. CMS # 2010-002

Enhancing CORSIM for Simulating high Occupancy/Toll Lane Operations PI: Yafeng Yin, Ph.D. CMS # 2010-005

Development of an Analytical Methodology for Two-Lane highway Facility AnalysisPI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D., PECMS # 2010-007

Validity and usability of a Safe Driving Behaviors Measure for Older Adults: Strategy for Congestion Mitigation PI: Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D. CMS # 2010-012

The Effects of Impact Fees in urban Form and Congestion in FloridaPI: Andres Blanco, Ph.D. CMS # 2010-013


nonlinear Road Pricing for Congestion and the Environment PI: Siriphong (Toi) Lawphongpanich, Ph.D. CMS # 2010-016

Enhancement of a network Analysis Tool to Accommodate Multiple Construction Work Zone Analysis PI: Ralph Ellis, Ph.D. CMS # 2010-017

Impacts of Efficient Transportation Capacity utilization via Multi-Product Consolidation on Transportation network usage and CongestionPI: Joseph Geunes, Ph.D. CMS # 2010-018

CMS Year 4 (2011)LEGO® Robot Vehicle Lesson Plans for Secondary Education - A Recruitment Tool PI: Nina Barker, M.S.CMS # 2011-001

Route-Choice Modeling using GPS-Based Travel Surveys PI: Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D. CMS # 2011-008

Privacy Preserving Methods to Retrieve Origin-Destination Information from InteliDriveSM Vehicles PI: Yafeng Yin, Ph.D. CMS # 2011-009

Florida Long Distance Travel Characteristics and Their Impacts on Transportation Systems PI: Ruth Steiner, Ph.D. CMS # 2011-013

Strengthening the Resiliency of the Coastal Transportation System through Integrated Simulation of Stormsurge, Inundation, and non-Recurrent Congestion in northeast Florida PI: Peter Sheng, Ph.D. CMS # 2011-017

Modeling the Interaction among urban Form, Accessibility, Congestion, and Travel Behavior using System Dynamics PI: Ruth Steiner, Ph.D. CMS # 2011-019

The Impacts of Freight Mode Splitting on Congestion, Risk, and Delivery PI: Joseph Geunes, Ph.D. CMS # 2011-023

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FDOT Cost Share ProjectsField Data Collection and Analysis for Freeway Work Zone Capacity Estimation PI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.Project # 67207

Implementation of the Statewide Traffic Engineering Warehouse for Regionally Archived Data (STEWARD) PI: Kenneth Courage, Professor EmeritusProject # 72734

Investigation of Freeway Capacity: A) Effective Capacity of Auxiliary Lanesand B) Segment Capacity as a Function of Number of Lanes and Merge/Diverge Activity Project # 73157 & 74022PI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D., PEProject # 73157 & 74022

Trip Generation Characteristics of Special GeneratorsPI: Yafeng Yin, Ph.D. Project # 76173

Multimodal Arterial LOS Modeling and TestingPI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D., PEProject # 76279 & 76293

Travel Time Reliability Modeling for FloridaPI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.Project # 77415

Development of a Prototype Land use Model for Statewide Transportation Planning Activities PI: Zhong-Ren Peng, Ph.D.Project # 78101 (and Supplement)

The Economic Cost of Traffic Congestion in Florida PI: Andres Blanco, Ph.D. Project # 79102

Effective and Efficient Deployment of Dynamic Message Signs to Display Travel Time Information PI: Yafeng Yin, Ph.D.Co-PI: Toi Lawphongpanich, Ph.D.Project # 79803 & 79804

Improvements and Enhancements to LOSPLAn 2009PI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D., PEProject # 81431

Managed Lane Operations-Adjusted Time of Day Pricing vs. near Real Time Dynamic Pricing PI: Yafeng Yin, Ph.D.Project # 81551

Development and Calibration of highway Safety Manual Equations for Florida Conditions PI: Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D.Project # 82013

Time Travel Reliability Implementation for the Freeway SIS PI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.Project # 84708

Impact of Parking Supply and Demand Management on Central Business District (CBD) Traffic Congestion Transit Performance and Sustainable Land usePI: Ruth Steiner, Ph.D.Project # 85436

Safe Mobility for Life Training Course: Planning Designing for Our Aging Population (Phase 2)PI: Janet Degner Project # 85528

Multimodal and Corridor Applications of Travel Time Reliability PI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.Project #87798

Managed Lane Operations-Adjusted Time of Day Pricing vs. near Real Time Dynamic Pricing (supplement to 81551) PI: Yafeng Yin, Ph.D.Co-PI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.Project # 88583

Variable Speed Limit (VSL) Best Management Practice PI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.Co-PI: Yafeng Yin, Ph.D.Project # 88592

Arterial highway Capacity and Level of Service Analysis for FloridaPI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D.Project # 90337

Development of Activity-Based Travel-Demand Models for Florida: An Assessment of Feasibility and Transferability PI: Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D.Project # 90425

Central Data Warehouse Enhancements, Part 2PI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D.Project # 92671

Validity and usability of a Safe Driving Behaviors Measure for Older Adults PI: Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D.Project # 92791

Development of Recommendations for Arterial Lane Closure to Optimize Traffic Operations PI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.Project # 93498

Expanded Transportation Performance Measures to Supplement Level of Service (LOS) for Growth Management and Transportation Impact Analysis PI: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.Project # 93661

nonlinear Road Pricing PIs: Toi Lawphongpanich, Ph.D., and Yafeng Yin, Ph.D.Project # 93713 and 93714

heavy Vehicle Effects on Florida Freeways and highwaysPI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D.Project # 93817

Impact of Lane Closures on Roadway Capacity, Phase 2 PI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D.Project # 93879

Regional Cooperation in Transportation Planning PI: Ruth Steiner, Ph.D.Project # 93946

LOSPLAn 2012: updates for the hCM 2010PI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D.Project # 94779

Development of a Framework for Activity-based Travel Demand Modeling in Florida and Training MaterialPI: Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D.Project # 97179


EducationReflections from Former CMS Students

Grady Carrick, Ph.D. PrincipalEnforcement Engineering, Inc., Saint Johns, FL(Provides consulting services to industry and government agencies in the areas of traffic operations, safety, and research.)

“The Transportation Engineering program at UF provided me with the tools to solve real-world problems, and also to look at everyday transportation systems with a ‘what if ’ vision and innovation.”

nagendra Singh Dhakar, Ph.D.Analyst II, Advanced Forecasting Methods Resource Systems Group, Inc., San Diego, CA (Works as part of a team conducting transportation analyses for a broad range of state, regional, and

federal clients, including a substantial workload developing and implementing land-use and transportation models to support transit and toll facility investment decisions, along with research to identify best practices in modeling.)

“I had a wonderful time at UF, and learned a lot from the professors and fellow students.”

Alexandra Kondyli, Ph.D. Transportation Engineering Consultant, Athens, GreecePost-doctoral Associate, Gainesville, UF(Provides consultation on geometric design and manages traffic engineering, highway design, and highway safety studies. As

a postdoctoral associate, conducts research on transportation-related projects, teaches transportation engineering to undergraduates), and writes papers and proposals for grants.)

“Studying at UF was one of the most valuable experiences of my life and I am very glad to have taken this step. I was fortunate to work in a great environment, where I received exceptional education that formed strong foundations for a career in transportation engineering.”

Dincer Konur, Ph.D.Assistant Professor Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO (Teaches graduate courses in engineering management and conducts research on supply chain, logistics, and transportation.)

“This program helped me a lot to build a solid research agenda.”

Ashish Kulshrestha, Ph.D.Transportation ModelerParsons Brinckerhoff, Albuquerque, NM(Develops travel demand models and applies for transportation planning and travel demand forecasting projects.)

“The transportation engineering program at the University of Florida is really good and I feel privileged to have been a part of this program. It helped me a lot in providing a strong foundation to excel in my career.”

Kwangkyun Lim, Ph.D.Associate ResearcherTransportation Safety Authority, Seoul, Korea (Works on a project preparing guidelines for rail safety management system for safe train operations.)

“Great diversity of people from all around the country. I loved such diversity, which was a great chance to know and learn the diverse cultures, needless to say the faculty and staff.”

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Yingyan Lou, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorCivil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering ProgramSchool of Sustainable Engineering and Built Environment Ira A. Fulton Schools of EngineeringArizona State University, Tempe, AZ

(Conducts research and teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in transportation engineering, focusing on the analysis, modeling, and optimization of multi-modal transportation networks and systems.)

“The program at UF is excellent. The professors are experts in their respective fields, and I was exposed to a wide range of topics and received great training during my study at UF. Professional student organizations are a wonderful resource to seek peer support. The atmosphere in the program was friendly and vibrant. I am glad I chose UF for my graduate study.”

Jessica Mackey, M.S./MAuRPTechnical Writer/ConsultantSafe Engineering Services & Technology, Ltd., Montreal, QuebecInterAmerican Development Bank (IDB), Washington, D.C. (Prepares and reviews technical and marketing documentation for SES in

English and Spanish. Recently proposed supply and demand based strategies for IDB to facilitate the rental housing market in Latin America and the Caribbean.)

“I had Gainesville withdrawals for a year after college. Moving to a different country where the official language is French and where the engineering job requirements are different has presented more difficulties than I anticipated, but I have adapted and made the best of it. I really appreciate the things that our professors taught us and how kind they all were. I often think about the concepts they have taught us when I see/experience the terrible roadway planning and designs in Quebec.”

Bárbara Barqueta Martin, M.S.Transportation Analyst, CCR Group, Brazil(Currently working on a project to create a transportation model that includes current businesses and analyzes future market opportunities; conducts data analysis of highways,

and is working on developing a 4-step model inside a transportation planning software to perform forecasts.)

“My time at the CMS was of essence to pursue a career in transportation. My day-to-day work comes back to every class I attended during my master’s degree and the professionalism of faculty and staff was inspiring, serving me as role models every day.”

Dimitra Michalaka, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorThe Citadel - The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, SC(Teaching Transportation Engineering, Highway Engineering, Concrete and Asphalt Lab and conducting

transportation engineering research.) “Being part of an outstanding research and teaching environment significantly contributed to my professional and personal development and gave me numerous opportunities to get involved with cutting-edge research, teaching, professional organizations, and attend several conferences. My advisor, Dr. Yafeng Yin, has been my greatest mentor and has significantly influenced my life. Every day I am grateful I had the opportunity to be his student. If I could turn the time back, I would still select the transportation engineering graduate program at UF to pursue my graduate studies.”

Vipul Modi, M.S.Transportation EngineerCitilabs, Inc., Tallahassee, FL(Consults DOTs and MPOs across the globe; serves as Technical Support Engineer to assist modelers/planners in understanding Citilabs products such as Cube, Sugar, and Dynamism;

and provides training to users of Citilabs products.)

“The faculty at UF laid the perfect platform for me to launch my career in the

Reflections from Former CMS Students


transportation field, and I earned valuable experience and work ethics with them (including other staff members) during my stay.”

Robin Osborne, M.S.Traffic AnalystKimley-Horn and Associates, Dallas, TX(Assists project managers in design work and client services, and works on projects that range from access management studies, ITS design, signal design, operational analysis,

signal timing, and traffic construction plans.)

“I thoroughly enjoyed my time at UF because the staff and other students were extremely inviting, helpful, and knowledgeable. I learned a great deal about transportation engineering that has helped me excel in my career.”

Ziqi Song, Ph.D.Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering Utah State University, Price, UT(Conducts research activities in the areas of transportation economics, traffic operations, and public

transportation; and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses and serves as academic advisor to students.)

“The transportation program at UF offers a diverse and stimulating learning environment. I enjoyed the comprehensive

curriculum and numerous research opportunities provided to students.”

Irene S. Soria, M.S.Safety Evaluation Engineer/Civil Engineer IIIllinois Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, Bureau of Safety Engineering, Springfield, IL.(Provides assistance with the evaluation of state of the practice

published research on state of the art roadside appurtenances, revisions to existing policies, development of new policies, and with work zone safety issues; reviews crash data to identify patterns with specific roadway designs; assists in developing mitigating measures; and reviews transportation management plans from district projects for compliance.)

“My time at UF was a rewarding and educational experience. It helped me think outside the box and provided me with the tools and education through which I developed character. It provided me the opportunity to attend conferences, webinars, and seminars that discussed state of the art research and dynamic issues in transportation.”

Jian Sun, Ph.D.ProfessorDepartment of International Shipping and LogisticsSchool of Naval Architecture Ocean and Civil EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

(Teaches transportation engineering classes to graduate and undergraduate students)

“I was really honored to be a Gator and study at UF TRC for the doctoral degree during 2006-2009, where I cultivated my research habits and attitude and finally devoted myself to an academic career. The two things actually benefit my professional life a lot.”

Di Wu, Ph.D.Operations Research ScientistAmazon, Seattle, WA(Optimizes Amazon.com fulfillment transportation network to improve delivery efficiency and reduce cost.)

“I really miss the time at UF. I really appreciate all the help and support from the faculty, colleagues, and classmates. The time I spent at UF is one of the most important time periods of my live and really helped me to advance to a professional career.”

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The concurrent degree program began in the fall 2007 semester. This three-year program is designed to prepare students for a career in the interdisciplinary field of planning, designing, and operating urban infrastructure. Students take courses in transportation engineering and urban planning and earn a Master of Engineering (M.E.) or a Master of Science (M.S.), and a Master of Arts in Urban & Regional

Planning (MAURP). Students must earn a total of 73 credit hours (30 in transportation engineering and 52 in urban planning, with nine credits shared between both degrees). Funding opportunities were available for students through CMS or the Departments of Civil Engineering and Urban & Regional Planning. Benito Perez, the first graduate of the concurrent degree program, worked as a transportation engineer/planner with the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Planning Organization in Chesapeake, Va., and is now a transportation policy specialist with the Policy, Planning and Sustainability Administration at USDOT in Washington, D.C. Below are thoughts from some of the graduates of this program.

Transportation & urban Planning Concurrent Degree Program

Jessica Alvarez, M.S./MAuRPManager of Planning and Operations Central Maryland Regional Transit, Laurel, MD(Evaluates service for two local suburban transit systems in Central Maryland, and works on projects including a comprehensive

operational analysis, all-electric bus and charging infrastructure procurement, individual route analyses, and fare policy evaluations.)

“UF was such a great experience, it prepared me to deal with all the different tasks and challenges at my job. I definitely got the tools I need to succeed from my time in the program!”

Benito Perez, M.S./MAuRPTransportation Policy Specialist Policy, Planning and Sustainability Administration USDOT, Washington, D.C.(Develops policies for DDOT, with emphasis on curbside management policy, performance demand-based

pricing parking, the Diplomat Parking Program, residential ADA parking, hotel guest loading, the Mobile Vending Program, point-to-point carsharing, motorcycle metered parking, and incorporating objective metrics, planning and engineering principles, and technology into policy development.)

“The program instilled drive and focus to think outside the box, objectively measure performance, and pursue the incorporation of technology to better understand our transportation environment. I also miss the UF weather from October to March (bring it up for TRB in January).”


Student AwardsCMS STuDEnT OF ThE YEAR AWARD

Genesis harrod, 2007

Aaron Elias, 2008

Matt Weisman, 2009

Grady Carrick, 2010

OThER AWARDS

Jessica Alvarez, MAURP 20102009 Jack R. Gilstrap Scholarship

Grady Carrick, Ph.D. 2011STC Poster Competition at TRB,

January 2012

Amy Cavaretta, M.S. 2013Frankee Hellinger Undergraduate

Scholarship (C. Fla. Chapter), 2010Thomas J. O’Bryant Fellow, Eno Center

for Transportation, Washington, D.C., 2012

STRIDE Student of the Year, Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC), 2013

UF Department of Urban & Regional Planning AICP Outstanding Student of the Year, 2012-2013

UF College of Design, Construction, & Planning Graduate Student Academic Achievement Award, 2013

Women’s Transportation Seminar International, Helen Overly Memorial Graduate Scholarship, 2012-2013

Women’s Transportation Seminar South Florida, Helen Overly Memorial Graduate Scholarship, 2012-2013

Thomas Chase, Master’s student1st Place student presentation,

“Instrumented Vehicle Study and Micro-simulation Models of Pedestrian-Vehicle Interaction at Midblock Crosswalks”, UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region, Orlando, Fla., 2013

nagendra S. Dhakar, Ph.D. 2013International Road Federation Fellow,

2012-2013

Phillip haas, Doctoral Student CMS Outstanding Student of the Year,

January 2012

heather hammontree, M.S. 2010Undergraduate Leadership Scholarship

(C. Fla. Chapter), January 2010

Abishek Komma, Ph.D. 2008Wootan Award for Outstanding M.S.

Thesis in Policy & Planning, CUTC, 2009

Alexandra Kondyli, Ph.D. 2009Best Student Poster, “Driver Behavior

at Freeway-Ramp Merging Areas: Focus Group Findings”, TRANSPO Conference, Orlando, Fla., 2008

Ashish Kulshrestha, Ph.D. 2011 & Abigail Osei-Asamoah, M.S. 2009

2nd Place Poster, “Estimating Capacity of a Signalized Intersection with a Left-Turn Lane using a Probabilistic Approach”, TRANSPO Conference, Orlando, Fla., 2008

Anna Lai, M.S. 2009Frankee Hellinger Undergraduate

Scholarship (C. Fla. Chapter), 2008

Clark Letter, Doctoral student1st Place student poster, “Incorporating

Probability of Breakdown into Fuzzy Logic Ramp Metering”, UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region, Orlando, Fla., 2013

Yingyan Lou, Ph.D. 2009Best Poster for the Institute of

Transportation Engineers (ITE) UF Student Chapter, “Dynamic Tolling Strategies for Managed Lanes”, ITE District Meeting, Pittsburg, PA, 2007

2nd Place Winner, “A Unified Framework of Proactive Self-learning Dynamic Pricing for High-Occupancy/Toll Lanes”, Student Paper Competition, 2nd International Symposium on Freeway and Tollway Operations, Honolulu, HI, 2009

Frankee Hellinger Graduate Scholarship (C. Fla. Chapter), 2009

Pikarsky Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation in Science & Technology, CUTC, 2010

Miguel Lugo, Doctoral Student UF/NSF LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate

Fellow 2011-2012 NSF South East Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Funding Award, 2013, UF

Paper accepted for presentation at Beihang University Beijing, “Exploring Bicycle Ownership among Household Types”, 9th Postgraduate Forum of Beihang University Beijing, P.R.C., Oct. 2012

Jessica Mackey, M.S./MAURP 2011Helene M. Overly Memorial

Scholarship (S. Fla. Chapter), 2009

Barbara Martin, M.S. 2010Frankee Hellinger Graduate


Dimitra Michalaka, Ph.D. 2012 Outstanding International Student

Award, College of Engineering, UF, 2007

1st place poster presentation, “Enhancing CORSIM for Simulating High Occupancy/Toll lane Operations”, TEAMFL poster session, Gainesville, FL, 2010

Pikarsky Award for Outstanding M.S. Thesis in Science & Technology, CUTC, 2010

Future Industry Leader Spotlight Award, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), 2011

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3rd Place student presentation, “Enhancing CORSIM for Simulating High Occupancy/Toll Lanes Operations”, CMS Student Conference, Gainesville, FL, 2011

Alec Courtelis Award, UF International Center, 2011

Frankee Hellinger Graduate Scholarship (C. Fla. Chapter), 2011

Engineering Outstanding International Student Award, College of Engineering, UF, 2011

Gator of Engineering Attribute Graduate Student Award for Leadership, College of Engineering, UF, 2011

International Road Federation Fellow, 2012-2013

Ly nguyen, B.S. 2011Undergraduate Leadership Scholarship

(C. Fla. Chapter), 2011

Seckin Ozkul, Doctoral studentInternational Road Federation (IRF)

Fellowship, 2013-2014

Benjamin Reibach, M.S. 2013Graduate Student Participation Grant

for the 8th National Aviation System Planning Symposium

Chad Riding, MAURP 2009

3rd Place student presentation, “Access Management as a Means of Accommodating Access, Accessibility, and Mobility on an SIS Facility: The Case Study of State Road 26 through Newberry,

Florida” CMS Student Conference, Gainesville, FL, 2009

Danielle Soriano, B.S. 2013Future Industry Leader Spotlight

Award, ARTBA, 2012 Sharon D. Banks Memorial

Undergraduate Scholarship, WTS South Florida Professional Chapter, 2013

Undergraduate Student Outstanding Service/Leadership Award, UF Civil and Coastal Engineering, 2013

Student Chapter President, WTS Advancing Women in Transportation, 2012-2013

Max Shmaltsuyev, MAURP 2012. & Ruoniu (Vince) Wang, MAURP 2010

2nd Place student presentation, “The Economic Costs of Traffic Congestion in Florida”, CMS Annual Student Conference, Gainesville, FL, 2010

Irene Soria, M.S. 20093rd Place student presentation,

“Comparison of Car-Following Models to Field Data”, CMS Annual Student Conference, Gainesville, FL, 2010

Yanning Wang, Ph.D. 20121st Place student presentation, “Validity

and Usability of a Safe Driving Behavior Measure for Older Adults: Strategy for Congestion Mitigation”, CMS Student Conference, Gainesville, FL, 2011

Donald Watson, Master’s Student Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate

Fellowship, 2012Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate

Fellowship, 2013

Ruoying Xu, Master’s Student Dwight David Eisenhower

Transportation Fellowship, 2012Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate

Fellowship, 2013Muhammad Ali, M.S. 2013International Road Federation (IRF)

Fellowship, 2012-2013President for IRF Fellows’ Class of

2013Gerald P. Shea Award, IRF Executive

Leadership Program, 20134th Place in Hydraulics Competition,

ASCE Southeastern Student Chapter, 2013

Ruoniu (Vince) Wang, MAURP 20102nd Place student presentation,

“Measuring Urban Form and Examining Its Relationship to Traffic Congestion in Florida”, CMS Annual Student Conference, Gainesville, FL, 2011

Matt Weisman, M.S. 20092nd Place student presentation, “A

Comparison of Signal Preemption and Priority for Emergency Vehicle Response”, CMS Student Conference, Gainesville, FL, 2009

Di Wu, Ph.D. 20111st Place student presentation, “Pareto-

Improving Congestion Pricing on Multimodal Transportation Networks”, CMS Student Conference, Gainesville, FL, 2009

Li Xie, Ph.D. 2009 Frankee Hellinger Graduate


Lei Zhang, Master’s studentInternational Road Federation (IRF)

Fellowship, 2013-2014

Qipeng (Phil) Zhang, Ph.D. 20101st Place student presentation,

“Advancing Scheduling Models and Solution Algorithms for Real-Time Disaster Evacuation”, CMS Annual Conference, Gainesville, FL, 2010

Xiaoyu Zhu, Ph.D.Anne Brewer Scholarship, Intelligent

Transportation Society (ITS) of Florida, 2009

Student Chapter AwardInstitute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Collegiate Traffic Bowl Champions, 2013

uF Traffic Bowl Team Members:Thomas Chase, Master’s studentMiguel Lugo, M.E. 2013, Doctoral studentBen Reibach, M.S. 2013Don Watson, M.S. 2012


Siva Srinivasan with his student Abishek Komma,Wootan Award for Outstanding M.S. Thesis in Policy & Planning, CuTC 2009

Genesis harrod, Student of the Year 2007

Lily Elefteriadou with her Student of the Year 2008, Aaron Elias

Grady Carrick, Student of the Year 2010Matt Weisman, Student of the Year 2009

Yafeng Yin (center) with his students, Yingyan Lou (left) and Dimitra Michalaka (right), Pikarski Award in Science & Technology for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation and M.S. Thesis, respectively, CuTC 2010

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The WTS student chapter at UF was established under the CMS in the spring of 2010. The idea was conceptualized by three women: Hong-Ting

Chen, a transportation professional currently working at ATKINS, CMS Coordinator Ines Aviles-Spadoni, and CMS Director and Professor Lily Elefteriadou. The organization’s first student president was Barbara Martin, who was pursuing a master’s degree at the time, and is now a transportation professional working in Brazil. Throughout the last 3 years of the CMS project, the WTS student chapter at UF truly dedicated itself to advancing female students by formally committing to participate in various activities. For example, the organization assisted with USDOT’s Transportation

YOU! program, which provides outreach to girls aged 13–18 years, and other programs such as UF’s GatortTRAX, Family Engineering Night, and the UF Engineering Fair. The WTS student chapter also hosted resume workshops, two Transportation Engineering Symposia, and assisted in several LEGO® robotics workshops.

In spring 2012, the WTS UF student chapter spearheaded an effort to create WTS student chapters in the Southeastern U.S. Members made contact with Florida International University and North Carolina State University, and have received interest from other schools such as the University of South Florida and Georgia Tech. Transportation students creating WTS chapters met in April 2013 during the UTC

Conference for the Southeastern Region to discuss this idea and other opportunities for regional events and activities. This event was hosted by the Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education (STRIDE) Center, a regional USDOT/RITA University Transportation Center (UTC) located at UF. Tiffany Jackson, WTS director of chapter development, spoke during the session and met with several students interested in forming WTS student chapters at their respective universities. Students representing ITE chapters in the Southeast also attended this session and participated in the dialogue. The student chapter at UF continues to work with Tiffany Jackson in spearheading the establishment of student chapters.

WTS Student Chapter


Clockwise from top right: Marica Ferranto, Kathy Caldwell, and Laura Kelley, panelists at the 2012 WTS Transportation Symposium; Cythia Perez and Lily Elefteriadou; Patty Cramer, Marsha Anderson-Bomar, and Debora Rivera, panelists at the 2011 WTS Transportation Symposium.

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In fall 2007, the ITE student chapter at UF reported a growth in membership and a surge in interest,

which coincided with the establishment of the CMS. Activities that year included visits from industry representatives and interviews from companies such as PBS&J, travel to TRB, travel to conferences including the ITE District 10 Annual Meeting, and interactions with visiting students from Kobe University in Japan. The chapter also participated in local events such as One Less Car, for which they switched from driving to campus to taking the bus, riding their bikes, or walking in order to spread awareness about global warming and its impact. In 2008, the “Transportation Seminar Series” was formalized, and speakers from academic, industry, and government agencies were invited. Also notable during this period was the chapter’s success during TRANSPO 2008 by winning first and second prizes during the poster competition.

In 2009, the chapter attended the FSITE Annual Meeting in Tampa, Fla., and, to cultivate camaraderie, the group initiated a soccer team to rally members of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. To further increase membership, ITE members spoke during various student organization meetings on campus, such as the Student Planning Association and American Society of Civil Engineers. The team attributes a large increase in attendance at the transportation seminars to this effort. Notable events they attended in

2009 included the FSITE Annual Meeting in Tampa, Fla., the 89th Annual TRB Meeting in Washington, D.C., the 100th Year Celebration of the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida, and the annual Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation (CMS) Student Conference.

In 2010, the chapter attended the FSITE Summer Meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and competed in the first ever district traffic bowl, taking first place and representing the Florida

Section at the UFITE Annual International Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they competed and won 3rd Place in the International Traffic Bowl.

In 2011, the student chapter set out to serve their community through three student-led research activities related to safety and traffic operations: Hull Rd Safety Community Research Study, Campus Roundabout Community Research Study, and Smart Bus Bay Community Research Study (ongoing). The chapter also teamed up with the then-

ITE Student Chapter


newly-formed Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) where they participated in outreach activities for students in grades K-12.

In 2012, the group increased participation in K-12 outreach activities to help cultivate interest in transportation engineering and all science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields among elementary and high school students. Highlights in 2012 included attendance at the 8th National Aviation System Planning Symposium, the Florida Section and District 10 ITE Summer Meeting, the 9th Postgraduate Research Forum, TRANSPO 2012, the Florida Model

Task Force Meeting, the 5th International Symposium on Transportation Network Reliability in Hong Kong, China, the 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, and the STRIDE Student Poster Competition. As for community service that year, the team hosted a booth at the University of Florida Alternative Transportation Fair, cleaned up a road with the WTS student chapter at UF, and volunteered at the Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium, a Traffic Simulation Workshop, and workforce development activities such Family Engineering Night and the UF Engineering & Science Fair.

ITE Student Chapter at uF Wins 2013 ITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl

The team representing the ITE student chapter at UF won the 2013 ITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl, which took place on August 6th at the Sheraton

Hotel in Boston, Mass., marking the third time that a team from UF participated in Traffic Bowl. Members of the 2013 team were Miguel Lugo, Thomas Chase, Ben Reibach, and Don Watson. The ITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl is a forum where ITE student chapters compete with each other on topics related to transportation planning and engineering.

Bill Sampson, Dimitra Michalaka, Ashish Kulshrestha, and Abigail Osei-Asamoah at TRAnSPO 2008, Orlando, Fla.

The uF 2013 Traffic Bowl Team: Miguel Lugo, Thomas Chase, Donald Watson, and Benjamin Reibach.

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TRIP Internship

TRIP InternsSummer 2008Jorge Barrios, CCE/UFAndy Duce, CCE/UFSusanna Roque, St. Francis Catholic H.S., Gainesville, Fla.John Watson, CCE/UF

Summer 2009Amy Chow, CCEHeather Hammontree, CCE/UFYashvi Patel, Civil Engineering/Villanova UniversityChase Wilkinson, CCE/UF

Summer 2010Sam Budzyna, University of MissouriDavid Champoux, Clarkson UniversityCorey Hill, CCE/UFAshlie Kerr, CCE/UFAustin Mattus, Villanova University

Summer 2011Paul Beata, CCE/UFMichael Cangialosi, CCE/UFRyan Hormel, CCE/UFLeon Paredes, CCE/UFSilvana Vargas, CCE/UF

Other undergraduate Students Affiliated with CMSBrett Boncore, CCE/UFNikki Cosse, OT/UFChristina LaFranca, OT/UFAmy Lapa, OT/UFDavid Guttenplan CCE/UFJohnathan Lowe, M.S (Post- Baccalaureate), CCE/UFKevin Marquez, CCE/UFDustin Meyer (BHS Honors Program), OT/UFWilco Middag, International Intern, Twente, NetherlandsBrooke Owens, OT/UFJean Phillipe Delorme, International Intern, ENTPE, FranceKalie E. Sanders, OT/UFMartijn Siemerink, Visiting International Student, Twente, NetherlandsCivil William Siver, OT/UFDanielle Soriano, CCE/UFBouke Vogelaar, International Intern, Twente, NetherlandsTamo Vogel, Visiting International Student, Civil Engineering/Twente, Netherlands

During the 6 years that the program was under CMS, a total of 18 interns participated in the summer Transportation Research Internship Program (TRIP). The program is continuing under the recently-awarded USDOT/RITA

regional (Southeast) University Transportation Research Center (STRIDE). TRIP is designed to introduce undergraduate students to the world of transportation research, and to help spark the students’ interest in pursuing graduate studies and a career in transportation engineering. Interns have the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research with faculty and graduate students. Interns in the program are supervised by a faculty adviser and work in close collaboration with master’s and doctoral students. They are also required to attend seminars presented by faculty and students, and produce a

research report related to their assigned project, which the student present at the end of their internship period. The program runs from May to August every summer, and students work at least 20 hours per week. Interns participate in research projects related to traffic operations, highway capacity and quality of service, reliability, safety, travel modeling, network optimization, and transportation systems planning.


Technology Transfer CMS Annual Student ConferenceThroughout the life of the CMS grant, this annual conference showcased a variety of funded and non-funded transportation-related research. This event was an excellent opportunity for leaders of the transportation community to learn about the research activities at CMS, and created a forum for discussion with researchers at UF. The student conference was held each March from 2008 to 2011. For more information, visit the websites for each annual conference:

Spring 2008: cms.ce.ufl.edu/news_events/student_conference.php Spring 2009: cms.ce.ufl.edu/news_events/2009_student_conference.php Spring 2010: cms.ce.ufl.edu/news_events/2010_student_conference.php Spring 2011: cms.ce.ufl.edu/news_events/2011_student_conference.php

Participation in uSDOT/RITA Transportation Innovation Series Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D., professor and CMS director, was invited to speak at the Transportation Innovation Series on March 21, 2012. Her presentation topic was, “Freeway Traffic Management Strategies and Travel Time Reliability.” The seminars are hosted by USDOT/RITA at the USDOT Headquarters in Washington, D.C. with the purpose of creating dialogue amongst transportation professionals regarding transportation issues facing the U.S.

http://cms.ce.ufl.edu/news_events/student_conference.php

http://cms.ce.ufl.edu/news_events/2009_student_conference.php



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Spring 2011Jana Lynott, AICPSenior Strategic Policy AdvisorTransportation & Livable CommunitiesPublic Policy InstituteAmerican Association of Retired Persons (AARP)Topic: Livable Communities for All Ages: Balancing Needs through the Design of theRoad Environment

Fall 2010Elizabeth Deakin, Ph.D., ProfessorCity & Regional Planning & Urban Design, UC BerkeleyTopic: California’s New Initiatives to Manage Growth and Reduce Environmental Impacts

Spring 2010Panos Michalopoulos, Ph.D., ProfessorUniversity of MinnesotaTopic: Advanced Modeling of Traffic Flow Dynamics and the Need for Wide Area Detection

Spring 2010Marsha Anderson Bomar, PresidentStreet SmartsTopic: A Professional Life in Balance...A Life of Work, Family and Service (Distinguished Professional Lecturer)

Fall 2009nagui M. Rouphail, PhD., DirectorInstitute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE)Professor of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State UniversityTopic: Measuring and Modeling Vehicle Emissions: Methodology and Applications

Spring 2009Genevieve Giuliano, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean, Research & TechnologyUniversity of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning and DevelopmentTopic: Impacts of Port Gate Operations on the Highway System: A Case Study

Fall 2008Michael D. Meyer, Ph.D., ProfessorGeorgia Institute of TechnologyTopic: Climate Change and Transportation: Cause and Effect Challenges for Civil Engineering

Spring 2008Chandra Bhat, Ph.D., ProfessorUniversity of Texas at AustinTopic: Incorporating Residential Self-Selection Effects in Activity Time-use Behavior: Formulation and Application of a Joint Mixed Multinomial Logit - Multiple Discrete-Continuous Extreme Value Model

Fall 2007Fred Mannering, Ph.D., ProfessorPurdue UniversityTopic: Analysis of Drivers’ Risk Compensation Response to Vehicle Safety Features

Spring 2007Samer Madanat, Ph.D., ProfessorUniversity of California at BerkeleyTopic: Optimization of Maintenance and Replacement Policies for a System of Heterogeneous Infrastructure Facilities

CMS hosted a Distinguished Lecturer Seminar Series inviting academics and professionals to speak at UF during the fall and spring semesters. Speakers were invited based on their credentials and the relevance of their topic to the CMS theme. The distinguished lecturers were academics with broad experience in transportation issues who were invited to present lectures related to their research. The professional lecturers included accomplished professionals in the transportation community. These seminars were also available as a live webcast. Below is a list of the seminars:

Distinguished & Academic Professional Lecturers

From top left: Marsha Anderson-Bomar, Genevieve Giuliano, and Fred Mannering. At left: Yafeng Yin, Siva Srinivasan, Panos Michalopoulos, Lily Elefteriadou, and Scott Washburn.


CMS Workshop Series

CORSIM Workshop, August 11, 2011 A workshop taught by faculty from UF taught participants about the recently-added features to CORSIM and other programs that model unusual scenarios and provide advanced analysis capabilities. Participants also learned about comparing CORSIM results to those in the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), as well as guidelines for applying CORSIM to FDOT project analysis. The workshop also addressed upcoming changes to CORSIM. More information can be found at: trc.ce.ufl.edu/news_and_events/corsim_workshop_2011.php.

The CMS Workshop Series began in 2009 and was a collaboration among CMS, TRC, McTrans, and the T2 Center. The series is

continuing under the new UF Transportation Institute and the STRIDE Center.

Above, right: Participants at the CORSIM Workshop in Orlando, Fla., in August 2011. Below, right: Ana Elias discusses simulation software with Bill Sampson of McTrans.

http://trc.ce.ufl.edu/news_and_events/corsim_workshop_2011.php

http://trc.ce.ufl.edu/news_and_events/corsim_workshop_2011.php

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This workshop was developed for transportation professionals interested in the latest updates and software applications to the 2010 HCM. The workshop was cosponsored by the UF TRC, CMS, McTrans, and FDOT. The workshop

was held at the Royal Plaza hotel in the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla. More than 60 transportation professionals from academic, public, and private sectors, attended the one-day workshop. Speakers included some of the most knowledgeable professionals in highway capacity analysis: Ken Courage, UF; Janice Daniel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Doug McLeod, FDOT; Bill Sampson, McTrans; Scott Washburn, UF; and John Zegeer, Kittelson & Associates, Inc. Participants came from various states, and from as far away as Brazil, Honduras, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. More information can be found at trc.ce.ufl.edu/news_and_events/hcm_2010_workshop.php.

2010 highway Capacity Manual Workshop, August 12, 2010

Above, right: John Zegeer of Kittelson & Associates addresses the audience during the hCM 2010 Workshop. Right: The speaker line-up (John Zegeer, Ken Courage, Doug McLeod, Lily Elefteriadou, Scott Washbrun, Janice Daniel, and Bill Sampson).

http://trc.ce.ufl.edu/news_and_events/hcm_2010_Workshop.php

http://trc.ce.ufl.edu/news_and_events/hcm_2010_Workshop.php


Innovations in Pricing of Transportation Systems: Workshop and Conference, May 13-14, 2010 The workshop and conference presentations by national and international researchers focused on encouraging efficiency in the use of transportation systems. More than 100 participants attended the meeting, which was cosponsored by TRB and held in Orlando, Fla.

uF TRC Workshop on Roundabouts, August 18, 2009CMS cosponsored this workshop with UF TRC, McTrans, and Dowling Associates, Inc. The workshop offered sessions focusing on transportation planning and software demonstrations. Presenters included: Dan Burden, Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin, Inc., Co-Founder of Walkable Communities, Inc.; Mark Doctor, FHWA; Ken Sides, City of Clearwater; Michael Wallwork, Alternate Street Designs, P.A.; Rahmi Akcelik, Akcelik & Associates Pty Ltd.; Aaron Elias, UF; Lee Rodegerdts, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.; and Daniel Shihundu, Transoft Solutions, Inc. More on the workshop is posted at cms.ce.ufl.edu/news_events/workshop_on_roundabouts_2009.php.

Clockwise from above right: Scott Washburn, Yafeng Yin, Lily Elefteriadou, Toi Lawphongpanich, Siva Srinivasan and Ruth Steiner at the Congestion Pricing Conference; Participants listen intently during the Roundabouts Workshop; Rahmi Akcelik of Akcelik & Associates Pty Ltd., and his wife during the break at the Roundabouts Workshop.

http://cms.ce.ufl.edu/news_events/workshop_on_roundabouts_2009.php

http://cms.ce.ufl.edu/news_events/workshop_on_roundabouts_2009.php

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CMS-affiliated faculty members teach courses through the College of Engineering’s Electronic Delivery of Graduate Education (EDGE) program. The program allows full-time working professionals around the world the opportunity to earn a master’s degree and graduate certificates. Courses are recorded in studio classrooms at the UF campus. Below are the courses that were taught during the life of CMS.

Traffic Engineering (TTE 5256)

Traffic Flow Theory (TTE 6267)

Fundamentals of Optimization (ESI 6912)

Advanced highway Capacity (TTE 6207)

Online Graduate Courses

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CMS Affiliated Departments & CentersThe Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE)essie.ufl.edu

Kirk hatfield, Ph.D.School Director & Professor

Kenneth Courage, P. Eng.Professor Emeritus

Janet Degner, M.S.T2 Co-Director, Retired

Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.ProfessorCMS/UFTI Director

Ralph Ellis, Ph.D.Professor

David hale, Ph.D.Assistant in Engineering- McTrans

Dennis hiltunen, Ph.D.Associate Professor

Myoseon Jang, Ph.D.Associate Professor

Fazil najafi, Ph.D.Professor

Reynaldo Roque, Ph.D., PEProfessor

Bill Sampson, M.S., PEMcTrans Director

Peter Sheng, Ph.D.Professor

Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D.Associate Professor

Scott Washburn, Ph.D., PEAssociate Professor

Yafeng Yin, Ph.D.Associate Professor

College of EngineeringAdministrationCammy R. Abernathy, Ph.D.Dean College of Engineering

Jennifer S. Curtis, Ph.D.Associate Dean for Research and Facilities

Mark Law, Ph.D.Associate DeanOffice of Academic Affairs

Angela S. Lindner, Ph.D.Associate DeanDivision of Student Affairs

Transportation Research Center (TRC)trc.ce.ufl.edu

Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.Director

Center for Microcomputers in Transportation (McTrans Center)mctrans.ce.ufl.edu

Bill Sampson, M.S., PEDirector

Florida Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Centert2ctt.ce.ufl.edu

nina BarkerInterim Director

Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineeringcise.ufl.edu

Paul Fishwick, Ph.D.Professor

Ahmed helmy, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorDirector of the Wireless Networking Lab

Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D.Professor

Markus Schneider, Ph.D.Associate Professor

Department of Economics Warrington College of Businesswarrington.ufl.edu/departments/eco

Chunrong Ai, Ph.D.Professor

David Denslow, Ph.D.Professor & Research Economist

Department of Industrial & Systems Engineeringise.ufl.edu

Joseph C. hartman, Ph.D.Department Chair

Joseph Geunes, Ph.D.Associate Department ChairAssociate Professor

Ravindra Ahuja, Ph.D.Professor

Farid AitShahlia, Ph.D.Assistant Professor

Vladimir Boginski, Ph.D.Visiting Assistant Professor

Yongpei Guan, Ph.D.Assistant Professor

Donald W. hearn, Ph.D.Professor Emeritus

Siriphong Lawphongpanich (Toi), Ph.D.Associate Professor

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http://www.cise.ufl.edu/

http://warrington.ufl.edu/departments/eco/

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Panos Pardalos, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor

J. Cole Smith, Ph.D.Associate Professor

Supply Chain and Logistics Engineering Centerise.ufl.edu/scale

Ravindra Ahuja, Ph.D.Joseph Geunes, Ph.D.Co-directors

Center for Applied Optimization (CAO)ise.ufl.edu/cao

Panos Pardalos, Ph.D. William hager, Ph.D. (Department of Mathematics)Co-directors

Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE)www.mae.ufl.edu

Richard C. Lind, Jr., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Carl D. Crane, III, Ph.D.Professor

Department of Tourism, Recreation, & Sport ManagementCenter for Tourism Research & Developmenttrsm.hhp.ufl.edu

Lori Pennington-Gray, Ph.D.Associate Director, Associate Professor

Brijesh Thapa, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Professor Emeritus

Department of urban & Regional Planningdcp.ufl.edu/urp

Zhong-Ren Peng, Ph.D.Department Chair

Ilir Bejleri, Ph.D.Associate Professor

Andres Blanco, Ph.D.Assistant Professor

Zhong-Ren Peng, Ph.D.Professor, Chair

Ruth Steiner, Ph.D.Associate Professor

Paul Zwick, Ph.D.Professor, Associate DeanResearch & Graduate ProgramsCollege of Design, Construction & PlanningUrban &Regional Planning

Center for health and the Built Environment (ChBE)dcp.ufl.edu

Ruth Steiner, Ph.D.Director

Florida Traffic and Bicycle Safety Education Programlegacy.hhp.ufl.edu/safety Dan Connaughton, Ed.D.Director

John EgbertsAssistant Director

Geo-Facilities Planning and Information Research Centergeoplan.ufl.edu

Paul Zwick, Ph.D.Director

Occupational Therapy, Institute for Mobility, Activity and Participation (I-MAP)mobility.phhp.ufl.edu

Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D., MPh, OTR/LDirector

national Older Driver Research and Training Center (nORDTC)driving.phhp.ufl.edu Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D., MPh, OTR/L Director, Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy

William C. Mann, OTR/L, Ph.D.Professor, Occupational Therapy

Orit Shechtman, Ph.D., OTR/LAssociate Professor, Occupational Therapy

Public utility Research Centerwarrington.ufl.edu/centers/purc

Theodore J. (Ted) KuryDirector of Energy StudiesWarrington College of Business Administration

Rinker School of Building Constructionwww.bcn.ufl.edu

Abdol Chini, Ph.D., PEProfessor, Director

School of Architecturesoa.dcp.ufl.edu

Ruth Ron, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorContemporary Technologies

School of Forest Resources and Conservationsfrc.ufl.edu

Janaki Alavalapati, Ph.D.ProfessorForest Resource Economics and Policy

Amr Abd-Elrahman, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorGeomatics Program

hartwig hochmair, Ph.D.Assistant Professor

Ahmed Mohamed, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorGeomatics Program

Office of Researchresearch.ufl.edu

David norton, Ph.D.UF Vice President for Research2013–Current

Win Phillips, Ph.D.UF Vice President for Research2007-2012


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Chen, S. (August 2013). Privacy-Preserving Origin-Destination Flow Measurement in Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems, IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Networks, and Applications (CPSNA), Taipei, Tawain.

Chen, S. (August 2013).

Privacy-Preserving Point-to-Point Transportation Traffic Measurement through Bit Array Masking in Intelligent Cyber-Physical Road Systems, IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom), Beijing, China.

Classen, S. (November 2012).

Paper presentation: The Safe Driving Behavior Measure: Steps in Translational Research. Symposium: Driving Screening and Assessments: The Old, the New and the Innovative, The Gerontological Society of America’s 65th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Classen, S. Wang, Y. Winter,

S.M., Velozo, D., Lanford, D.N. (August 2011). Plenary Session 4: Changing/Emerging

Caregivers. Criterion Validity of the Safe Driving Behavior Measure: Predicting Older Adults Passing/Failing an On-Road Driving Evaluation, Mandarin Oriental, Washington D.C.

Classen, S., & Velozo, C.A.

(April 2012). Pre-Driving Institute 002. The Safe Driving Behavior Measure from Inception to Translation, American Occupational Therapy Association’s 92th Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Cui, X., Li, Z., Elefteriadou, L.

(January 2013). Travel Time Estimation for Signalized Arterials Using Probabilistic Modeling, 92nd Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington D.C.

Davis, J. (February 2013).

Using Virtual Appliances to Communicate Coastal Hazard Risk, Coastal Hazards Summit 2013, St. Augustine, FL.

Davis, J. (January 2012).

Development of a Multimodal Transportation Educational Virtual Appliance (MTEVA) to Study Congestion During

Extreme Tropical Events, 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Davis, J. (October 2012). The

Coastal Science Educational Virtual Appliance (CSEVA), Unidata THREDDS Data Server (TDS) Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Davis, J., Figueiredo, R., Sheng, Y.

P. (August 2011). Development of a Multimodal Transportation Educational Virtual Appliance (MTEVA) to Study Congestion During Extreme Events, 2nd International Conference on Evacuation Modeling and Management, Northwestern University Transportation Center, Chicago, IL.

Davis, J., Figueiredo, R., Sheng,

Y. P. (November 2011). The Coastal Science Educational Virtual Appliance (CSEVA), 12th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, St. Augustine, FL.

Elefteriadou, L. (March 2012).

Freeway Traffic Management Strategies and Travel Time Reliability, Invited, RITA

Transportation Innovation Series, A Strategic Outreach Series Hosted By The Research And Innovative Technology Administration, US Department of Transportation, Washington D.C.

Elefteriadou, L., Martin,

B. (October 2011). An Investigation of the Impact of Advanced Vehicle Technologies on Traffic Operations, presented and published in the proceedings of the ITS World Congress, Orlando, FL.

Elefteriadou L., Martin, B.

(January 2012). Using Micro-Simulation to Evaluate the Effects of Advanced Vehicle Technologies on Congestion, presented at the Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington D.C.

Fort-Brescia, B., Furst, J.,

Hernandez, H., Steiner, R. (July 2013). Can Miami Develop Now with Less Parking? Panel Discussion sponsored by the Urban Land Institute Southeast Florida/Caribbean, Florida International University Hollo School of Real Estate, Miami, FL.

CMS Publications & Presentations

Presentations


Guenes, J., Konur, D. (May 2011). Multi-item EOQ Model with Shipment Consolidation and Explicit Transportation Costs, Annual IIE Conference and Expo 2011, Reno, NV.

Guenes, J., Konur, D.

(November 2011). Shipment Consolidation Policy Analysis with Stepwise Freight Costs, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2011, Charlotte, NC.

Guenes, J., Perez, C. (May

2012). An Inventory Replenishment Model with Delivery Mode Splitting, Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, FL.

Guenes, J., Perez, C. (November

2011). A Model for Delivery Mode Splitting in a Two-Stage Supply Chain, INFORMS 2011 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.

Guenes, J., Perez, C. (October

2012). An Inventory Replenishment Model with Multiple Delivery Modes, INFORMS 2012 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Lawphongpanich, S. (January

2013). Differentiated Congestion Pricing of

Urban Transportation Networks with Vehicle-Tracking Technologies, 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Lawphongpanich, S. (July 2011).

Congestion Pricing, FHWA Workshop on Modeling Needs for Active Transportation & Demand Management (ATDM), Berkeley, CA.

Lawphongpanich, S. (July 2011).

Nonlinear Road Pricing, 19th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, Berkeley, CA.

Lawphongpanich, S. (October

2011). Nonlinear Road Pricing: A Method of Tolling to Achieve Multiple Objectives, Transportation & Expressway Authority Membership of Florida Meeting, Ponte Verda Beach, FL.

Lawphongpanich, S. (October

2012). Differentiated Congestion Pricing of Urban Transportation Networks with Vehicle-Tracking Technologies, INFORMS 2012 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Letter, C., Elefteriadou, L. (January 2013). An Investigation of The Impact of Variable Speed Limit Algorithms Using Simulation, 92nd Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington D.C.

Letter, C., Elefteriadou, L. (June

2012). An Initial Evaluation of Variable Speed Limits Along Freeway Facilities, Joint Meeting of the Highway Capacity and Traffic Flow Theory committees of the Transportation Research Board, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Liyuan Zhao, Fei Yang,

Zhong-Ren Peng (January 2012). Integrated Simulation Platform for Transportation and Land Use: Case Study of LandSys-FSUTMS in Orange County, Florida, 91st Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Liyuan Zhao, Zhong-Ren

Peng (January 2011). Microsimulation of Land Use Change by Integrating Artificial Neural Networks, Cellular Automata, and Multi-Agent Models, 90th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Mintsis, E., Elefteriadou, L. (June 2012). Managed Lane Operations: Coordination Between Tolling and Ramp Metering Along I-95, Joint Meeting of the Highway Capacity and Traffic Flow Theory committees of the Transportation Research Board, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Nowrouzian, R. and

Srinivasan, S. (January 2012). Empirical Analysis of Spatial Transferability of Tour-Generation Models”, 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Srinivasan, S., Haas, P.,

Dhakar, N.S. (October 2012). Calibrating HSM Equations for Application in Florida, ITS Florida Conference TRANSPO, Bonita Springs, FL.

Steiner, R., Blanco, A., Jourdan,

D. (October 2010). Impact of Parking Supply and Management on Central Business District (CBD) Traffic Congestion, ACSP Annual Conference Poster Session, Minneapolis, MN.

Steiner, R., Chung, H., Kim,

J. (November 2012). A Tale of Two Cities: Impacts of

Accessibility and Congestion on Property Values in Jacksonville MSA and Orlando MSA, Florida, Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Cincinnati, OH.

Steiner, R., Elefteriadou,

L., Srinivasan, S., Tice, P., Lim, K. (July 2013). Identification and Assessment of Transportation Performance Measures for Growth Management and Transportation Impact Assessment Applications, 13th World Conference on Transport Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Steiner, R., Frank, K. I.

(November 2012). State Mechanisms for Promoting Regional Cooperation in Transportation Planning, Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Poster Session, Cincinnati, OH.

Steiner, R., Jourdan, D., Blanco,

A., Mackey, J., Hanley, G., Sucar, V., Shmaltsuyev, M. (October 2011). Understanding the Connections between Parking Management and Transit Usage: A Case Study of Miami and Ft. Lauderdale

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Central Business Districts (CBD), ACSP Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.

Vogiatzis, C. (November 2011).

Evacuation Management under Extreme Tropical Events, INFORMS 2011 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.

Washburn, L. (April 2012).

LEGO® Robot Intelligent Vehicle Lesson Plans for Secondary Education – Recruitment Tool for Transportation Engineering, National Transportation Workforce Summit Showcase Exhibitor, Washington, D.C.

Washburn, L., (April 2013).

LEGO® Robot Vehicle Lesson Plans for Secondary Education: A Transportation Recruitment Tool, Regional Conference Workforce Development Poster Session for University Transportation Centers (UTCs) in the Southeastern Region, Orlando, FL.

Washburn, S. (July 2011).

Implementing Two-Lane Highway Simulation Modeling into CORSIM, 6th International Symposium on Highway Capacity and

Quality of Service, Stockholm, Sweden.

Yin, Y. (August 2011). Design of

More Equitable Congestion-mitigation Policies for Multimodal Transportation Networks, Invited Seminar, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China.


More Equitable Congestion-mitigation Policies for Multimodal Transportation Networks, Invited Seminar, Nanjing University, China.


More Equitable Congestion-mitigation Policies for Multimodal Transportation Networks, Invited, Traffic Control and Management Seminar, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

Yin, Y. (August 2012).

Differentiated Pricing of Urban Transportation Networks, Invited Seminar, Southeast University, China.

Yin, Y. (February 2012). A

Primer on Congestion Pricing of Urban Transportation Networks, Invited Lecture, University of California, Davis, CA.

Yin, Y. (February 2013). A Primer on Congestion Pricing of Urban Transportation Networks, Invited Lecture, University of California, Davis, CA.

Yin, Y. (January 2012).

Design of More Equitable Congestion-mitigation Policies for Multimodal Transportation Networks, Presentation and Poster, 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.

Yin, Y. (June 2011). Progressive

Congestion Pricing Schemes for Multimodal Transportation Networks, Invited, Inaugural INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society Workshop: Congestion Management of Transportation Systems on the Ground and in the Air, Asilomar, CA.

Yin, Y. (November 2012).

Differentiated Pricing of Urban Transportation Networks, Invited Seminar, Central South University, Changsha, China.

Yin, Y. (November 2012).

Differentiated Pricing of Urban Transportation Networks, Invited Seminar, Department of Civil and

Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.

Yin, Y. (September 2011). Dynamic Pricing Strategies for High Occupancy/toll Lanes, Invited, Louisiana Transportation Research Center Seminar Series: Congestion Management, Baton Rouge, LA.

Yin, Y. (September 2012). A

Primer on Congestion Pricing of Urban Transportation Networks, Summer School at 1st European Symposium on Quantitative Methods in Transportation Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Yin, Y. (September 2012).

Differentiated Pricing of Urban Transportation Networks, Invited Seminar, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology at Zurich (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.

Yin, Y., He, F. (January 2012).

Optimal Travel Time Displays for Dynamic Message Signs, 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Poster Session, Washington, D.C.

Yin, Y., Michalaka, D. (January 2012). Fine-Tuning Pricing Algorithms for High-Occupancy-Toll Lanes, 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Yin, Y., Michalaka, D.

(January 2013). Simulating High-Occupancy-Toll Lane Operations, 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Yin, Y., Song, Z. (January

2013). Pareto-Improving Hybrid Policy for Transportation Networks, 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Yin, Y., Wu, D. (November

2011). Optimal Selection of Build-operate-transfer Projects on Transportation Networks, 2011 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.

Yin, Y., Zangui, M. (January

2012). Path-based Congestion Tolls and the Price of Anonymity, Presentation and Poster, 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.


Yin, Y., Zangui, M. (January 2013). Differentiated Congestion Ppricing of Urban Transportation Networks, Presentation and Poster, 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Yin, Y., Zangui, M. (November

2011). Differentiated Congestion Pricing of Urban Transportation Networks, 2011 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.

Yin, Y., Zangui, M. (October

2012). Differentiated Congestion Ppricing of Urban Transportation Networks, 2012 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Publications Blanco, A., Steiner, R., Kim,

J. Chung, H. “The Effects of Impact Fees in Urban Form and Congestion in Florida”, Transportation Research Record: the Journal of the Transportation Research Board, In Press.

Classen, S. Final Report to the Florida Department of Transportation: Validity and Usability of a Safe Driving Behaviors Measure for Older Adults, 2012.

Classen, S., Wang, Y., Velozo,

C., Bédard, M., Winter, S.M., Lanford, D.N. Concurrent Criterion validity of the Safe Driving Behavior Measure: A Predictor of On-Road Driving Outcomes, 2013.

Classen, S., Wen, P., Velozo, C.,

Bédard, M., Brumback, B., Winter, S.M., Lanford, D.N. Psychometrics of the Self-Report Safe Driving Behavior Measure for Older Adults, 2012.

Classen, S., Wen, P., Velozo, C.,

Bédard, M., Brumback, B., Winter, S.M., Lanford, D.N. Rater Reliability and Rater Effects of the Safe Driving Behavior Measure, 2012.

Davis, J. R., Paramygin, V. A.,

Figueiredo, R. J., Sheng, Y. P., Vogiatzis, C., Pardalos, P. M. “The Coastal Science Educational Virtual Appliance (CSEVA)” 12th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, 7-8, November 2011.

Dhakar, N.S., Srinivasan, S. “Route Choice Modeing using GPS-Based Travel Surveys”, Submitted for Presentation at the TRB Annual Meeting 2014 and Publication Consideration in Transportation Research Record, June 2013.

Geda, A., Dhakar, N.S.,

Srinivasan, S. “When is the Shortest-Time Path a Good-Enough Descriptor of the Chosen Route? An Exploratory Analysis using GPS Data”, Submitted for Presentation at the TRB Annual Meeting 2014 and Publication Consideration in Transportation Research Record, June 2013.

Kondyli, A., Soria, I., Duret, A.,

Elefteriadou, L, “Sensitivity Analysis of CORSIM with Respect to the Process of Freeway Flow Breakdown at Bottleneck Locations”, Journal of Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory, Volume 22, 197-206, December 2011.

Lawphongpanich S., Yin,

Y. “Nonlinear Pricing on Transportation Networks”, Transportation Research Part C, 20, 218-235, February 2012.

Li, J., Washburn, S. “Improved Operational Performance Assessment for Two-Lane Highway Facilities”, Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (accepted).

Mahmood, Z., Yin, Y.,

Lawphongpanich, S., Chen, S. “Differentiated Congestion Pricing of Urban Transportation Networks with Vehicle-Tracking Technologies”, Transportation Research Part C, To Appear.

McLeod, D., Elefteriadou,

L., Jin, L. “Travel Time Reliability as a Performance Measure: Applying Florida’s Predictive Model to an Entire Freeway System”, ITE Journal, November 2012.

Michalaka, D., Yin, Y. Hale, D.

“Simulating High-Occupancy/Toll (HOT) Lane Operations”, Transportation Research Record (accepted), February 2013.

Nowrouzian, R., Srinivasan,

S. “Empirical Analysis of Spatial Transferability of Tour-Generation Models”, Transportation Research Record, Vol. 4368, 14-22, April 2012.

Perez, C., Geunes, J. An Inventory Replenishment Model with Two Delivery Modes (under review).

Song, Z., Yin, Y.

Lawphongpanich, S. “Optimal Deployment of Managed Lanes in General Networks”, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation (accepted), October 2012.

Song, Z., Yin, Y.,

Lawphongpanich, S., Yang, H. “A Pareto-Improving Hybrid Policy for Transportation Networks”, Journal of Advanced Transportation (to appear).

Song, Z., Yin, Y.,

Lawphongpanich, S., Yang. H. “A Pareto-improving Hybrid Policy for Transportation Networks”, Journal of Advanced Transportation, DOI: 10.1002/atr.1233, May 2013.

Srinivasan, S., Provost, R.,

Steiner, R. “Modeling the Land Use Correlates of Vehicle-trip Lengths for Assessing the Transportation Impacts of Land Developments”, Journal of Transport and Land Use, 6, 2: 59-75, July 2012.

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Steiner, R. Review of D. Shoup’s The High Cost of Free Parking, Revised Edition. Journal of the American Planning Association (in press).

Winter, S. M., Classen, S., Bédard, M., Lutz, B., Velozo, C. A., Lanford, D. N., Brumback, B. Focus group findings for a self-report Safe Driving Behavior Measure, 2011.

Wu, D., Yin, Y., Lawphongpanich, S.

“Optimal Selection of Build-operate-transfer Projects on Transportation Networks”, Transportation Research Part B, 1699-1709, December 2011.

Wu, D., Yin, Y., Lawphongpanich, S. “Optimal Selection of Highway Projects for Build-operate-transfer Development in Transportation Networks”, The 90th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Paper No. 11-1750, January 2011.

Wu, D., Yin, Y., Lawphongpanich,

S., “Pareto-Improving Congestion Pricing on Multimodal Transportation Networks”, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 210, Issue 3, 660-669, May 2011.

Wu, D., Yin, Y., Lawphongpanich, S., Yang, H. “Design of More

Equitable Congestion Pricing and Tradable Credit Schemes for Multimodal Transportation Networks”, Transportation Research Part B, 46(9), 1273-1287, November 2012.

Yang, Y., Yin, Y. Lu, H. “Designing

Emission Charging Schemes for Transportation Conformity”, Journal of Advanced Transportation, DOI:10.1002/atr.1226, April 2013.

Zhang, L., Yin, Y., Chen, S.

“Signal Timing Optimization with Environmental Concerns”, Transportation Research Part C, 29, 55-71, April 2013.

Zhao, L., Peng, Z.R. “Integrated Bilevel Model to Explore Interaction Between Land Use Allocation and Transportation”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2176: 14-25, 2010.

Zhao, L., Peng, Z.R. “Microsimulation

of Land Use Change with the Use of Artificial Neural Networks, Cellular Automata, and Agents Model.” International Journal of GIS (submitted).


Transportation-related Presentations & Publications

Classen, S. (January 2011). Managing and Improving Safe Mobility of Seniors: Identifying Interventions that work. Where to from here? Research Issues. Human Factors Workshop, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.

Classen, S., Schold Davis,

E., Stern, E. (April 2011). Pre-Conference Institute: Embracing the Emerging Driving Practice Area: From Occupational Therapist to Driving Rehabilitation Specialist, 91st annual American Occupational Therapy Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Hill, C., Elefteriadou, L.

(January 2013). Lane Changing on Freeways, 92nd Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington D.C.

Liyuan Zhao, Zhong-Ren

Peng (January 2010). An Integrated Bi-Level Model to Explore the Interaction between Land Use Allocation and Transportation, 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Steiner, R., Frank, K. I. (September 2012). Regional Cooperation in Transportation Planning, American Planning Association Florida Annual Conference, Naples, FL.

Steiner, R., Jourdan, D.,

Blanco, A. (September 2011). Parking as a Smart Growth Strategy, American Planning Association Florida Chapter Annual Conference, West Palm Beach, FL.

Vogiatzis, C. (April 2012).

Large-scale Evacuation for Humans and Livestock: The Case of Fukushima, University of Kentucky Statistics Department Seminar, Lexington, KY.

Vogiatzis, C. (October 2012).

Clustering Techniques and Hybrid Algorithms in Evacuation Management, INFORMS 2012 Annual Meeting, Pheonix, AZ.

Washburn, S. (August 2011).

Rural Two-Lane Highway Traffic Models: HCM 2010 and now CORSIM, Remote Presentation, National Rural ITS Conference, Coeur d’Alene, ID.

Washburn, S. (August 2011). Two-lane Highway Modeling and Next Version of CORSIM, CORSIM Workshop, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

Washburn, S. (August

2011). UF Transportation Research Center Meeting on CORSIM, Orlando, FL.

Washburn, S. (February 2011).

Uninterrupted Flow Analysis in the HCM 2010, Invited Speaker, Florida ITE Section Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Washburn, S. (January 2011).

Enforcement Engineering: A Conceptual Exploration for a New Engineering Discipline, 90th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Poster Session, Washington, D.C.


Quality of Transportation Service From a Trucking Community’s Perspective: Exploratory Focus Group Analysis, 90th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Poster Session, Washington, D.C.

Washburn, S. (January

2011). Ramp Metering

Enhancements for Postponing Freeway-flow Breakdown, 90th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Poster Session, Washington, D.C.


Capacity Estimation for Florida Freeways, 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Poster Session, Washington, D.C.


Move-Over Law: Role of Emergency Vehicle Lighting in Conformity on Florida Freeways, 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Poster Session, Washington, D.C.

Washburn, S. (January

2013). Revised Version of HCM 2010 Urban Streets Automobile LOS Methodology, 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Poster Session, Washington, D.C.

Washburn, S. (June 2011). The

Highway Capacity Manual 2010, Invited speaker, Alabama Section ITE Annual Meeting, Gulf Shores, AL.

Presentations

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Washburn, S., Carrick, G. (January 2013). Estimating the Impacts of Police Traffic Enforcement Stops on Freeway Operations and Capacity, 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Yin, Y. (August 2012).

Integrated Operations of Transportation and Power Systems Coupled by Electric Vehicles, Invited Plenary Session Speaker, 3rd International Conference on Green Intelligent Transportation System and Safety, Lanzhou, China.

Yin, Y. (August 2012). Integrated Operations of Transportation and Power Systems Coupled by Electric Vehicles, Invited, 2012 China-U.S. Bilateral Forum on Strategic Development in Transportation, Shanghai, China.

Yin, Y. (March 2013).

Analysis and Design of Tradable Credit Schemes on Networks with Mixed Equilibrium Behaviors, Workshop on Price-based and Quantity-based Travel Demand Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

Yin, Y. (September 2012). Optimal Deployment of Public Charging Stations for Plug-in Electric Hybrid Vehicles, 1st European Symposium on Quantitative Methods in Transportation Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Yin, Y., He, F. (January

2013). Integrated Pricing of Road and Power Networks Coupled by Electric Vehicles, 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Yin, Y., He, F. (October 2012). Integrated Pricing of Road and Power Networks Coupled by Electric Vehicles, 2012 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Yin, Y., Kulshrestha, A.

(November 2011). Transit Pick-up Locations for Evacuation Planning with Demand Uncertainty, 2011 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.

Yin, Y., Kulshrestha, A., (January 2012). Pickup Locations and Bus Allocation for Transit-based Evacuation Planning with Demand Uncertainty, 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Poster Session, Washington, D.C.

Yin, Y., Wu, D. (November

2011). Equity Effect of Tradable Driving Credit Scheme, 2011 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.


Yin, Y., Yang, Y. (January 2013). Optimizing Variable Speed Limits for Efficient, Safe, and Sustainable Mobility, 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Publications

Carrick, G., Washburn, S. “Enforcement Engineering: Conceptual Exploration for New Engineering Discipline”, Transportation Research Record, No. 2265, 146–152, November 2011.

Carrick, G., Washburn, S.

“Estimating the Impacts of Police Traffic Enforcement Stops on Freeway Operations and Capacity”, Transportation Research Record, No. 2327, 45–52, January 2013.

Carrick, G., Washburn, S.

“Move-Over Law: Effect of Emergency Vehicle Lighting on Driver Compliance on Florida Freeways”, Transportation Research Record, No. 2281, 1–7, January 2012.

Elefteriadou, L, Kondyli,

A., Washburn, S., Brilon, W., Lohoff, J., Jacobson, L., Hall, F., Persaud,

B. “Proactive Ramp Management under the Threat of Freeway-Flow Breakdown”, 6th International Symposium on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service, Stockholm, Sweden, Procedia: Social and Behavioral Science, Elsevier, July 2011.

Elefteriadou, L., Kondyli,

A., Brilon, W., Hall, F., Persaud, B., Washburn, S. “Enhancing Ramp Metering Algorithms with the use of Probability Breakdown Models” Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (accepted).

Fang, C., Elefteriadou, L.,

Elias, A. “An Evaluation of the HCM 2010 Operational Analysis Methodology for Interchange Ramp Terminals Using Field Data”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., No 2286, 1-11, December 2012.

He, F., Wu, D., Yin, Y. Guan,

Y. “Optimal Deployment of Public Charging Stations for Plug-in Hybrid Electric

Vehicles”, Transportation Research Part B, 47(1), 87-101, January 2013.

He, F., Yin, Y., Zhou, J. “Integrated Pricing of Roads and Electricity Enabled by Wireless Power Transfer”, Transportation Research Part C, 34, 1-15, September 2013.

Kim, J., Steiner, R., Yang,

Y. “The Evolution of Transportation Concurrency and Urban Development Pattern in Miami-Dade County, Florida”, Urban Affairs Review, Accepted.

Ko, B., Washburn, S.,

McLeod, D. “Quality of Transportation Service From a Trucking Community’s Perspective: Exploratory Focus Group Analysis”, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2012.

Kondyli, A., Elefteriadou,

L., “Driver Behavior at Freeway-Ramp Merging Areas Based on Instrumented Vehicle Observations”, Transportation Letters, Volume 4, Issue 3, 129-141, July 2012.

Kondyli, A., Elefteriadou, L., Brilon, W., Hall, F., Persaud, B., Washburn, S. “Development and Evaluation of Methods for Constructing Breakdown Probability Models”, Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (accepted).

Kondyli, A., Elefteriadou,

L., Brilon, W., Hall, F., Persaud, B., Washburn, S. “Development and Evaluation of Methods for Constructing Breakdown Probability Models”, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering (accepted), May 2013.

Kulshrestha, A., Lou, Y., Yin,

Y. “Pick-up Locations and Bus Allocation for Transit-based Evacuation Planning with Demand Uncertainty”, Journal of Advanced Transportation, DOI: 10.1002/atr.1221, December 2012.

Kulshrestha, A., Wu, D.,

Lou, Y., Yin, Y. “A Robust Approach to Shelter Location for Evacuation Planning with Demand Uncertainty”, Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, 3, 272-288,

December 2011. Li, J., Washburn, S.

“Implementing Two-Lane Highway Simulation Modeling into CORSIM”, 6th International Symposium on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service, Stockholm, Sweden, Procedia: Social and Behavioral Science, Elsevier, July 2011.

Li, Z., Elefteriadou, L.

“Maximizing the Traffic Throughput of Turn Bays at a Signalized Intersection Approach”, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Volume 139, Number 5, 425-432, May 2013.

Liu, W., Yang, H., Yin.

Y. “Traffic Rationing and Pricing in a Linear Monocentric City”, Journal of Advanced Transportation, DOI: 10.1002/atr.1219, December 2012.

Lu, C., Elefteriadou, L. “An

Investigation of Freeway Capacity before and during Incidents”, Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research, Volume 5, No. 3, 144-153, July 2013.

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Mannering, F.L., Washburn, S. “Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis”, 5th Edition (SI Units), John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 330 pages, December 2012.

Mannering, F.L., Washburn, S. “Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis”, 5th Edition (U.S. Customary Units), John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 336 pages, March 2012.

Modi, V., Washburn, S.,

McLeod, D. “Capacity Estimation for Florida Freeways”, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 2012.

Nie, Y., Yin, Y. “Managing

Rush Hour Travel Choices with Tradable Credit Scheme”, Transportation Research Part B, Vo. 50, 1-19, March 2013.

Ozkul, S., Washburn, S.,

McLeod, D. “Revised Version of HCM 2010 Urban Streets Automobile LOS Methodology”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (accepted).

Shirmohammadi, N., Zangui, M., Yin, Y., Nie, Y. “Analysis and Design of Tradable Credit Schemes Under Uncertainty”, Transportation Research Record (accepted), February 2013

Steiner, R., Bejleri, I., Fischman, A., Provost, R. E., Arafat, A. A., Guttenplan, M., Crider, L. “How Policy Drives Mode Choice in Children’s Transportation to School: An Analysis of Four Florida School Districts”, School Siting and Healthy Communities: Why Where We Invest in School Facilities Matters. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 147-64, July 2012.

Steiner, R., Fischman,

A. “Does Land Use And Transportation Coordination Really Make A Difference In Creating Livable Communities?”, Chapter 12 in F. Wagner, R. Caves, E. Noll (eds.), Community Livability: Issues and Approaches to Sustaining the Well-Being of People and Communities, New York: Routledge Press, 223-48, July 2012.

Sun, D., Elefteriadou, L. “Lane Changing Behavior on Urban Streets: An In-Vehicle Field Experiment Based Study”, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Volume 27, Issue 7, 525, 542, August 2012.

Washburn, S. Improvements and Enhancements to LOSPLAN 2009, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, FL, 79 pages, March 2011.

Washburn, S. LOSPLAN

2012: Updates for the HCM 2010, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, FL, 97 pages, September 2012.

Washburn, S., Modi, V.

FDOT Central Data Warehouse Enhancements, Part 2, Final Report, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, FL, 21 pages, January 2012.

Washburn, S., Modi, V.,

Purushan, A. FDOT Central Data Warehouse Enhancements, Final Report, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, FL, 156 pages, June 2011.

Washburn, S., Ozkul, S, Sprinkle Consulting. Arterial Highway Capacity and Level of Service Analysis for Florida, Final Report, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, FL, 96 pages, December 2011.

Yang, H., Wang, X., Yin, Y. “The Impact of Speed Limits on Traffic Equilibrium and System Performance in Networks”, Transportation Research Part B, 46(10), 1295-1307, December 2012.

Yang, Y., Lu, H., Yin, Y.,

Yang, H. “Optimizing Variable Speed Limits for Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Mobility”, Transportation Research Recor (accepted), February 2013.

Yin, Y., Washburn, S., Wu,

D., Kulshrestha, A., Modi, V., Michalaka, D., Lu, J. Managed Lane Operations – Adjusted Time of Day Pricing vs. Near-Real Time Dynamic Pricing, Volume I: Dynamic Pricing and Operations of Managed Lanes, Final Report, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, FL, 144 pages, January 2012.


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