Florida Public Transportation Association Annual Conference in Jacksonville

CUTR was well represented at the Florida Public Transportation Association (FPTA) Annual Meeting - I was honored to be on the lunch panel with FTA Region IV Administrator Dr. Yvette Taylor and FDOT Transit Manager Ed Coven, moderated by Jacksonville Transportation Authority Chief Executive Officer Nathaniel Ford.

Williams Ackaah Ph.D. Defense

Today Williams Ackaah successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Empirical Analysis of Real-Time-Traffic-Information for Navigation and the Variable Speed Limit System," at the Universität der Bundeswehr München. I was very pleased to be a member of his thesis committee and wish him warm congratulations and success in the future.

Kevin Carstens Thesis Defense

Today Kevin Carstens successfully defended his M.S. thesis, "Increasing Short-Term Capacity on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge," at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. I was pleased to serve on his committee, and I wish Kevin nothing but the best in his next adventure at DKS Associates in Oakland, CA.

Congratulations to Greg Winfree

I've been lucky to know and work with Jane Mellow and Greg Winfree at the U.S. DOT - congratulations to Greg who is departing OST-R as Assistant Secretary after serving for nearly 7 years, for his new position as Director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Greg and Jane are two of the best people I know!