2023 Sustainable Mobility in the Netherlands

Eighteen students (16 OSU + 1 OIT + Cal Poly SLO) are arriving in Delft, the Netherlands for the 2023 edition of Sustainable Mobility in the Netherlands, in partnership with TU Delft. This is the first year for Oregon State to lead this adventure focusing on pedestrian, bicycle and public transport planning and design in the Netherlands. Follow our 18 student blogs below as the course unfolds!

• Nicholas Bolin
• Angela Chisa
• Jacob Christman
• Bryce Cunnington
• Sophie Dixon
• Kevin Ero
• Pedro Espino Esquivel
• Benjamin Fryback
• Taylor Gann
• Justin Graybeal
• Maximilian Krause
• Aaron Mendez
• Saqib Sheraz Muhammad Ibrahim
• Liam Murphy
• Brian Staes
• Jamie Trohimovich
• Zachary Wise
• Amy Wyman

2019 Study Abroad: Sustainable Urban Mobility in the Netherlands

USF students (and UF and FGCU) are arriving in Delft, the Netherlands for the 2019 edition of the Study Abroad: Sustainable Urban Mobility in the Netherlands, in partnership with Prof. Serge Hoogendoorn and TU Delft. Initiated in 2011 by Peter Koonce at PSU, this is the first year that USF students have participated in this adventure focusing on pedestrian, bicycle and public transport planning and design in the Netherlands, and the fifth year I have led or co-led the program. Follow our 17 student blogs below as the course unfolds!

• Spencer Barnitz
• Kieran Basheer
• Cody Brown
• Tatiana Childress
• Tobias Coon
• Yasmin Cortez
• Alayna Delgado
• Zachary Foltz
• Heather Holm
• Corbin Kramer
• Dayna Lazarus
• Connor Macdonald
• Elizabethanne Moran-Williams
• Elizabeth Putnam
• Daniel Puyo Paredes
• Andrea Szikszay
• Juan Velasquez Garcia

USF Engineering Expo 2019

Great to talk about the Future of Transportation at the USF Engineering Expo 2019!

USF AV Demonstration

2nd Annual Florida ITE Student Leadership Summit

Bertini Participates in MIT SMART Mid Term Review in Singapore

CUTR Director Dr. Robert L. Bertini presented “Experience Using ‘Big Data’ to Improve Public Transportation Performance” at the 2019 Future Urban Mobility Symposium at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART) in Singapore. Dr. Bertini was also thrilled to see a former student, Andrew Byrd of Conveyal! Bertini also participated in the Mid Term Review of the MIT SMART Future Mobility research program, and also tested out an autonomous mobility on demand personal mobility scooter and a Grab electric scooter. www.youtube.com/fmautonomy

BTS Pocket Guide to Transportation

Happy to see the BTS Pocket Guide to Transportation available on the Apple App Store and on Google Play!

Congratulation Victor Knoop on his book!

My friend and colleague Dr. Victor Knoop has produced an excellent book: Introduction to Traffic Flow Theory: An Introduction with Exercises. Congratulations!

2019 TRB Annual Meeting

Many great activities at the TRB Annual Meeting! USF group of students at CUTR reception, Nicole Tremblay our student of the year, Eren Yuksel presenting, Bertini chairing ITS session, visiting CARMA vehicle in exhibit hall, meeting with University of Puerto Rico colleagues, presenting Kristine Williams with Emeritus award!

Congratulations graduates!

Congratulations to CUTR students Lori Palaio (BS Civil Engineering), Priyanka Kethavath (MS Civil Engineering), Amber Limaye (MS Industrial Engineering) and Heping Li (Sustainable Transportation) who graduated this past weekend! Our students are our most valuable products! It was great to meet their families, and all of us at CUTR wish you the best! We're so happy that Lori is staying on for her master's!

Second Annual Florida Automated Vehicles Summit Shark Tank

CUTR was pleased to organize the second annual FAV Summit Shark Tank and we had six excellent student presenters and six excellent "Sharks!" Special thanks to: Aschkan Omidvar, University of Florida; Saivamsi Manumanthu, Florida Poly; Dongfang Zhao, University of South Florida; Leila Azizi, Florida International University; Ahmed Alzahrani, University of North Florida; and Jaqueline Masaki, FSU-FAMU for their great presentations. And huge thanks to our Sharks: Marcus Welz, Siemens; Alison Pascale, Audi; Suzanne Murtha, AECOM; Kim DeBosier, JMT; Jean Duncan, City of Tampa; and Ken Spitz, FDOT. See you next year! 

CUTR participates in President Genshaft's Holiday Reception

Expert Panel - Multimodal Planning Class

Pleased to serve on the Expert Panel for the USF Multimodal Transportation Planning Class Final South County Project Presentations.

Bertini Receives WTS Person of the Year Award 2018

A wonderful CUTR/USF team gathered at the WTS Tampa Bay Holiday event on November 14, 2018 at Bernini's in Ybor City to celebrate a successful year! WTS also recognized CUTR director Dr. Robert Bertini as the Person of the Year for 2018. Dr. Bertini was very grateful for the recognition and he recommended that everyone join WTS! Thanks again to WTS Tampa Bay for a wonderful evening! WTS USF/ Tampa BayWTS International
https://www.wtsinternational.org/about-wts/member-types/

Florida ITE Annual Meeting

USF/CUTR students and faculty were active participants in the ITE District 10/FSITE Annual Meeting held October 29-31, 2018 in Coral Springs, FL. Our recent graduate Kurt Lehmann won the District 10 Henry P. Boggs Student Paper Award, and Crystal Wang won Second Place in the Shark Tank competition that included 11 students from seven Florida universities: USF, UF, FSU/FAMU/ UNF, FIU, UCF and ERAU. It was great to see so many students participating! USF students MD Hoque, Dongfang Zhao, CUTR faculty Jodi Godfrey and director Dr. Robert Bertini also participated.

Bertini Visits FSU/FAMU ITE Student Chapter

CUTR director Dr. Robert Bertini was pleased to speak about a "Sustainable Transportation Technology Future" at the FSU/FAMU Institute of Transportation Engineers Student Chapter meeting in Tallahassee recently. It was great to meet with all of the energetic transportation students and hear about their progress with their growing student chapter! Keep up the great work Ite Famu Fsu, and thank you again for the invitation!

CUTR Transportation Achievement Awards

Bertini speaks at Smart Cities Connect Fall Conference

CUTR Director Dr. Robert Bertini spoke on "What are Agencies To Do With All the Transportation Data in a Smart City?" at the Smart Cities Connect Fall Conference in Tampa on October 23, 2018. Joining him on the panel were Pete Costello and Anita Vandervalk-Ostrander of Iteris and Angelo Rao of the City of Lakeland. Iteris, Inc. City of Lakeland, FL - Government #scc18

Bertini speaks to ACE Mentor Program

CUTR Director Dr. Robert Bertini had a great time speaking to 30 high school students about civil/transportation engineering as part of the ACE Mentor Program on Wednesday October 24--the future of engineering is very bright! ACE Mentor Program of Greater Tampa BayUSF College of Engineering
https://www.acementor.org/affiliates/florida/tampa/about-us/

Bertini chairs TUMCREATE Mid-Term Review

CUTR director Dr. Robert Bertini chaired the Mid-Term Review of the TUMCREATE "Towards the Ultimate Public Transport System" program in Singapore on October 11-12, 2018. TUMCREATE is a collaboration between Technical University Munich (TUM) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) for the improvement of Singapore's public transportation, including the deployment of electric and autonomous mobility. The program is funded by Singapore’s National Research Foundation as part of the Campus for Research Excellence And Technological Enterprise (CREATE). Dr. Bertini also visited the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and the ETH-Zurich Future Cities Laboratory. TUM CREATE Ltd.