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!