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ANNUAL REPORT

July 2017 - June 2018

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UFTI VisionTo conduct and foster impactful, cross-cutting, multimodal transportation research; educate the next generation of transportation leaders; and facilitate technology transfer.

UFTI Mission To lead the profession in shaping a better transportation future by functioning as a preeminent center of multidisciplinary transportation research, students’ top choice for transportation education, and a provider of state-of-the-art analysis and decision-support tools.

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Director’s Message 4

UFTI By The Numbers 5

Research Impact Highlights 6

Education 8

Student Awards 9

UFTI Student Chapters 10

Technology Transfer 11

UFTI In The News 13

Internal Steering Committee 14

External Advisory Board 15

UFTI Core Centers 16

Affiliated Centers 17

Selected Active Projects 18

Selected Publications 20

Selected Presentations 22

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I-STREET, now in its second year of operations, is a real-world transportation technology testbed resulting from our strong partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the City of Gainesville. I-STREET aims to develop, implement, test, and refine advanced transportation technologies (such as autonomous and connected vehicles and adaptive signal control) to improve mobility and safety for our region and beyond. This year we assisted FDOT with the development of a proposal, which was awarded a $1 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to test pedestrian and bicyclist safety applications at signalized intersections and mid-block crosswalks using connected vehicle and connected infrastructure technology. The project is part of FHWA’s AID (Accelerated Innovation Deployment) program, and it builds on the existing I-STREET initiatives to improve safety for pedestrians and bicycles. For additional information on all I-STREET initiatives, visit https://www.transportation.institute.ufl.edu/research-2/istreet-about-us/infrastructure-and-projects/.

While many I-STREET projects are still just getting off the ground, we are very excited about the potential benefits technologies may have on our mobility and safety. Also, we are committed to providing an open data exchange platform to allow other researchers the ability to access data and information generated from the testbed. The end goal is to provide an environment to fuel research and learn more about emerging technologies and their impact on all road users. Impactful research remains one of our main goals, and we continuously strive to improve people’s lives through our research, education, workforce development, and technology transfer efforts.

In this annual report, we describe several projects that have produced a variety of products, used by various communities. Professor & UFTI Director

As an example, one of our older University Transportation Center-funded projects (“Validity and Usability of a Safe Driving Behaviors Measure for Older Adults: Strategy for Congestion Mitigation”), has produced a new method for evaluating driving risks for older drivers. The product, Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure (FTDS) is still used broadly today, 8 years after it was developed, and it can be accessed at http://fitnesstodrive.phhp.ufl.edu/.

This past year, our very generous External Advisory Board Member and former Chair Mr. Milton Carrasco, President and CEO of Transoft Solutions, Inc., sponsored the first annual Transoft Solutions Scholarship for transportation engineering students at the University of Florida. Two undergraduate students received this award (see pg. 9) which aims to attract more students into transportation. Ms. Sophia Semensky, one of the awardees, is now working on I-STREET’s Autonomous Shuttle evaluation project, and has been making significant contributions in understanding traveler perceptions and acceptance of autonomy.

I look forward to hearing from you and working together to improve transportation and make a positive impact on our communities.

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$6.33Mannual research expenditures

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Effects of Mobility, Safety and Emissions on Signal Timing OptimizationSponsor: USDOT/STRIDEPI: Mohammed Hadi, Ph.D., Florida International UniversityCo-PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D., Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE

This project set out to develop a new methodology to optimize traffic signal control to account simultaneously for mobility, safety, and emissions. The new methodology was implemented in the Highway Capacity Software (HCS) module STREETS, which is a UF commercially available product. The HCS is used by transportation professionals around the world, and the STREETS module is widely applied by planners, designers, signal control engineers, and traffic analysts interested in designing signalized intersections. This product represents a new generation of methods and tools capable of considering safety and environmental performance as part of traffic signal control and signalized intersection design.

Testbed Initiative Transit ComponentsSponsor: FDOT/Gainesville Regional Transit System (RTS)PI: Dr. Yong-Kyu Yoon, Ph.D.Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

The goal of this project is to develop sensor technology that can detect bicycle usage per rack position. Bicyclists and mix-mode commuters will be able to use an app to see whether there is space on the bike rack of an incoming bus. This will allow them to alter their route or simply ride their bike if necessary. Additionally, travelers will indirectly benefit from Regional Transit System’s ability to make data-driven decisions about which routes need additional bike space and any possible follow-up studies. A literature review and development of capacity sensors has already been completed at this time, and the smart phone application is currently under development.

Autonomous Vehicles at Intelligent Intersections and Advanced Networks - AVIAN ProjectSponsor: NSF, FHWA, and FDOTPI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D.Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIECo-PI: Dr. Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D., Computer & Information Science & Engineering; Dr. Carl Crane, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Shannon Ridgeway, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

The AVIAN Project is a multidisciplinary research project that develops and tests the necessary software and hardware for optimizing traffic signal control simultaneously with vehicle trajectories, when the traffic stream includes connected and autonomous vehicles. Two algorithms were developed in this project: (1) A real-time optimization algorithm for signal control and vehicle trajectories, and (2) a novel sensor fusion software to detect and classify vehicles and their movement characteristics. The system was successfully implemented and tested at the FDOT Traffic Engineering Research Lab (TERL) in Tallahassee. The AVIAN team is currently developing software to run the system at a signalized intersection on campus.

Active AV testing at TERL in Tallahassee, Fla.

An RTS bus retrofitted with bike rack sensors.


Fitness-to-Drive Screening MeasureSponsor: USDOT/CMS (2007)PI: Dr. Sherrilene Classen, PhD, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA, FGSA, Chair Department of Occupational Therapy

This project was funded by the Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation (CMS), which was the Tier-1 2007 U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant-funded University Transportation Center (UTC) at the UF Transportation Research Center (TRC) – now known as the UFTI. Years later, the product is still being used to determine when advanced age may become a risk for older drivers. The product developed is called the Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure (FTDS), and the user-friendly tool can be accessed at http://fitnesstodrive.phhp.ufl.edu/. Additional development of a FTDS Short Form and Computerized Adaptive Test are currently under way. FTDS works by allowing family members, caregivers or friends who have driven with the driver in question in the last three months to rate the drivers’ difficulties by completing 54 screening questions. After completing the questions, a key form, or rating profile, of each driver is produced which includes a classification of the driver into one of three categories: at-risk driver, routine driver, or accomplished driver. Based on the specific driver category and recommendations, the appropriate next steps for family members, friends, or clinicians are suggested for each driver. These recommendations entail guidelines for continued fitness to drive, seeking interventions, or starting conversations about stopping driving. The FTDS has been translated into Japanese and Korean with demonstrated psychometric support for the Korean version. A shorter version has been developed (32 items) with excellent predictive validity of fitness-to-drive outcomes. Testing the efficacy of the FTDS as a clinical decision-making tool in the community among clinicians (general practitioners, specialty practitioners, nurse practitioners, and occupational therapists) and caregivers, is the next step in this research.

Improved Analysis of Two-Lane Highway Capacity and Operational PerformanceNCHRP Project 17-65Sponsor: National Academies/Transportation Research BoardPI: Scott Washburn, Ph.D., P.E., Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE

This project addressed certain limitations related to the two-lane highway analysis chapter in the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM). The following improvements were made: • more realistic speed-flow relationship• new service measure (follower density)• new headway threshold value to identify follower status• development of percent followers-flow relationship• elimination of passenger car equivalent (PCE) values and direct use of percentage of

heavy vehicles in the models for performance measure estimation• inclusion of quantitative adjustment based on posted speed limit for estimation of base

free-flow speed (BFFS)• new performance functions for passing lanes• new method for combining analysis of multiple contiguous segments into a facility-level

analysisAdditionally, two microsimulation tools were identified that are capable of modeling two-lane highways: SwashSim and TransModeler. This new analysis methodology allows roadway design and traffic engineers to identify ways to address operational performance issues of a two-lane highway without resorting to a full multilane configuration.

Dr. Sherrilene Classen, Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy.


UF SURFThe University of Florida launched the Summer Undergraduate Research at Florida (SURF) in summer 2017. SURF is a 10-week program that provides students who excel in their studies at their home institutions with the opportunity to work with premier faculty at UF on active research projects. The following students participated in the UF SURF program during the summer 2018.

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Iva and Norman Tuckett Fellowship for the UFTIThe UFTI offered four fellowships through the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Students from any department in the College were eligible. The following students were recipients of the Iva and Norman Tuckett Fellowship for the UFTI:

Asean Davis – Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE

Ebony Johnson – Industrial & Systems Engineering

Collin Ortals – Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE

Brian Ortiz-Salcedo – Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE

Thomas Smallwood – Environmental Engineering Sciences/ESSIE

Tyler Valila, M.E. 2017Transit/Roadway/HDR

Don Watson, Ph.D. 2018Traffic Specialist/FDOT

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Parfait MasungiFaculty Advisor: Dr. Lily ElefteriadouTopic: Autonomous Vehicles and the

Gainesville Autobus

Matt DeanFaculty Advisor: Dr. Siva Srinivasan

Topic: Autonomous Vehicles: The Future of Transit with JTA

and the Gainesville Autobus

Ethan Stoop, M.E. 2017Engineer Intern/Scalar Consulting Group, Inc.

Pruthvi Manjunatha, Ph.D. 2018

Postdoctoral Researcher Professor/UFTI


Les BrownSTRIDE 2017

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Deja Jackson ESSIE Poster Symposium

3rd PlaceENO Fellow and Traffic

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Tyler Valila ITE Scholarship

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Sophia SemenskyTransoft Scholarship, Fall 2018

Chayma TikaTransoft Scholarship, Fall 2018

Aschkan OmidvarESSIE Poster Symposium

2nd Place

Yantong Chen WTS Scholarship

Kelly WardWTS Scholarship

Liteng Zha 2018 COTA Best

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Transoft Solutions Scholarship for Undergraduate Students in TransportationThe Transoft Solutions Scholarship was generously created by the UFTI’s external advisory board member Milton Carrasco. This scholarship is for junior or senior civil engineering undergraduate students specializing in transportation.


UF ITE Student ChapterThis year, the Gator ITE Student Chapter focused on increasing membership and providing leadership opportunities for the members. Gator ITE’s goal as a chapter was to enhance and develop the professional and leadership skills of Gator engineers by promoting the advancement of the transportation engineering field. Gator ITE hosted seven general body meetings, from transportation engineering firms such as Kittelson & Associates, Inc., and CHW Professional Consultants. Additionally, they hosted a number of transportation seminars by leaders in industry and academia. For service, Gator

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RSWomen’s Transportation Seminar Florida Gator Student ChapterThis year, the WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter co-sponsored events with GatorITE and held a resume-writing workshop before the Annual Fall Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment Evening with Industry event. The WTS chapter participated in the Alachua County Habitat for Humanity Women Build as part of their community service and in international WTS events such as the Annual TRB Reception and the Annual WTS Conference. Most excitingly, the chapter hosted their annual WTS Symposium on SMART Cities. The event brought together students, researchers, engineers, and planners to discuss the state of practice as it relates to SMART Cities.

ITE adopted 1.67 miles of road along University Avenue in Gainesville as part of the Adopt-a-Highway program. Most notably, in February 2018, Gator ITE hosted Florida’s first annual ITE Student Leadership Summit (SLS), which was held in conjunction with the 2018 Florida Section ITE (FSITE) Winter Workshop. The program featured a variety of leadership-focused sessions and events. Members of the chapter were given the opportunity to attend other ITE meetings, participate in social events, volunteer in the community, and give research presentations.


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November 16 – 17, 2017

5th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region

J. Wayne Reitz Unionat the University of Florida

Rion Ballroom, 3rd Level

The University of Florida Transportation Institute and the STRIDE Center hosted the 5th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region on Nov. 16-17, 2017. Over 230 people registered for the event, with attendees from academia and the public and private sectors. The two-day event featured keynote speakers, various paper and poster presentations, a state DOT panel, a WTS and ITE student session, and an autonomous and connected vehicles (AV/CV) demonstration. “The conference provided a valuable opportunity to promote and facilitate cooperation and collaboration across a broad cross-section of academic expertise,” said keynote speaker Tom Byron, Assistant Secretary on Strategic Development for FDOT.


Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center: A Year in ReviewThis year the T2 Center presented over 150 training courses to nearly 2,000 participants. Additionally, the T2 Center is now offering a number of traffic engineering and transportation planning training courses online for professionals and practitioners. The T2 Center welcomed Alyssa Mercadante as the new network assistant and Roozbeh Rahmani as a new post-doc. The Transportation Safety Center (TSC), led by Dr. Siva Srinivasan and Dr. Nithin Agarwal, received continued funding to provide technical assistance and develop Local Roads Safety Plans for the next two years.

The T2 Center was involved in multiple research activities, including the bike-rack project with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Autonomous Bus Survey with the UFTI, and assisting the UF Department of Occupational Therapy to design and develop an online course that aims to reduce distracted driving among teens.

The T2 Center was awarded three Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Accelerating Safety Activities Program (ASAP) awards, and Dr. Agarwal was nominated to two National Cooperative Highway Research Program panels, NCHRP 03-133 and NCHRP 17-92.

McTrans Center: A Year in ReviewThe McTrans Center continued to add functionality and features to the Highway Capacity Software (HCS7) that implements the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition (HCM6). New tools added to HCS7 include signal timing optimization for safety and emissions, automation of the generalized service volume tables, expansion of the highway safety software to include freeways and ramps with empirical analysis capabilities, and graphical and heat map reports for both urban streets and freeway facilities.

McTrans presented over twenty webinar series and live training courses on the HCM6 procedures and HCS7 applications. The webinar series were attended by national audiences, while the training courses were typically for state DOTs or professional organization regional, state, or local sections or chapters. McTrans participated in, and exhibited at, both the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meetings. McTrans continues to develop software prototypes in parallel with the research process for the NCHRP 15-57 project.

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The UFTI was featured in the following news outlets, publications, and social media:

The ConversationWCJBGainesville SunFlorida High Tech CorridorMiami HeraldThe Independent Florida Alligator Government TechnologyFlorida TrendWUFTBusiness WireOrlando WeeklyMashable

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Top: Tom Byron, P.E. of the Florida Department of Transportation speaking during the WTS symposium. Bottom: Members of the WTS Executive Board.


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Evangelos Christou, Ph.D.ProfessorDepartment of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D. UFTI Director & Barbara Goldsby Professor of Civil Engineering ESSIE

Carl Crane, Ph.D.ProfessorDepartment of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Myoseon Jang, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorDepartment of Environmental Engineering Sciences/ESSIE

Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D.ProfessorComputer & Information Science & Engineering

Jennifer Bridge, Ph.D. Associate Professor Civil Engineering/ESSIE

Bill Sampson, P.E.DirectorT2 Center & McTrans

Siva Srinivasan, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorCivil Engineering/ESSIE

Ruth Steiner, Ph.D.ProfessorDepartment of Urban & Regional Planning

Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S.Coordinator, Research ProgramsUFTI/STRIDE Center

Jennifer GomezAdministrative AssistantUFTI

Elaine Khoo, B.S.Marketing &Communications AssistantUFTI

Dona MossGrants AdministratorDepartment of Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE

Nuchanart Tuntiserirat(Feb 2019 to May 2018)Student AssistantSTRIDE Center

Amy FuStudent AssistantSTRIDE Center

Ragen TilleryGrants SpecialistDepartment of Civil & Coastal Engineering/ESSIE


EXTERNAL ADVISO

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Vassili Alexiadis, Ph.D.Executive Vice PresidentCambridge Systematics, Inc.

Marsha Anderson Bomar, AICP, ENV SPExecutive DirectorGateway86 Gwinnett

Chimay J. Anumba, Ph.D., P.E.Professor and DeanUF College of Design, Construction & Planning

Tom Byron, P.E.Assistant Secretary of Intermodal Systems DevelopmentFlorida Department of Transportation

Milton Carrasco, P.Eng., M. Eng.President and CEOTransoft Solutions, Inc.

Michael Meyer, Ph.D.Senior AdvisorWSP USA

Ananth Prasad, P.E.President DesignateFlorida Transportation Builders Association, Inc.

Matt UbbenPresidentConfianza Consulting, Inc.

Alex BondDirectorCenter for Transportation Leadership, Eno Center for Transportation

Ann Brach, Ph.D., P.E.DirectorTransportation Research Board, Technical Activities Division

Grady Carrick, Ph.D.PrincipalEnforcement Engineering, Inc.

Laura KelleyExecutive DirectorCentral Florida Expressway Authority

Debora M. Rivera, P.E.Public Works Operations ManagerCity of Gainesville


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STRIDEThe Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development, and Education (STRIDE) Center is a U.S. Department of Transportation grant-funded, regional (Southeast) University Transportation Center (UTC) headquartered at the University of Florida that conducts research, and offers educational and technology transfer programs related to congestion mitigation. The Center is housed within the UFTI and involves nine other universities: Auburn, The Citadel, Florida International University, Georgia Tech, Jackson State University, North Carolina State University, Tennessee Technological University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

McTransThe McTrans Center develops, distributes, and supports software programs for traffic engineering and transportation planning applications, including the Highway Capacity Software™ (HCS 2010™), TSIS-CORSIM™ and TRANSYT-7F™, with training courses and technical support provided for these packages.Technology Transfer

Center (T2)T2 provides training, technical assistance, technology transfer services, and safety information to transportation, public works, and safety professionals as well as the general public.


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Center for Health & the Built EnvironmentRepresentative: Dr. Ruth Steiner Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning

Center for Intelligent Machines & Robotics (CIMAR)Representative: Dr. Carl Crane Professor, Department of Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Digital Worlds Institute Representative: Dr. Angelos Barmpoutis Associate Professor, Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering

Geo-Facilities Planning & Information Research Center (GeoPlan Center)Representative: Dr. Ilir Bejleri Associate Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning

Human-Experience Research Lab (HXRL)Representative: Dr. Juan Gilbert Professor & Chair, Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department

Neuromuscular Physiology LabRepresentative: Dr. Evangelos Christou Professor, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology

Smart Infrastructure Management LaboratoryRepresentative: Dr. Jennifer Rice Associate Professor, Civil Engineering/ESSIE

Institute for Mobility, Activity, & Participation (I-MAP) Representative: Dr. Sherrilene Classen Professor & Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy

Efficient Transportation Decision Making (ETDM)Representative: Alexis ThomasDirector

Florida Traffic & Bicycle Safety Education Program (FTBSEP)Representative: Dr. Dan Connaughton, Professor, Department of Tourism, Recreation & Sport Management


University of Florida (UF) Testbed Initiative – Alternative Transportation Safety SystemsFlorida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Clark LetterCo-PI: Dr. Nithin Agarwal

CAREER: Integrated Online Coordinated Routing and Decentralized Control for Connected Vehicle SystemsNational Science FoundationPI: Dr. Lili Du

Collaborative Research: Coordinated Real-Time Traffic Management Based on Dynamic Information Propagation and Aggregation under Connected Vehicle SystemsNational Science FoundationPI: Dr. Lili Du

Sustainable Urban Freight Mobility through Optimization of Logistics Facility LocationsFreight Mobility Research Institute/FAUPI: Dr. Lili Du

Before and After Implementation Studies of Advanced Signal Technologies in FloridaFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Lily ElefteriadouCo-PIs: Dr. Scott Washburn and Dr. Siva Srinivasan

Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic StreamNational Science FoundationPI: Dr. Lily ElefteriadouCo-PIs: Dr. Sanjay Ranka and Dr. Carl Crane

Florida’s Pedestrian and Bicycling Safety Resource CenterFlorida Department of Transportation PI: Bill Sampson, P.E.

Teen Distracted Driving Education ProgramFlorida Department of Transportation PI: Bill Sampson, P.E.Co-PIs: Dr. Nithin Agarwal, Dr. Sherrilene Classen, Dr. Sandra Winters

Florida Occupant Protection Resource Center (OPRC)Florida Department of Transportation PI: Bill Sampson, P.E.

Florida Technology Transfer SupportFlorida Department of Transportation PI: Bill Sampson, P.E.

Accelerating Safety Activities Program in FloridaFederal Highway Administration/ Florida Department of TransportationPI: Bill Sampson, P.E.Co- PI: Dr. Nithin Agarwal

Florida Driver Assistive Truck Platooning AnalysisFlorida Department of Transportation PI: Dr. Carl Crane

LiDAR Data Collection to Support Quality Control (QC) Processes and the Florida Shared-Use Non-Motorized SUN Trail SystemFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Carl Crane

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SDevelopment and Testing of Optimized Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Trajectories at Signalized IntersectionsFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Lily ElefteriadouCo-PIs: Dr. Sanjay Ranka and Dr. Carl Crane

Evaluation of Arterial Corridor Improvements and Traffic Management Plans in FloridaFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou

Florida DOT Central Office Statistics 2015 – Subconsultant Technical Support ActivitiesCambridge Systematics, Inc.PI: Dr. Lily ElefteriadouCo-PI: Dr. Siva Srinivasan

Highway Capacity Manual Methodologies for Corridors Involving Freeways and Surface Streets NCHRP 15-57National Academy of SciencesPI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou

Improvements to the FDOT Travel Time Reliability Model for Freeway AnalysisFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou

University of Florida Advanced Technologies Campus TestbedFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou

Public Acceptance of Autonomous Vehicle TechnologyUniversity of FloridaPI: Dr. Lily ElefteriadouCo-PI: Dr. Nithin Agarwal


Transportation Safety Center (TSC) 2018Florida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Nithin AgarwalCo-PIs: Dr. Siva Srinivasan and Dr. Ilir Bejleri

Big Data Management PlotFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Sanjay RankaCo-PIs: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou and Dr. Siva Srinivasan

Data Management and Analytics for UF Smart TestbedFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Sanjay RankaCo-PI: Dr. Siva Srinivasan

Dynamic Intersection Learning Machine Optimization Real-Time EngineFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Sanjay RankaCo-PIs: Dr. Anand Rangarajan, Dr. Siva Srinivasan, and Dr. Nithin Agarwal

Traffic-Event Unification System Highlighting Arterial RoadsFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Sanjay RankaCo-PI: Dr. Siva Srinivasan

Truck Taxonomy & Classification Using Video and Weigh-In Motion (WIM) TechnologyFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Sanjay Ranka

Video-Based Machine Learning for Smart Traffic Analysis and ManagementCity of GainesvillePI: Dr. Sanjay Ranka

Application of Travel Time Data and Statistics to Travel Time Reliability AnalysesLeidosPI: Dr. Scott Washburn

Commercial Heavy Vehicle Impacts on Signalized Arterial Corridor PerformanceUniversity of South FloridaPI: Dr. Scott WashburnCo-PI: Dr. Seckin Ozkul (University of South Florida)

Commercial Truck Parking Detection Technology Evaluation for Columbia County Rest AreaFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Scott Washburn

Curriculum Development for Highway Freight TransportationFreight Mobility Research Institute/FAUPI: Dr. Scott WashburnCo-PI: Dr. Lili Du

Freight Mobility Research InstituteFlorida Atlantic UniversityPI: Dr. Scott WashburnCo-PI: Dr. Lily Elefteriadou

Improved Analysis of Two-Lane Highway Capacity and Operational PerformanceNational Academy of SciencesPI: Dr. Scott Washburn

Interchange Design to Accommodate Ramp Metering SystemFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Scott Washburn

Enhancement of Transportation Network Analysis Tools for Truck-Related Planning and OperationsFreight Management Research Institute/FAUPI: Dr. Scott WashburnCo-PI: Dr. Yafeng Yin (University of Michigan)

AAA-Smart Features for Older DriversAmerican Automobile AssociationPI: Dr. Sherrilene Classen

Aging Road User Information System 2017-2018Florida Department of Transportation SafetyPI: Dr. Sherrilene Classen

The Future of Transit, Autonomous/Connected Vehicles, and Shared Mobility: A Scoping Study for the Jacksonville Transportation AuthorityJacksonville Transportation AuthorityPI: Dr. Siva SrinivasanCo-PI: Dr. Ruth Steiner

UF Testbed Initiative – Transit ComponentsFlorida Department of TransportationPI: Dr. Yong-Kyu YoonCo-PI: Dr. Nithin Agarwal


Al-Kaisy, Ahmed, Jafari, Amirhossein, and Washburn, Scott S. (2017). “Measuring Performance on Two-Lane Highways: Empirical Investigation.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2615, pp. 62–72. Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2017. DOI: 10.3141/2615-08.

Al-Kaisy, Ahmed, Jafari, Amirhossein, Washburn, Scott S., Luttinen, Tapio, and Dowling, Richard. “Performance Measures on Two-Lane Highways: Survey of Practice.” Research in Transportation Economics. Elsevier. In press.

Alvarez, L. and Classen, S. (2018). “Clinical predictors of on-road outcomes in Parkinson’s disease.” The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 85(3):232-241.

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Alvarez, L., Classen, S., Medhizadah, S., Knott, M., and He, W. (2018). “Pilot efficacy of a DriveFocus™ intervention on the driving performance of young drivers.” Frontiers in Public Health, 6, Article 125, p. 1-9.

Alvarez, L., Classen, S., Medhizadah, S., Knott, M., Asantey, K., and He, W. (2018). “Feasibility of DriveFocus™ and Driving Simulation Interventions in Young Drivers.” OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health. In press.

Carrick, G. Srinivasan, S., and Jermprapai, K. (2018). “Safety of Freeway Service Patrol Operations: a Case Study of Florida Road Rangers.” Transportation Research Record. Accepted.

Chen, S., and Du, L. (2017). “Simulation study of the impact of local real-time traffic information provision strategy in connected vehicle systems.” International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 6(4), 229-239.

Gong, S., and Du, L. (2018). “Cooperative platoon control for a mixed traffic flow including human drive vehicles and connected and autonomous vehicles.” Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 116, 25-61.

Jafari, Amirhossein, Al-Kaisy, Ahmed, Washburn, Scott S, Dowling, Richard, and Luttinen, Tapio. “Traffic Operations on Rural Two-Lane Highways: A Review on Performance Measures and Indicators.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. In press.

Letter, C., Elefteriadou L., “Efficient Control of Fully Automated Connected Vehicles at Freeway Merge Segments”, Transportation Research Part C, Volume 80, July 2017, pp. 190-205.

Classen, S., Alvarez, L., Bundy, A., Dickerson, A., Gélinas, I., Matsubara, A., Patomella, H-A., Pfeiffer, B., Ross, P., Schold-Davis, E., and Swanepoel, L. (2018). “WFOT Position Statement: Driving and Community Mobility.” World Federation of Occupational Therapy. In press.

Du, L., and Alobeidyeen, A. “Information Dissemination Dynamics through Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication over Transportation Network.” Submitted for presentation in TRB conference 2019.

Emami, P., Elefteriadou, L., and Ranka, S. “Tracking Vehicles Equipped with Dedicated Short-Range Communication at Traffic Intersections,” Seventh ACM International Symposium on Design and Analysis of Intelligent Vehicular Networks and Applications (DIVANet’17), 2017.

Gong, S., and Du, L. “Cooperative Platoon Control for a Mixed Traffic Flow Including Human-Driven Vehicles and Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.” Submitted for presentation in TRB conference 2019.


Li, Z., Pourmehrab, M., Elefteriadou L., Ranka S., “Intersection Control Optimization for Automated Vehicles Using Genetic Algorithm”, Accepted for publication, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, June 2018.

Lin, J., Zhou, W., and Du, L. (2018). “Is On-Demand Same Day Package Delivery Service Green?” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 61, 118-139.

Medhizadah, S., Classen, S., and Johnson, A. (2018). “Constructing the 32-Item Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure©.” OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 38(2), 89-95.

Moreno, Ana Tsui, Llorca, Carlos, Washburn, Scott S., Bessa Jr, José Elievam, and Garcia, Alfredo. “Analysis Procedure for Spanish Two-Lane Highways: Passing Considerations.” Traffic & Transportation. In press.

Omidvar, A., Pourmehrab, M., Emami, P., Kiriazes, R., Esposito, J., Letter, C.,

Elefteriadou, L., Crane, C., Ranka, S., “Deployment and Testing of Optimized Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Trajectories at a Closed-Course Signalized Intersection”, accepted for publication, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, February 2018.

Peng, W, and Du, L. “Clustering-Based Online Coordinated In-Vehicle Routing Built upon Understanding the Competition Potential among Travelers on Network Route Resources.” Submitted for presentation in TRB conference 2019.

Pourmehrab, M., Elefteriadou, L., and Ranka, S., “Smart Intersection Control Algorithms for Automated Vehicles,” Tenth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3 2017), 2017, November 2017.

Rapoport, M.J., Chee, J.N., Carr, D.B., Molnar, F., Naglie, G., Dow, J., Marottoli,

R., Mitchell, S., Tant, M., Herrmann, N., Lanctot, K., Taylor, J-P., Donaghy, P.C., Classen, S., and O’Neill, D. (2018). “An International Approach to Enhancing a National Guideline on Driving and Dementia.” Current Psychiatry Reports, 20 (16).

Sun, X. (G), Shahabi, M., Carrick, G. (A), Yin Y., Srinivasan, S., and Shirmohammadi, N. (G). (2018). “Methods for Design of Safety Service Patrol Beats: the Florida Road Ranger Case Study.” Accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record.

Sun, Wei, Stoop, Ethan, and Washburn, Scott S. “Evaluation of Commercial Truck Parking Detection for Rest Areas.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. In press.

Washburn, Scott S., Sun, Wei, and Knight, Matthew. (2018). “Commercial Truck Parking Detection Technology Evaluation for Columbia County Rest Areas (Part 2).” Final Report. Florida Department of Transportation. Tallahassee, FL. 48 pages.

Washburn, Scott S., Al-Kaisy, Ahmed, Luttinen, Tapio, Dowling, Richard, Watson, Donald, Jafari, Amirhossein, Bian, Zilin, and Elias, Aaron. (2018). “Improved Analysis of Two-Lane Highway Capacity and Operational Performance.” Final Report. National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.


Al-Kaisy, Ahmed, Jafari, Amirhossein, Washburn, Scott S, Luttinen, Tapio, and Dowling, Richard. (2018). “Traffic Operations on Rural Two-Lane Highways: a Review on Performance Measures and Indicators.” Poster presentation at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.

Carrick, G. Srinivasan, S. and Jermprapai, K. (2018). “Safety of Freeway Service Patrol Operations: a Case Study of Florida Road Rangers.” Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.

Classen, S. (2018). “Autonomous Vehicles and Medically At-Risk-Drivers through the Lifespan: Role, Function, and Future Directives for the Driver Rehabilitation Specialist.” Presented at the Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists Conference, Richmond, Virginia.

Classen, S. (2018). “Autonomous, Connected and Intelligent Vehicles: The future is now!” Presented at the Rotary Club, Gainesville, Florida.

Classen, S. (2018). “Autonomous, Connected and Intelligent Vehicles.” Presented for the Southeastern Association of Allied Health Deans’

Conference, August 10-14, 2018, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Classen, S. (2018). “Enhancing Team Science via Use of Technology in Scientific Writing.” Presented at the 7th Annual Occupational Therapy Summit of Scholars, June 8-9, 2018, University of Kansas and University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO.

Classen, S. (2018). Convocation address. Presented at the College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida.

Classen, S. (2018). “Driver Assessment for Autonomous and Connected Vehicles.” Presented at the University of Florida Transportation Research Institute (UFTI), External Advisory Board Meeting, Hilton University of Florida Conference center, Gainesville, Florida.

Classen, S., Jeghers, M., Medhizadah, S., Winter, S. M., King, L., and Struckmeyer, L. (2018). Pre-conference workshop: “Autonomous vehicles and medically at-risk-drivers through the lifespan: Role, function and future directives for the driver rehabilitation specialist.” Presented at the Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists 2017 Conference, Richmond, Virginia.

De Andrade, G., Elefteriadou, L., Hadi, M., Khanapure, V. (2018). “Effects of Mobility, Safety, and Emissions on Signal Timing Optimization.” Poster presentation at Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington DC.

Du, L. (2017). “Distributed Computation-Based Constrained Model Predictive Control for a Mixed Flow Platoon.” First Triennial Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Du, L. (2017). “Research in Connected and Autonomous Systems & Distributed Computation based Constrained Model Predictive Control for a Mixed Flow Platoon.” Seminar at University of South Florida.

Du, L. (2018). “Distributed Computation-Based Constrained Model Predictive Control (MPC) for a Mixed Flow Platoon.” Automated Vehicles Symposium, CICTP 2018, Tsinghua, Beijing, China.

Du, L. (2018). “Distributed Computation-Based Constrained Model Predictive Control (MPC) for a Mixed Flow Platoon.” Automated Vehicles Symposium, San Francisco, CA.

Du, L. (2018). “Distributed Computation-Based Constrained Model Predictive Control for a Mixed Flow Platoon.” ASCE-International Conference on Transportation & Development 2018, Pittsburgh, PA.

Du, L. (2018). “Research on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle System and Distributed Computation-Based Constrained Model Predictive Control for a Mixed Flow Platoon.” Seminar at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Du, L. (2018). “Research on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle System and Distributed Computation-Based Constrained Model Predictive Control for a Mixed Flow Platoon.” Seminar at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Elefteriadou, L. (2017). “Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream.” Invited Speaker, Georgia Tech Seminar, September 28, 2017, Atlanta, GA.

Elefteriadou, L. (2017). “I-STREET: a transportation testbed in Gainesville, Florida.” Invited Speaker, Florida Automated Vehicle (FAV) Conference, November 15, 2017, Tampa, FL.

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Elefteriadou, L. (2017). “Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream.” Distinguished Lecture for the College of Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, December 11, 2017, Boca Raton, FL.

Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “I-STREET: a Transportation Testbed in Gainesville, Florida.” Invited Presentation, ITE Florida Section, Gainesville, Feb. 9, 2018, Gainesville, FL.

Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “I-STREET: a Transportation Testbed in Gainesville, Florida.” Invited Presentation, Turner Fairbanks Highway Research Center, USDOT, March 13, 2018, Washington, D.C.

Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream.” Invited Seminar, University of Massachusetts, March 28, 2018, Amherst, MA.

Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “Panel Discussion on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.” Invited Panelist, Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce, May 16, 2018, Palm Springs, FL

Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic

Stream.” Invited Seminar, University of Washington, May 24, 2018, Seattle, WA.

Fisher, D., and Classen, S. (2018). Presiding: Pre-conference workshop. “Fitness to drive: The role of driving simulators.” Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.

Jackson, D.M., and Srinivasan, S. (2018). “Spatio-Temporal Clustering Analyses for Assessing Motorcycle Safety.” Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.

Jafari, Amirhossein, Al-Kaisy, Ahmed, and Washburn, Scott S. (2018). “Investigation of Passing Lane Effective Length on Two-Lane Two-Way Highways.” Poster presentation at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.

Manjunatha, P., Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “Analysis of Wiedemann Car Following Thresholds Using Driving Simulator Observations” Poster presentation at Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington DC.

Omidvar, A., Letter, C., Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “An Overview of Existing Pilot and Testbed Activities to Advance Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology: Common Threads and Future Priorities” Poster presentation at Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington DC.

Sasahara, F., Elefteriadou, L. (2018). “Lane-by-lane Analysis of Congestion Effects due to Queue Spillback at an Off-ramp” Poster presentation at Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington DC.

Sasahara, F., Srinivasan, S., and Zhu, X. (2018). “An Exploratory Analysis of User Compliance with Route Guidance.” Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.

Sasahara, F., Srinivasan, S., Zhu, X., and Chiu, Y. (2018). “An Exploratory Analysis of User Compliance with Route Guidance.” Presented at the International Association for Travel Behavior Research Conference, July 15-20, 2018, Santa Barbara, USA.

Srinivasan S. (2017). “Freeway Traffic Incident Management in Florida, USA: Warrants, Beat Design, and Safety of Service Patrolmen.” Presented at a seminar in Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Srinivasan. S (2017). “Freeway Traffic Incident Management in Florida, USA: Warrants, Beat Design, and Safety of Service Patrolmen.” Presented at a seminar in Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China.

Sun X., Shahabi, M., Carrick,G., Yin Y., Srinivasan, S., and Shirmohammadi, N. (2018). “Methods for Design of Safety Service Patrol Beats: the Florida Road Ranger Case Study.” Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.

Wei, Sun, Stoop, Ethan, and Washburn, Scott S. (2018). “Evaluation of Commercial Truck Parking Detection for Rest Areas.” Lectern presentation (presented by Sun Wei) at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, Washington, D.C.

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